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  2. Melliferous flower - Wikipedia

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    A melliferous flower is a plant which produces substances that can be collected by insects and turned into honey. [1] Many plants are melliferous, but only certain examples can be harvested by honey bees, because of their physiognomy (body size and shape, length of proboscis, etc.).

  3. List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin - Wikipedia

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    But if not only their proper names of men and places, but many of their phrases and a majority of their words, be simply and unconnectedly considered, they will be found to abound with vowels and to produce sounds sometimes mellifluous and sometimes sonorous.

  4. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.

  5. List of food origins - Wikipedia

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    Some foods have always been common in every continent, such as many seafood and plants. Examples of these are honey, ants, mussels, crabs and coconuts. Nikolai Vavilov initially identified the centers of origin for eight crop plants, subdividing them further into twelve groups in 1935.

  6. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/M - Wikipedia

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    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples macer-lean: Latin: macer: emaciate, macerate, meager macr-[1]long: Greek: μακρός (makrós), μακρότης (makrótēs) "length"

  7. Cauliflory - Wikipedia

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    The branches grow to and along the ground and even below it. As a result, the plant or tree's flowers can appear to emerge from the soil. Examples are known mostly from the plant families Annonaceae and Moraceae such as a species of Desmopsisterriflora but also include Couroupita guianensis (Lecythidaceae) and the cactus Weberocereus tunilla .

  8. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/C - Wikipedia

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    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples cac-, kak-[1]bad: Greek: κακός (kakós), κάκιστος (kákistos): cachexia ...

  9. Gabriel's Wing - Wikipedia

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    Salman the mellifluous; Kings and crowns and armies; Stanza: The style may not he vivid and lively, still; Quatrains. All potent wine is emptied of Thy cask; Make our hearts the seats of mercy and love; Estranging are the ways in the holy precinct; O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas; Am I bound by space, or beyond space?