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Talinum paniculatum is a succulent subshrub in the family Talinaceae that is native to much of North and South America, and the Caribbean countries. [1] It is commonly known as fameflower, [1] Jewels-of-Opar [1] (a name borrowed from the title of the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs [2]), or pink baby's-breath.
The movie gun could be disassembled and its components disguised as a fountain pen (the barrel), a cigarette lighter (breech), cuff-link (trigger), and a cigarette case (the grip), all gold plated. Scaramanga used the Golden Gun in numerous assassinations of officials, political enemies, gangsters, and a 00-agent, Bill Fairbanks (002).
'Hastings Gold' was a natural form from Hastings Point to the east of Murwillumbah on the New South Wales far north coast. It is a perennial herb with green bushy foliage reaching 25 cm (10 in) high and 70 cm (27.5 in) wide. The golden yellow flower heads measure 5 cm (2 in) across and are held on stalks 20 cm (8 in) above the foliage.
Bric-à-brac for sale at a street market in Cambridge. Bric-à-brac (French: [bʁi.ka.bʁak]) or bric-a-brac (from French), first used in the Victorian era, around 1840, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curios.
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Scaramanga is known as "The Man with the Golden Gun" because his weapon of choice is a gold-plated Colt.45 revolver, which fires silver-jacketed, gold-cored dumdum bullets. Bond locates Scaramanga in a Jamaican bordello and manages to become his temporary personal assistant under the name "Mark Hazard".
Knick Knack is an English equivalent of the French bric-à-brac or "gnic-gnac", an expression ascribed to Napoleon. Knick Knack, Knickknack or Nick Nack may also refer to: Knick Knack, an animated Pixar short film; This Old Man, a nursery rhyme that repeats the line "Knickknack Paddywhack" in each verse
When cut young and dried, the open flowers and stalks preserve their colour and shape for long periods. Helichrysum italicum (synonym Helichrysum angustifolium ) is steam distilled to produce a yellow-reddish essential oil popular in fragrance for its unique scent, best described as herbaceous, sweet, and honey-like.