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  • 1Court breeding — Court Court (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co + a root akin to Gr. chorto s inclosure, feeding place, and… …

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  • 2fashion — I. n. 1. Form, figure, shape, make, cut, cast, stamp, mould, pattern, model, appearance, conformation, configuration. 2. Way, manner, method, sort. 3. Custom (particularly as respects dress), mode, style, usage, conventionality, conventionalism,… …

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  • 3environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …

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  • 4Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 5St Kilda, Scotland — Infobox Scottish island latitude=57.8 longitude= 8.6 GridReference=NF095995 celtic name=Hiort norse name=Possibly Skildir meaning of name= Unknown, possibly Gaelic for westland area= 854.6 ha area rank= highest elevation= Conachair 430 m… …

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  • 6Equestrian Sports — ▪ 2009 Introduction Thoroughbred Racing. United States.       A seemingly invincible three year old colt named Big Brown took American Thoroughbred racing by storm during the 2008 spring classic season. In the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3, Big… …

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  • 7Cultigen — A cultigen (from the Latin cultus cultivated, and gens kind) is a plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans; it is the result of artificial selection. These man made or anthropogenic plants are, for the most part, plants of… …

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  • 8gardening — /gahrd ning/, n. 1. the act of cultivating or tending a garden. 2. the work or art of a gardener. [1570 80; GARDEN + ING1] * * * Laying out and tending of a garden. Though palatial gardens existed in ancient times, small home gardens became… …

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  • 9Cultivar — Osteospermum Pink Whirls A cultivar selected for its intriguing and colourful flowers A cultivar[nb 1] is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation. Most cultivars have arisen in… …

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  • 10Tuatara — This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Tuatara (disambiguation). Tuatara Male tuatara Conservation status …

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