The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... common name for Butomus umbellatus , a perennial freshwater plant na- tive to Eurasia but now common throughout the North Temperate Zone . B. umbellatus is the only species of the family Butomaceae . Long , tapering leaves extend the ...
... common name for Butomus umbellatus , a perennial freshwater plant na- tive to Eurasia but now common throughout the North Temperate Zone . B. umbellatus is the only species of the family Butomaceae . Long , tapering leaves extend the ...
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... common are the taphrogeosyncline , a de- pressed block of the Earth's crust bounded by one or more high angle faults that serves as a site of sediment accumulation , and the paraliageosyncline , a deep geosyncline that passes into ...
... common are the taphrogeosyncline , a de- pressed block of the Earth's crust bounded by one or more high angle faults that serves as a site of sediment accumulation , and the paraliageosyncline , a deep geosyncline that passes into ...
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... Common Prayer , and a new translation of the Bible . James rejected most of the Puritans ' de- mands and was firm in his rejection of any change in the episcopal form of church gov- ernment . When confronted with the issue , he said ...
... Common Prayer , and a new translation of the Bible . James rejected most of the Puritans ' de- mands and was firm in his rejection of any change in the episcopal form of church gov- ernment . When confronted with the issue , he said ...
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