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  • :Scarlet Sages. See Salvia coccinea ← redirecting the reader to ... :shade plants ← grouping term (may not appear in the text; may be ...
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  • that code for a gene, but sometimes the term is used to refer to a non ... Note that with the advent of neutral genetic markers, the term 'allele ...
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  • the construction of the socialist system. The term Construction Art was first used as a derisive term by Kazimir Malevich to describe the work of ...
    8 KB (1,080 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
  • usages of the terms. Historically the term "romance" did not ... has existed since before 1812. Here, the term "romantic" means ...
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  • produced by living cells or another organism. The term sometimes is used in a broader sense to refer to any substance that is poisonous to an organism ...
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  • The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ... The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ...
    15 KB (2,199 words) - 16:11, 5 April 2017
  • chemical elements. Berzelius suggested the term "protein" as the ... Berzelius is also credited with originating the term "polymer ...
    9 KB (1,392 words) - 21:46, 4 October 2022
  • The sacred fig is a type of fig known as a banyan. While the term ... The term "Bodhi tree" is also widely applied to currently ...
    10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
  • A pagoda is the general term for a tiered tower with multiple eaves, common in China, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. ...
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  • disease, infection, or injury. In the short term, it can be helpful, but long ... and catabolic processes. In the short term, this is often a valid trade ...
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  • the crust, resulting in volcanic activity. The term hotspot is also used when referring to the location on the Earth's surface where such volcanism ...
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  • In the traditional definition of the term, acculturation is the process ... The term, however, needs to be differentiated from the term enculturation ...
    12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
  • Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (January 25, 1743 – March 10, 1819) was a German philosopher who made his mark on philosophy by coining the term ...
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  • Party in the mid-nineteenth century. The term barnburner was derived from ... internal improvements, and state banks. The term hunker was derived from someone ...
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  • Zaibatsu ( 財閥, ざいばつ, property) is a Japanese term referring to the "financial cliques," “wealth cliques,” or business ...
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  • Hibernation is one of several types of dormancy, a general term used ... Torpor is normally presented as short-term lowering of the metabolic ...
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  • with larger bulbs. Shallot also is the term for the edible bulb of these ... However, the term shallot also is used for other plants. The French ...
    11 KB (1,635 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
  • ==History of the term== The origins of the golem are often traced back ... has been interpreted in multiple ways. The term is used in the Bible (Psalms ...
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  • event that has already happened before. The term was coined by a French psychic ... More recently, the term déjà vécu has been used to describe very ...
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  • As noted above, the term gravel is applied to rocks that range in size between 2 and 63 mm. Sometimes, however, the term is restricted to rock ...
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