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  • 101Steam electric plant —   A power station in which steam is used to turn the turbines that generate electricity. The heat used to make the steam may come from burning fossil fuel, using a controlled nuclear reaction, concentrating the sun s energy, tapping the earth s… …

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  • 102Ferocactus wislizeni — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …

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  • 103Dicentra spectabilis — Taxobox name = Dicentra spectabilis image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ranunculales familia = Fumariaceae genus = Dicentra species = D. spectabilis binomial = Dicentra spectabilis binomial… …

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  • 104Carleton College Cowling Arboretum — (also referred to as the Arb) consists of approximately 880 acres (360 hectares) of land adjacent to Carleton College. It was created under the leadership of President Donald J. Cowling and Professor Harvey E. Stork in the 1920s. Professor Stork… …

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  • 105Jardín Botánico de Chicago — « Evening island » en el Jardín Botánico de Chicago. El Jardín Botánico de Chicago en inglés: Chicago Botanic Garden es un jardín botánico y arboretum, de 156 hectáreas (385 acres), que se encuentra ubicado en el Cook County Forest… …

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  • 106sunrose — noun any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions • Syn: ↑helianthemum, ↑sun rose • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑frostweed, ↑ …

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  • 107sunn — n. [Written also Sun.] 1. Brown hemp, Madras hemp, sun hemp. 2. Sun plant (Crotolaria juncea) …

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  • 108portulaca — noun a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers • Hypernyms: ↑flower • Hyponyms: ↑rose moss, ↑sun plant, ↑Portulaca grandiflora • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Portulaca …

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  • 109rose moss — noun widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers • Syn: ↑sun plant, ↑Portulaca grandiflora • Hypernyms: ↑portulaca * * * noun : a portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora) * * * …

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  • 110solanum — [sō lā′nəm] n. 〚L, nightshade, orig., sun plant < sol: see SOL1〛 any of a large genus (Solanum) of trees, vines, shrubs, and plants of the nightshade family: most are poisonous, but a few are cultivated for food, as the potato and eggplant * * * …

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