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tuber

(Encyclopedia)tuber, enlarged tip of a rhizome (underground stem) that stores food. Although much modified in structure, the tuber contains all the usual stem parts—bark, wood, pith, nodes, and internodes. The ey...

Bhavnagar

(Encyclopedia)Bhavnagar bounŭˈgər [key], city, Gujarat state, W India, on the Gulf of Khambat; the chief ...

differentiation

(Encyclopedia)differentiation, in biology, series of changes that occur in cells and tissues during development, resulting in their specialization. This, in turn, permits a greater variety of organisms. In plants, ...

larch

(Encyclopedia)larch, any tree of the genus Larix, conifers of the family Pinaceae (pine family), which are unusual in that they are not evergreen. The various species are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphe...

veneer

(Encyclopedia)veneer vənērˈ [key], thin leaf of wood applied with glue to a panel or frame of solid wood. The art of veneer developed with early civilization. It produces richly grained effects cheaply and is us...

Oceanic art

(Encyclopedia)Oceanic art, works produced by the island peoples of the S and NW Pacific, including Melanesia (New Guinea and the islands to its north and east), Micronesia (Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Gilbert ...

Jekyll, Gertrude

(Encyclopedia)Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843–1932, British artist, landscape gardener, and crafts artist. She was associated with William Robinson and Edwin Lutyens in developing an informal and natural style of garden. ...

Mariazell

(Encyclopedia)Mariazell märēˌätsĕlˈ [key], town, Styria prov., E central Austria. It is a winter and summer resort. Chiefly noted as a place of pilgrimage, it is famous for its 12th-century wood carving of th...

Kristinehamn

(Encyclopedia)Kristinehamn krĭˌstĭnəhäˈmən [key], city (1990 pop. 19,340), Värmland co., S central Sweden, a port on Lake Vänern. The city was first chartered in 1582 as Bro. It was rechartered in 1642 by ...

Asahikawa

(Encyclopedia)Asahikawa äsähēˈkäwä [key], city, W central Hokkaido, Japan, on the Ishikari River. Asahikawa is the commercial, industrial, and rail center of a great agricultural ...