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  • 41Sleeping Bear Dunes — ▪ dunes, Michigan, United States       large complex of shifting sand dunes (sand dune), extending 7 miles (11 km) along the northeastern shore of Lake Michigan (Michigan, Lake) between Empire and Glen Haven, in the northwestern part of the Lower …

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  • 42Hungarian grass — millet mil let (m[i^]l l[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. meli nh, AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern… …

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  • 43Millet grass — millet mil let (m[i^]l l[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. meli nh, AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern… …

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  • 44The Grass is Singing — infobox Book | name = The Grass Is Singing title orig = translator = image caption = author = Doris Lessing illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Michael Joseph release date =… …

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  • 45Black grass — Black Black (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[ a]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.] 1. Destitute of… …

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  • 46Slow grass — is a musical movement that been steadily gaining recognition since the late 90s into the new millennium. Slow grass has been described as taking the instrumentation and aesthetic of bluegrass, traditional folk songs and Americana, but infusing… …

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  • 47Polar Bear Pass — is a 262,400 hectare wetland and mountain pass on Bathurst Island in Nunavut, Canada, and an International Biological Program site. It was designated a Ramsar site on May 24, 1982,Cite web url=http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/whp/ramsar/df02s02.en.ht… …

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  • 48Hedgehog grass — Hedgehog Hedge hog , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus Europ[ae]us}), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into …

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  • 49pampas grass — a tall, ornamental grass, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, having large, thick, feathery, silvery white panicles. [1840 50] * * * ▪ plant  (Cortaderia selloana), one of more than 20 species of tall, reedlike Central and South… …

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  • 50Structure of Grass Spikelets —   Many specific grass names are based on the spikelet structure, which in the past has been the subject of much debate. For example, it has been interpreted both as a flower and part of the inflorescence. As a consequence, specific epithets based …

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