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sweetbrier
(Encyclopedia)sweetbrier, sweetbriar, or eglantine ĕgˈləntīn, –tēn [key] [O. Fr. from Lat.,=needle], wild rose of Europe (Rosa eglanteria), cultivated and now naturalized in the United States. The bush has ...Cheb
(Encyclopedia)Cheb khĕp [key], Ger. Eger, city, NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, near the German border. A c...Milnes, Sherrill Eustace
(Encyclopedia)Milnes, Sherrill Eustace, 1935–, American operatic baritone, b. Downers Grove, Ill., stud. with Boris Goldovsky and Rosa Ponselle. Famous for his powerful yet lyrical voice and his large, seemingly ...Ibarbourou, Juana de
(Encyclopedia)Ibarbourou, Juana de hwäˈnä dā ēbärbo͞oˈro͞o [key], 1895–1979, Uruguayan p...Eigenmann, Carl H.
(Encyclopedia)Eigenmann, Carl H. īˈgənmən [key], 1863–1927, American ichthyologist, b. Germany, grad. Indiana Univ., 1886. From 1891 he taught at Indiana Univ., founding and directing the biological station a...Pensacola Bay
(Encyclopedia)Pensacola Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 13 mi (21 km) long and c.2.5 mi (4 km) wide, NW Fla.; entered through a narrow channel between Santa Rosa Island and the mainland. The Escambia River flows ...Luxembourg, province, Belgium
(Encyclopedia)Luxembourg, Du. Luxemburg, province (1991 pop. 232,813), 1,706 sq mi (4,419 sq km), SE Belgium, in the Ardennes, bordering on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the east and on France in the south. The ...rose
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Pasture rose, Rosa carolina rose, common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa,...Hickok, Wild Bill
(Encyclopedia)Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837–76, American frontier marshal, b. Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Ill., as James Butler Hickok. He took part in the Kansas struggle preceding the Civil War, was a driver of the Butt...Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
(Encyclopedia)Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, c.639 sq mi (1,655 sq km), S Calif., occupying most of E San Diego co. and neighboring portions of Riverside and Imperial cos.; est. 1933. Part of the Colorado Desert, ...Browse by Subject
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