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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: ...{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: ... section binomial botany | color = lightgreen | binomial_name =Citrus × paradisi | author = Macf...
16: ...[[tree]] grown for its [[fruit]], which are also known as grapefruit.
18: ...Florida]] and [[Texas]]. In Spanish the fruit is known as the ''toronja''. - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
5: ...our of [[Alexandria]] and was over 134 m (440 ft) tall.]]
7: ... been 134 m (440 ft) high, at the time one of the tallest man-made structures on Earth. It was built of ...
9: ...e to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time period in which the lighthouse ex...
20: ... that the Arab traveller [[Ibn Battuta]] reported not being able to enter the ruin. Even the stubby re... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...he central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as the "[[Matter of Britain]]." There is disagr...
5: ...] to early [[6th century]], to have been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the ...
7: ...y figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Br...
11: Another school of thought believes that Arthur is a h...
13: Subscribers to this school of thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Amb... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ... alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
8: ...d chemical partner such as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals wi...
11: ...ng this process, leading to a patterned layering known as [[pearlite]] due to its [[pearl]]-like appea...
15: ...hat the transformation to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation int...
19: ...s so critical to the end result, this process is known as '''[[tempering]]''', source of the term '''t... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
2: ...]] of [[classical architecture]], the other two canonic orders being the [[Doric order|Doric]] and the...
4: ...he southwestern coastland and islands of [[Asia Minor]] settled by Ionian Greeks, where an Ionian dial...
6: Unlike the Greek Doric order, Ionic [[column]]s normally stand on a base (''but see illustration, le...
9: ...|thumb|right|An archaic Greek Ionic capital, in ''Nordisk familjebok'', 1910]]
10: ...e most often fluted: [[Inigo Jones]] introduced a note of sobriety with plain Ionic columns on his [[B... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...er Celtic tribes, including the neighbouring [[Trinovantes]], in a major uprising against the occupyin...
7: ...dependent as an ally of Rome (he may have been installed as a pro-Roman ruler following the defeat of a ...
9: ...e this point to call in their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does single out [[procurator]]...
11: ...mple for two days before it fell. The future governor [[Quintus Petillius Cerialis]], then commanding ...
13: ...y fire at this time), slaughtering anyone who had not evacuated with Suetonius. [[Verulamium]] ([[St A... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[...
6: ...''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
10: ...[[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ...ent started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. She insisted on taking part in the [[... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
7: ...n [[Pittsburgh|Allegheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [...
17: ...e supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by the French government for this work.
21: ...wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn 1989)...
23: ...borative Vichy government, but by the end she did not, having witnessed firsthand the hardship it brou...
29: ...ked Toklas, "What is the answer?" When Toklas did not answer, Stein said, "In that case, what is the q... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
7: ...and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
10: [[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-L...
12: ... private prayer that he had made the previous [[1 November]], although he additionally insisted on hav...
14: ...iers, [[Jean de Dunois|Jean d'Orleans (Count of Dunois)]],[[La Hire]], and [[Poton de Xaintrailles]]. - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
6: ...y the [[United States Navy | Navy]] for being too tall.
8: ...] repellant. She was posted to [[Kandy]], Ceylon (now [[Sri Lanka]]) in 1943, where she met her future...
14: ...tely with master chefs like [[Max Bugnard]]. She noted that she was the only female in most of the cl...
20: ...en it was first published in 1961 by [[Alfred A. Knopf]], the 734-page ''[[Mastering the Art of French...
22: ... and [[Emmy Award | Emmy]] Awards. Though she was not the first television cook, Mrs. Child was the mo... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...uins (TV movie)|Love Among the Ruins]]'', and was nominated for four other Emmys and two [[Tony Award]...
5: ...enereal disease]] in a time when such things were not discussed, and her mother campaigned for birth c...
7: ... films such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ... change his name to S. Ogden Ludlow, so she would not have to adopt the "too ordinary" name of "Mrs. S...
21: ...came the talk of New York City, and began getting noticed by [[Hollywood]]. - Canna lily (3803 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliophyta]]}}
15: ...ve feet tall but are most often around three feet tall; they often bloom red, yellow, orange, or any com...
17: ...n the winter, the [[rhizome]]s (horizontal roots, not unlike those of a potato) can be dug up before f...
19: ...n areas with a freezing winter the leaf roller is not typically a pest.
26: ...]], where the starch is used to make cellophane [[noodle]]s. - Gaillardia (3637 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
15: ...he sunflower family ([[Asteraceae]]), native to [[North America]]. It was named after M. Gaillard de C...
17: ...s bloom in the summer. There more than two dozen known species of ''Gaillardia''. - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
2: ...age | image = [[Image:Orchin_P622.jpg|250px|Phalaenopsis hybrid]] | caption = Orchid}}
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
14: ...me sources give 30,000) [[species]], and perhaps another 60,000 [[hybrid]]s and varieties produced by ...
21: These [[monocotyledon]]ous plants are [[cosmopolitan]] in dist... - Phlox (1364 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: ...{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
15: ...)|spring]]. They are native mainly to temperate [[North America]], with a few species in eastern [[Asi...
17: ...ooth Phlox]] (''Phlox glaberrima'') grow to 1.5 m tall, while others, such as [[Creeping Phlox]] (''Phlo... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
12: ..._section_binomial_simple | color = lightgreen | binomial_name = Helianthus annuus}}
15: ...able for turning to face the [[Sun]], a behavior known as [[heliotropism]].
25: ...n commercially in [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]] [[North Dakota]].]] - Amaryllis (2393 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[monocotyledon|Lilliopsida]]}}
12: ...x_section_binomial_botany | color = lightgreen| binomial_name = Amaryllis belladonna| author = [[Carol...
15: '''''Amaryllis''''' is a monotypic [[genus]] of plant containing one species, t...
19: ...the bulb produces one or two naked stems 30-60 cm tall,, each of which bear a cluster of 2 to 12 funnel-... - Snowdrop (3046 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Snowdrop}}
2: ..._nivalis.jpg|200px|Snowdrop]] | caption = Common Snowdrop}}
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
14: ... Snowdrop''' (''Galanthus nivalis'') is the best-known representative of a small [[genus]] of about 20...
16: ... in the flower the same size, though it should be noted that some "poculiform" (slipper-shaped) ''Gala... - Spiderwort (2097 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
14: .... They are scrambling plants, growing to 30-60 cm tall, and are commonly found individually or in clumps...
20: ...as an [[endangered species]] in Canada, where the northernmost populations of the species are found at... - Camellia (2759 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ... [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s from 2–20 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternately arranged, si...
18: ...lso have a high [[rain]]fall requirement and will not tolerate [[drought]].
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