American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... native of the West Indies , flower- ing in spring . BUCHNERA , in botany , so named in honour of A. C. Buchner , a genus of the Didynamia Angiospermia class and order . Natural order of Personatæ Pedicu- lares , Juss . Essential ...
... native of the West Indies , flower- ing in spring . BUCHNERA , in botany , so named in honour of A. C. Buchner , a genus of the Didynamia Angiospermia class and order . Natural order of Personatæ Pedicu- lares , Juss . Essential ...
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... native of England , France , Italy , and Spain . It flowers in May and June . BUFO , toad . See RANA . BUG . See CIMEX . The house bug , or cimex lectuarius , so extremely troublesome about beds , is of a roundish figure , and of a dark ...
... native of England , France , Italy , and Spain . It flowers in May and June . BUFO , toad . See RANA . BUG . See CIMEX . The house bug , or cimex lectuarius , so extremely troublesome about beds , is of a roundish figure , and of a dark ...
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... native of Spain and of Rus- sia , in mountainous situations . BULIMY , a disease in which the patient is affected with insatiable and perpe- tual desire of eating ; and unless he is indulged , he often falls into fainting fits . It is ...
... native of Spain and of Rus- sia , in mountainous situations . BULIMY , a disease in which the patient is affected with insatiable and perpe- tual desire of eating ; and unless he is indulged , he often falls into fainting fits . It is ...
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... native ore , and not per- VOL . III . .512 0.507 0.5030 498 fectly refined ; or when they are perfect , ly refined , but melted down in bars or ingots , or in any unwrought body , of any degree of fineness When gold and silver are in ...
... native ore , and not per- VOL . III . .512 0.507 0.5030 498 fectly refined ; or when they are perfect , ly refined , but melted down in bars or ingots , or in any unwrought body , of any degree of fineness When gold and silver are in ...
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... native of the Levant and Siberia . B. spinosa , thorny bunias , is an annual plant , and a native of the South of France , Switzerland , Austria , and Italy . BUNIUM , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Digynia class and order . Na ...
... native of the Levant and Siberia . B. spinosa , thorny bunias , is an annual plant , and a native of the South of France , Switzerland , Austria , and Italy . BUNIUM , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Digynia class and order . Na ...
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