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camphor

(Encyclopedia)camphor kămˈfər [key], C10H16O, white, crystalline solid ketone with a characteristic pungent odor and taste. It melts at 176℃ and boils at 204℃. The natural variety, Japan camphor, is obtained...

Shimonoseki

(Encyclopedia)Shimonoseki shēˈmōnōsāˌkē [key], city (1990 pop. 262,635), Yamaguchi prefecture, extreme SW Honshu, Japan. An important port and fishing center on Shimonoseki Strait, it is opposite Kitakyushu,...

tea

(Encyclopedia)tea, tree or bush, its leaves, and the beverage made from these leaves. The plant (Camellia sinensis, Thea sinensis, or C. thea) is an evergreen related to the camellia and indigenous to Assam (India)...

Iwata

(Encyclopedia)Iwata ēwäˈtä [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the estuary of t...

Izumi

(Encyclopedia)Izumi ēzo͞oˈmē [key], city, Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. It is a residential and co...

Izumisano

(Encyclopedia)Izumisano ēzo͞omēˈsänō [key], city, Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is a ...

Ina

(Encyclopedia)Ina ēˈnä [key], city, Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is...

Ichinomiya

(Encyclopedia)Ichinomiya ēchĭnōˈmēyä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial ...

Honjo

(Encyclopedia)Honjo hōnˈjō [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. It...

Higashimatsuyama

(Encyclopedia)Higashimatsuyama hēgäˈshēmätso͞oyäˈmä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a subu...