(Encyclopedia) Hercules'-club, common name for several small, thorny trees, chiefly the devil's-walking-stick of the family Aralaceae (ginseng family) and the prickly ash of the family Rutaceae (…
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(Encyclopedia) muskrat, North American aquatic rodent. The common muskrats, species of the genus Ondatra, are sometimes called by their Native American name, musquash. They are found in marshes,…
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Cross section of a sunflower, a member of the aster family
aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants…
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