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 12Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... tree . It can swim with rapidity , and is valued for food . S. sajassu , or the Mexican hog , or pe- cari , is the only animal of the genus na- tive of America , where it is gregarious , fierce and dangerous , and is occasionally seen ...
... tree . It can swim with rapidity , and is valued for food . S. sajassu , or the Mexican hog , or pe- cari , is the only animal of the genus na- tive of America , where it is gregarious , fierce and dangerous , and is occasionally seen ...
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... tree , so named , in honour of the illustri- ous Gerard , L. B. a Swieten , archiater to Maria Teresa , Empress of Germany , a genus of the Decandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Trihilatæ . Meliæ , Jussieu . Essential ...
... tree , so named , in honour of the illustri- ous Gerard , L. B. a Swieten , archiater to Maria Teresa , Empress of Germany , a genus of the Decandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Trihilatæ . Meliæ , Jussieu . Essential ...
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... tree , or shrub , about six feet in height ; leaves acute , quite entire , scarcely waved , half a foot long Cymes ample , handsome , convex , axillary ; flowers without scent , dirty white , or red- dish brown , about forty in a cyme ...
... tree , or shrub , about six feet in height ; leaves acute , quite entire , scarcely waved , half a foot long Cymes ample , handsome , convex , axillary ; flowers without scent , dirty white , or red- dish brown , about forty in a cyme ...
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... trees , and then is brought through a hole in the ship's side . Its use is to carry forward the clew of the sail , and to make it stand close by a wind : and whenever the sails are thus trimmed , the main - tack , the - fore- tack , and ...
... trees , and then is brought through a hole in the ship's side . Its use is to carry forward the clew of the sail , and to make it stand close by a wind : and whenever the sails are thus trimmed , the main - tack , the - fore- tack , and ...
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... tree , a remarkable tree , growing in great plenty in China ; so called from its producing a substance like tallow , which serves for the same purpose ; it is about the height of a cher- ry - tree , its leaves in form of a heart , of a ...
... tree , a remarkable tree , growing in great plenty in China ; so called from its producing a substance like tallow , which serves for the same purpose ; it is about the height of a cher- ry - tree , its leaves in form of a heart , of a ...
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