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Porterville

(Encyclopedia)Porterville, city (1990 pop. 29,563), Tulare co., S central Calif., on the Tule River; founded 1859 on the old Los Angeles–San Francisco stage route, inc. 1902. Olives, fruits, nuts, grain, sugar be...

Grants Pass

(Encyclopedia)Grants Pass, city (2020 pop. 39,189), seat of Josephine co., SW Oreg., on the Rogue River, in a heavily forested area; inc. 1887. It has meat-processing...

Concordia

(Encyclopedia)Concordia kōng-kôrˈᵺyä [key], city, Entre Ríos prov., NE Argentina, a port on the Uruguay ...

Cordele

(Encyclopedia)Cordele kôrdēlˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 10,220), seat of Crisp co., S central Ga., on a bra...

mountain ash, in botany

(Encyclopedia)mountain ash, name for any species of the genus Sorbus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), hardy ornamental trees and shrubs native to the Northern Hemisphere, not related to the true ashes. They ar...

arrack

(Encyclopedia)arrack ârˈək [key], strong spirits distilled chiefly in Asia from fermented fruits, grains, or sugarcane. In the 19th cent., Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) became quite noted for palm toddy arrack and in m...

Layton

(Encyclopedia)Layton, city (1990 pop. 41,784), Davis co., N Utah, between the Wasatch Range and Great Salt Lake. In an irrigated farm area served by the Weber basin project, it produces fruits and vegetables. Cattl...

groundnut

(Encyclopedia)groundnut, common name for several different genera of twining herbaceous, leguminous plants with geocarpie (underground fruits), chiefly the peanut. Groundnuts are classified in the division Magnolio...

Çorum

(Encyclopedia)Çorum chôro͞omˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 116,260), capital of Çorum prov., N central Turkey. It is the trade center for a farm region where grains, fruits, sheep, and goats are raised. The cit...

David, city, Panama

(Encyclopedia)David dävēdˈ [key], city, capital of Chiriquí prov., SW Panama. It is a regional commerci...