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Ambrosia ilicifolia is a small, matted shrub under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height. Its stiff, straight branches are green, glandular, and leafy when young, and light gray and leafless when older. The holly-like leaves are leathery but brittle, oval-shaped to rounded, and edged with spine-tipped teeth. They are green, veiny and sticky with resin.
Ambrosia ambrosioides (Cav.) W.W.Payne – ambrosia-leaf bur ragweed, big bursage, ambrosia bursage; Ambrosia arborescens Mill. – marko, altamisa; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. – common ragweed, short ragweed, Roman wormwood; Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walp. Ambrosia bidentata Michx. – lanceleaf ragweed, southern ragweed; Ambrosia ...
Somewhat similar in appearance to Ambrosia ilicifolia, A. ilicifolia has sessile leaves with a reticulate pattern of veins, and the marginal teeth developed into short spines. [2] This ragweed can be found in sandy washes and other disturbed areas such as roadsides, and is sometimes seen growing in rock crevices. [2]
hollyleaf burr ragweed (Ambrosia ilicifolia) hollyleaf bursage (Ambrosia eriocentra) Hopi tea greenthread (Thelesperma megapotamicum) Irish lace (Tagetes filifolia) Jersey cudweed (Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum) Kellogg's tarweed (Hemizonia kelloggii) lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus) laxflower (Baileya pauciradiata) leafy marshtail ...
Spanish manzana de Adán calques English Adam's apple (nuez de Adán, meaning "Adam's nut", in standard Spanish), which in turn is a calque of French pomme d'Adam See also: Spanglish Also technological terms calqued from English are used throughout the Spanish-speaking world:
Ambrosia deltoidea is a shrub growing from a taproot with many lateral and adventitious roots. The plant produces many thin branches growing up to about half a meter tall. It generally has many dead branches tangled in the living crown. It is drought-deciduous. The leaves are no more than 2 centimeters long.
The correct pronunciation of Norman French is often closer to a natural contemporary English reading than to modern French: the attempt to pronounce these phrases as if they were modern French could therefore be considered to be a hyperforeignism. For example, the clerk's summons "Oyez!
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