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anaconda, in zoology
(Encyclopedia)anaconda: see boa.beira, in zoology
(Encyclopedia)beira: see antelope.tupelo , in botany
(Encyclopedia)tupelo: see black gum.poplar, in botany
(Encyclopedia)poplar: see willow.Paradise, in religion
(Encyclopedia)Paradise: see Eden, Garden of; heaven. ...flag, in botany
(Encyclopedia)flag, common name for several plants belonging to the families Iridaceae and Araceae. See iris; arum. ...hoya, in botany
(Encyclopedia)hoya: see milkweed.antipodes, in geography
(Encyclopedia)antipodes [Gr.,=having feet opposite], people or places diametrically opposite on the globe. Thus antipodes must be separated by half the circumference of the earth (180°), and one must be as far nor...iris, in anatomy
(Encyclopedia)iris: see eye.apostrophe, in punctuation
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