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imagists

(Encyclopedia)imagists, group of English and American poets writing from 1909 to about 1917, who were united by their revolt against the exuberant imagery and diffuse sentimentality of 19th-century poetry. Influenc...

nun, in religion

(Encyclopedia)nun: see monasticism.

artemisia, in botany

(Encyclopedia)artemisia: see wormwood.

milo, in botany

(Encyclopedia)milo or milo maize: see sorghum. ...

moccasin, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)moccasin, snake: see water moccasin. ...

mole, in anatomy

(Encyclopedia)mole: see birthmark.

moray, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)moray: see eel.

narcissus, in botany

(Encyclopedia)narcissus: see amaryllis.

labor, in physiology

(Encyclopedia)labor: see birth.

marguerite, in botany

(Encyclopedia)marguerite: see daisy.