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2. Artificial plants - Wikipedia

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   Artificial plants. Artificial plants are imitations of natural plants used for commercial or residential decoration. They are sometimes made for scientific purposes (the collection of glass flowers at Harvard University, for example, illustrates the flora of the United States). [1] Artificial plants vary widely from mass-produced varieties that ...

3. Lotus silk - Wikipedia

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   The flower and stem of the species ( Nelumbo nucifera) used in lotus silk. Lotus silk ( Burmese: ပိုးကြာချည် or Burmese: ကြာချည်, lit. 'lotus thread') is a type of textile produced using delicate lotus stem fibers. The fabric first originated in Myanmar (Burma), and is now also woven by smaller-scale cottage ...

4. Grevillea robusta - Wikipedia

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   Grevillea robusta is a fast-growing evergreen tree with a single main trunk, growing to 5–40 m (20–100 ft) tall. The bark is dark grey and furrowed. Its leaves are fern-like, 10–34 cm (4–10 in) long, 9–15 cm (4–6 in) wide and divided with between 11 and 31 main lobes. Each lobe is sometimes further divided into as many as four, each ...

5. Sericulture - Wikipedia

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   Sericulture. Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, the caterpillar of the domestic silkmoth is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm. This species of silkmoth is no longer found in the wild as they have been modified through ...

6. Should retirees use their homes to pay bills? - AOL

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   Experts say that most people will need about 80 percent of their annual income in retirement. For example, if you made $75,000 per year before retiring, you would need $60,000 each year in ...

7. International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for ... - AOL

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   The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday for alleged crimes committed ...