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Its old scientific name [citation needed] that is still often seen, Solanum × burbankii, indicates a plant of hybrid origin. It was supposedly bred by Luther Burbank in the early 1900s as a hybrid of S. villosum and S. guineense [2] but in fact S. retroflexum is a proper species of its own, while the supposed hybrid combination would not be viable due to different ploidy of S. guineense and S ...
Species name xiai is named after researcher Fangyuan Xia. [21] Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court – family Poaceae. This Australian grass has the shortest name of any plant. Poa is Greek for "fodder", and fax is Latin for "torch" or "flame", referring to "its dense, spike-like inflorescence which resembles a torch with ascending tongues of flame". [22]
"The Sun" is a song by Greek singer Demy and Alex Leon featuring Epsilon. It was released as a digital download in Greece on 15 May 2013 as the lead single from her second studio album Rodino Oneiro (2014). The song peaked at number 1 on the Greek Singles Chart. [citation needed]
The song's working title was "Sun Village", a humorous reference to the surname of comedian Yūki Himura in kanji. [a] At the time of the song's release, on the radio program of Himura's comedy duo Bananaman, Hoshino told Himura that the "Sun" in the title also originated from him, but later admitted that this was a lie to make the comedian ...
The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft) tall.. Rich in symbolic and mythological associations in many cultures, it is thought to have originated from Iran and Afghanistan before being introduced and exported to other parts of Asia, Africa, and Eur
A 1970 novelty song he co-wrote with his producer Ronny Light, a B-side single called "The Shortest Song in the World"- which clocked in at a mere eighteen seconds long, enjoyed some airplay in 1970. Standing 6'-6" tall and weighing nearly 300 lb (140 kg) for most of his professional career, he was nicknamed "The Round Mound of Sound", and ...
The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu limão, meu limoeiro, arranged by José Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal. [1] The song compares love to a lemon tree: "Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat."
In Canada, the song reached the top 10 on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. It remained in the top 10 for three weeks and became the band's highest-charting song in Canada. "Black Hole Sun" reached the UK top 20 and was the last single from the album that charted in the UK top 20; it remains the band's highest-charting single in the UK.