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  1. Maple (3638 bytes)
    1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Maple}}
    2: ...e:Maple7951.JPG|250px|Red Maple]] | caption = Red Maple flowers }}
    14: ...me 'acer' derives from the Latin "acris" (sharp), from the hardness of the wood, used for lances in th...
    16: [[image:orangemaple.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sugar Maple]] leaves in fall]]
    17: ... 7, or rarely 9 leaflets. One maple, the Hornbeam Maple ''Acer carpinifolium'', has pinnately-veined simp...

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  1. Maple (3638 bytes)
    1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Maple}}
    2: ...e:Maple7951.JPG|250px|Red Maple]] | caption = Red Maple flowers }}
    14: ...me 'acer' derives from the Latin "acris" (sharp), from the hardness of the wood, used for lances in th...
    16: [[image:orangemaple.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sugar Maple]] leaves in fall]]
    17: ... 7, or rarely 9 leaflets. One maple, the Hornbeam Maple ''Acer carpinifolium'', has pinnately-veined simp...
  2. Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
    16: ...ling them to be correctly called [[Gymnosperm]]s. From that time onwards, so long as these Gymnosperms...
    18: ...d the position of Gymnosperms as a class distinct from Dicotyledons, and the term Angiosperm then grad...
    22: ...re not, however, primitive forms, but are derived from immediate land-ancestors. Associated with this ...
    24: ... modern families (including [[beech]], [[oak]], [[maple]], and [[magnolia]]) appeared.
    47: ... regular periodical increase in thickness results from it by the development of xylem on the inside an...
  3. List of flowers (2544 bytes)
    9: ...an. The time from germination to flowering may be from two up to several years (2-100 years). After fl...
    41: *[[African Lily]]
    69: *[[Maple]]
  4. Bassoon (11661 bytes)
    2: ...ges and below. Also called ''fagott'', in German, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its co...
    6: ...e the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to allow finger-holes to be dri...
    8: ...nificantly). The English name of "bassoon" comes from a more general term referring to the bass regis...
    14: ...g joint <font color=red>(3)</font>, which extends from boot to bocal; and the [[bocal]] (or crook) <fo...
    16: ...ain]]ed and [[varnish]]ed. The top of the bell is frequently completed with a ring, often of plastic o...
  5. Banjo (6143 bytes)
    4: ... though recent research suggests that it may come from a Senegambian term for the bamboo stick used fo...
    8: ... tube in the neck where it exits near the fifth [[fret]].
    10: ... metal, although [[nylon]] and gut used on simple fretless banjos and by players of the classical banj...
    12: ...ed an instrument similar to the banjar played by African-Americans in the American south, but at the s...
    16: ...otion when striking the strings with the fingers. Frailing techniques use the thumb to catch the fifth...
  6. Canada (35540 bytes)
    3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
    10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
    17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
    18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
    46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]
  7. Maine (17312 bytes)
    36: ...[France|French]] province of [[Maine (province of France)|Maine]]. Another possibility for the name 'M...
    38: ... the union kept the balance between [[slave]] and free states. Maine's original capital was [[Portland...
    43: ...al election, 1936|1936 presidential election]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] received the Electoral Votes...
    47: ...ey]] from [[1975]] to [[1979]] and [[Angus King]] from [[1995]] to [[2003]]). The [[United States Refo...
    53: Famous politicians from Maine include [[James Blaine]], [[Edmund Muskie...
  8. Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
    40: ...e English. Other theories are that the name comes from words meaning "Gathering of the Waters" or "Gre...
    47: ...] became Wisconsin's first European explorer. The French controlled the area until [[1763]], when it w...
    51: ...ocialist, [[Daniel Hoan]], was mayor of Milwaukee from [[1916]] to [[1940]]. During both the [[2000]] ...
    53: ...thousands of miners&mdash;many of them immigrants from [[Cornwall]], England&mdash;flocked to southern...
    61: ...adison is also home to the [[Vilas Zoo]] which is free for all visitors as well as the [[University of...
  9. Vermont (39851 bytes)
    38: ... Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[Li...
    44: ...north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width ...
    52: ...particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique ...
    58: ...ing the era Native Americans migrated year-round. From [[1000 BCE]] to [[1600|1600 CE]] was the Woodla...
    60: ..., [[1609]], [[French colonization of the Americas|French explorer]] [[Samuel de Champlain]] claimed th...
  10. Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
    42: ...[British Monarchs|King]] of [[England]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on t...
    44: In 1637 [[Anne Hutchinson]] was banished from [[Massachusetts]] for expressing her beliefs th...
    52: ...the thirteen colonies that had complete religious freedom. Under the terms of the charter, only lando...
    56: ...e settlers of Portsmouth had purchased their land from his father, [[Massasoit]]. King Philip rebelle...
