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lettuce

(Encyclopedia)lettuce, annual garden plant (Lactuca sativa and varieties) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), probably native to the East Indies or Asia Minor, possibly as a derivative of the widespread weed c...

cowrie

(Encyclopedia)cowrie or cowry both: kouˈrē [key], common name applied to marine gastropods belonging to the family Cypraeidae, a well-developed family of marine snails found in the tropics. Cowries are abundant i...

Antilles

(Encyclopedia)Antilles: see West Indies.

Lesser Antilles

(Encyclopedia)Lesser Antilles: see West Indies. ...

Greater Antilles

(Encyclopedia)Greater Antilles: see West Indies. ...

Nau, Jacques Jean David

(Encyclopedia)Nau, Jacques Jean David zhäk zhäN dävēdˈ nō [key], c.1630–1671, French pirate in the West Indies. He is also called François L'Olonnois. He went to the West Indies in 1650. Expelled in 1653 f...

Saint Barts

(Encyclopedia)Saint Barts, island, West Indies: see Saint-Barthélemy. ...

perfume

(Encyclopedia)perfume, aroma produced by the essential oils of plants and by synthetic aromatics. The burning of incense that accompanied the religious rites of ancient China, Palestine, and Egypt led gradually to ...

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

(Encyclopedia)Organization of Eastern Caribbean States: see under West Indies Federation. ...

Saint Eustatius

(Encyclopedia)Saint Eustatius sānt yo͞ostāˈshəs [key], island (1989 pop. 1,861), 8 sq mi (20.7 sq km), a special municipality of the Netherlands, one of the Leeward Islands, West Indies. Called Statia by its i...