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Zart – a sea urchin (in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language sort, meaning a sea urchin, or hedgehog) [4] [121] Zawn – a fissure in a cliff (used as a word and also as a place-name element, in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language sawen, or saven, meaning a cleft or gully) [4] These fissures are known to geologists as ...
These potatoes also have coloured skin, but many varieties with pink or red skin have white or yellow flesh, as do the vast majority of cultivated potatoes. The yellow colour, more or less marked, is due to the presence of carotenoids. Varieties with coloured flesh are common among native Andean potatoes, but relatively rare among modern varieties.
Flowers Tubers, with a ruler for scale. Coleus rotundifolius, synonyms Plectranthus rotundifolius and Solenostemon rotundifolius, [1] commonly known as native potato or country potato in Africa and called Chinese potato in India, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to tropical Africa.
The traditional Grandma and Grandpa, or Abuela and Abuelo, or Bubbe and Zayde are becoming less common, writes Ana Veciana-Suarez. Abuela, grandma? Not so much.
Twenty20. 4. Nana. Short and sweet, not to mention easy to pronounce for the little ones. 5. Nani and Nana. The maternal grandparent names (i.e., mom’s parents) in Hindi.
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
Modern Grandma Names. At the outset, these names don't sound anything like Grandma — they're almost secret code words between you and your grandchild. Some are cute, some are sweet and some are hip.
Whataroa potato (taewa), an example of a Māori potato. Potatoes originate in the Andes and temperate Chile, and were introduced into Europe in the second half of the 16th century, as part of the Columbian exchange. [7] Māori traditions maintain that taewa were cultivated well before Europeans first visited New Zealand.