    60: ...less class developed. By 1829, 60% of the state's free white males were ineligible to vote.
  11. West Virginia (24258 bytes)
    38: ... Maryland and Virginia. West Virginia broke away from [[Virginia]] during the [[American Civil War]]....
    40: .../www.wvbridgeday.com/bridge-day-BASE-jumping.php] from the bridge), as well as many national and state...
    48: ...braham Lincoln]]. Upon the secession of Virginia from the union on [[April 27]], [[1861]], anti-seces...
    74: ...hardwood]] [[forest]] of [[oak]], [[chestnut]], [[maple]], [[beech]], and [[Eastern White Pine|white pine...
    76: ...n a near shore environment from sediments derived from mountains to the east, in a shallow inland sea ...
  12. List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
    7: ... allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
    178: *[[List of largest optical refracting telescopes]]
    363: *[[Historical African place names]]
    371: *[[List of toponyms]] (with names derived from a place or region)
    385: *[[List of Acer species]] (maple)
  13. String instrument (8163 bytes)
    22: ...n, "breathy" sound, emphasizing the [[fundamental frequency]].
    35: ... its combination of lightness and strength) and [[maple]] (a very hard wood).
  14. Tree (23723 bytes)
    20: ...e tree, and used to date cores or even wood taken from trees in the past; this practice is known as th...
    22: ...biomass and absorbing [[water]] and [[nutrients]] from the [[soil]]. Above ground, the trunk gives hei...
    30: ...ly disregarded as unreliable, fantasy or outright fraud. The following are now accepted as the top fiv...
    41: ...l. Some past exaggerated measurements also result from measuring the complete next-to-bark measurement...
    63: ... taken from the edge to the centre of the tree or from entire cross-sections. Accurate determination i...
  15. Crossbow (7510 bytes)
    5: ...rigger of hand-held firearms may have been copied from crossbows.
    12: ... made of good hardwood, such as [[oak]] or hard [[maple]]. The central European bows were rather exotic a...
    16: ...ally made of strong fibers that would not tend to fray. According to W. F. Patternson, whipcord was ve...
    18: ...Triggers are known to have been used on crossbows from the early 1400s. [[Leonardo da Vinci]] designed...
    20: ...three commonly seen on arrows. This prevents them from snagging on the crossbow nut as they are shot.
  16. Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
    4: [[Image:Eishockey_Eisbaeren_gegen_Capitals.jpg|frame|right|Two defencemen and a goaltender guard th...
    5: ...tender]]'', whose primary job is to stop the puck from entering the net, and who is permitted unique g...
    8: ...ally stay together as a pair, but may change less frequently than the forwards. A substitution of an e...
    21: ...alled for fighting, boarding, and other violent infractions. The rare ten-minute ''match penalties'' ...
    23: ... shot]]'', an attempt to score without opposition from any defenders except the goaltender.
  17. Dollhouse (4191 bytes)
    7: ...iate for available dolls, and range in complexity from ad-hoc structures to sophisticated replicas of ...
    11: ...gazine]]s on the subject, with supplies available from shops and elsewhere. Dollhouse [[club]]s which ...
    13: Constructions can range from the [[history|historically]] accurate to a buil...
    16: ... expensive), build one yourself, or construct one from a kit.
    34: * [http://www.maplestreet.co.uk Maple Street Dolls House Museum]
  18. Leaf (20580 bytes)
    2: ...tures of [[fern]]s are correctly referred to as [[frond]]s.
    4: [[image:Leaf.jpg|thumb|250px|Fallen leaf of a maple. Note areas where chlorophyll (green) has been de...
    8: ...mendous variety shown in leaf structure (anatomy) from species to species is presented in detail below...
    18: ...n leaves from dry climates as compared with those from wet climates.
    24: '''[[Trichome]]s''' or hairs grow out from the epidermis in many species.
  19. Guitar (36953 bytes)
    2: ...es [[steel]] strings and more guide dots on the [[fretboard]].]]
    6: ... '''neck'''. Typically, a '''headstock''' extends from the neck for tuning.
    16: ..., is a combination of two words. "''Guit''" comes from the Sanskrit word ''"Sangeeta"'' meaning "music...
    17: ...n in Origin, and so are the ancestral instruments from which the Westernized guitar derrived. The word...
    18: ...n of the sitar. One theory states that it evolved from a purely Indian instrument called the ''Chitra ...
  20. Timpani (31735 bytes)
    3: ...a [[definite pitch]] when struck. Timpani evolved from [[military]] drums to become a staple of the [[...
    5: ... is derived from the [[Latin]] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]]...
    9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony...
    22: Timpani come in a variety of sizes from around 84 [[centimeter]]s (33 [[inch]]es) in di...
    30: [[Image:Dresden pedal.jpg|frame|right|This pedal is on a Dresden timpano. The ...

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