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The popularity of terrazzo led to an increase in installers in the 1920s. The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Organization was formed in 1931 to further professionalize the practice of terrazzo installation. [5] One of the best-known examples of terrazzo is the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Created in 1958, the walk honors celebrities in the form of a ...
The leaves are opposite, 5–12 cm long, pinnate with 5–11 leaflets. The flowers are produced in open cymes, the individual flowers are white having corolla with a basal tube 13–25 mm long and five lobes 13–22 mm long. [4] [5] In Pakistan, it grows wild in the Salt Range and Rawalpindi District at 500–1500 m altitude. [4]
1. (adj.) (of leaves or flower s) Borne singly at different levels along a stem, including spiralled parts. Contrast opposite. 2. (prep.) Occurring between something else, e.g. stamen s alternating with petal s. alternipetalous A configuration where parts of the flower, e.g. stamen s, alternate in position with the petal s. [18] ament A synonym ...
Laburar (Rioplatense Spanish), from Italian lavorare, = "to work" Mafioso. Criminal. From "Mafioso". Milanesa. Food. From "Milanese" (a food made with meat and bread). Mina. (Buenos Aires Lunfardo), an informal word for woman (from Lombard dialect) Mortadela. Food. From "Mortadella" (a food made from pork and chicken)
Iris xiphium, commonly known as the Spanish iris, is an iris native to Spain and Portugal. It has also been found in Corsica, South West France, southern Italy, Algeria and Tunisia. [2] This species is also known as the small bulbous-rooted iris or xiphium iris. It was first illustrated in 'Flowers of the Mediterranean' in 1965. [2]
Jardín del Generalife de Granada. A traditional Spanish garden is a style of garden or designed landscape developed in historic Spain. Especially in the United States, the term tends to be used for a garden design style with a formal arrangement that evokes, usually not very precisely, the sort of plan and planting developed in southern Spain, incorporating principles and elements from ...
A flower that is not part of an inflorescence is called a solitary flower and its stalk is also referred to as a peduncle. Any flower in an inflorescence may be referred to as a floret, especially when the individual flowers are particularly small and borne in a tight cluster, such as in a pseudanthium.
A tree blooming in Brisbane, Australia. Erythrina crista-galli is a small tree, the girth of its trunk measuring 50 cm (20 in). Normally it grows 5–8 m (16–26 ft) tall, although some individuals, such as in the Argentine provinces of Salta, Jujuy and Tucumán, can grow up to 10 m (33 ft).