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This is a list of software palettes used by computers. Systems that use a 4-bit or 8-bit pixel depth can display up to 16 or 256 colors simultaneously. Many personal computers in the early 1990s displayed at most 256 different colors, freely selected by software (either by the user or by a program) from their wider hardware's RGB color palette.
Ironwood is a common name for many woods that have a reputation for hardness, or specifically a wood density that is denser than water (approximately 1000 kg/m 3, or 62 pounds per cubic foot), although usage of the name ironwood in English may or may not indicate a tree that yields such heavy wood.
Acacia cultriformis, known as the knife-leaf wattle, dogtooth wattle, half-moon wattle or golden-glow wattle, is a perennial tree or shrub of the genus Acacia native to Australia. It is widely cultivated, and has been found to have naturalised in Asia , Africa , North America , New Zealand and South America . [ 1 ]
An Acacia-like 14 cm (5.5 in) long fossil seed pod has been described from the Eocene of the Paris Basin. [29] Acacia-like fossil pods under the name Leguminocarpon are known from late Oligocene deposits at different sites in Hungary. Seed pod fossils of †Acacia parschlugiana and †Acacia cyclosperma are known from Tertiary deposits in ...
Senegalia greggii, formerly known as Acacia greggii, is a species of tree in the genus Senegalia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from the extreme south of Utah south through southern Nevada, southeast California, Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas to Baja California, Sinaloa and Nuevo León in Mexico.
Lightwood bark Acacia implexa flowers. Acacia implexa, commonly known as lightwood [1] or hickory wattle, [2] [3] is a fast-growing Australian tree, the timber of which is used for furniture making. [1] The wood is prized for its finish and strength. The foliage was used to make pulp and dye cloth. [4]
Senegalia afra, also known as hook-thorn or Acacia afra, is a tree that occurs commonly in southern Africa. Though it is cultivated, it often occurs naturally in Gauteng suburban gardens, together with Acacia karroo and Acacia robusta. It is up to 10 m (33 ft) tall and may be found in open woodland, grassland, rocky hillsides or watercourses.
Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. They are found on raised stem projections and are shallowly to moderately recurved with a length of 7 to 25 mm (0.28 to 0.98 in) and a width of 0.7 to 1 mm (0.028 to 0.039 in) and end with a straight, pungent and rigid tip. [1]