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... Northern Hemisphere . Picea , with 31 species , is widely distributed in temperate re- gions of the Northern Hemisphere . Family Podocarpaceae Prostrate shrubs to tall trees having single olive - like seeds borne at the tips of dwarf ...
... Northern Hemisphere . Picea , with 31 species , is widely distributed in temperate re- gions of the Northern Hemisphere . Family Podocarpaceae Prostrate shrubs to tall trees having single olive - like seeds borne at the tips of dwarf ...
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... northern France to the Provençal troubadours , from whom they derived their highly stylized themes and metri- cal forms . The essence of trouvère rhetoric lies in the combination of traditional themes and the use of established forms in ...
... northern France to the Provençal troubadours , from whom they derived their highly stylized themes and metri- cal forms . The essence of trouvère rhetoric lies in the combination of traditional themes and the use of established forms in ...
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... northern side of the Turfan Depression . It has always been the centre of a fertile oasis and an important trade centre , on the main northern branch of the Silk Road from Ha - mi to Kashgar ( K'o- shih ) and with an alternative northern ...
... northern side of the Turfan Depression . It has always been the centre of a fertile oasis and an important trade centre , on the main northern branch of the Silk Road from Ha - mi to Kashgar ( K'o- shih ) and with an alternative northern ...
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