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111cortex — /kawr teks/, n., pl. cortices / teuh seez /. 1. Anat., Zool. a. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. b. the cerebral cortex. 2. Bot. a. the portion of a stem between the epidermis and the vascular tissue; …
112Poales — ▪ plant order Introduction grass order of flowering plants, containing the grass family ( Poaceae), economically the most important order of plants, with a worldwide distribution in all climates. Poales contains more than 18,000 species of… …
113Polynesian culture — ▪ cultural region, Pacific Ocean Introduction the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Polynesia (from Greek poly ‘many and nēsoi ‘islands ). Polynesia encompasses a huge… …
114Carya tomentosa — Mockernut Hickory The nuts of white hickory Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …
115Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …
116Laos — /lah ohs, lows, lay os/; Fr. /lann aws /, n. a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 5,116,959; 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Cap.: Vientiane. * * * Laos Introduction Laos Background: In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took… …
117pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …
118Mississippi — • The state takes its name from the Mississippi River that forms its western boundary Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mississippi Mississippi …
119Japanese tea ceremony — Tea ceremony The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called chanoyu (茶の湯) or chadō ( …
120Uganda — Ugandan, adj., n. /yooh gan deuh, ooh gahn /, n. an independent state in E Africa, between the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British protectorate. 20,604,874; 91,065 sq. mi.… …
