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rosewood

(Encyclopedia)rosewood, popular name for the ornamental wood of several species of tropical trees, especially for the heartwood of certain leguminous trees of the genus Dalbergia of the family Leguminosae (pulse fa...

onager

(Encyclopedia)onager ŏnˈəjər [key] or Persian wild ass, wild ass of central Asia, Equus hemonius onager. Formerly classified as a separate species, it is one of the several subspecies of Asian wild ass (E. hemo...

Wright, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Wright, Richard, 1908–60, American author. An African American born on a Mississippi plantation, Wright struggled through a difficult childhood and worked to educate himself. He moved to Chicago in ...

Baraka, Amiri

(Encyclopedia)Baraka, Amiri amērē bəräˈkə [key], 1934–2014, American poet, playwright, and political activist, b. Newark, N.J., as Everett LeRoy Jones, studied at Rutgers Univ., Howard Univ. In college he a...

lampblack

(Encyclopedia)lampblack: see carbon black.

ebonics

(Encyclopedia)ebonics: see Black English.

Feldberg

(Encyclopedia)Feldberg: see Black Forest.

Schwarzwald

(Encyclopedia)Schwarzwald: see Black Forest.

pepperidge

(Encyclopedia)pepperidge: see black gum.

tupelo , in botany

(Encyclopedia)tupelo: see black gum.