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DK Science: Plant Products

MANUFACTURING PAPERTAPPING RUBBERFIELD OF LAVENDERTIMBER FOR CONSTRUCTIONHENNA FOR HANDSNATURAL FIBRESFIND OUT MOREAs well as food and medicines, plants provide other useful products. Many…

John Parker HALE, Congress, NH (1806-1873)

Senate Years of Service: 1847-1849; 1849-1853; 1855-1857; 1857-1865Party: Independent Democrat; Free Soil; Opposition; RepublicanHALE, John Parker, a Representative and a Senator from New…

Benjamin Everett JORDAN, Congress, NC (1896-1974)

Senate Years of Service: 1958-1973Party: DemocratJORDAN, Benjamin Everett, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Ramseur, Randolph County, N.C., September 8, 1896; attended the public schools…

grosbeak

(Encyclopedia) grosbeakgrosbeakgrōsˈbēk [key] [great beak], common name for various members of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Grosbeaks are characterized by their large conical bills. The…

froghopper

(Encyclopedia) froghopper or spittlebug, small, hopping insect of the order Homoptera. The adult, under 1&fslsh;2 in. (1.2 cm) long in most species, is triangular in shape and usually gray or…

Fonda, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Fonda, Henry, 1905–83, American actor, b. Grand Island, Nebr. He had considerable stage experience, appearing in such plays as Mr. Roberts (1948), The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1958…

Huckabee, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Huckabee, Mike (Michael Dale Huckabee), 1955–, American politican and Baptist minister, b. Hope, Ark. He attended Ouachita Baptist Univ. (B.A., 1975) and Southwestern Baptist…