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iris, common name for members of the genus Iris of the Iridaceae, a family of perennial herbs that includes the crocuses, freesias, and gladioli. The…
It would take about 12 days to count to a million and about 32 years to count to 1 billion, if each count were about 1 second long. A googol consists of the number 1 followed by 100 zeros or 10(…
