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Yucatán, state, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Yucatán yo͞okətănˈ, –kätänˈ [key], state (1990 pop. 1,362,940), 14,868 sq mi (38,508 sq km), SE Mexico, occupying most of the northern part of the Yucatán peninsula. It lies between Campech...

Chengde

(Encyclopedia)Chengde or Chengteh both: chŭng-do͝o [key], city, N Hebei prov., China, near the Luan River. It is a ...

naranjilla

(Encyclopedia)naranjilla näränhăˈyō [key], large tropical subshrub (Solanum quitoense) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), native to the Andes. Tomatolike fruits, orange-colored and leathery-skinned,...

Maragheh

(Encyclopedia)Maragheh märägäˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 117,388), East Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran, on the southern slopes of Mt. Sahand. It is the trade and transportation center of a fertile fruit-growing region;...

Caesalpinus, Andreas

(Encyclopedia)Caesalpinus, Andreas ändrĕˈä chāzälpēˈnō [key], 1519–1603, Italian botanist and physiologist. He was physician to Pope Clement VIII. He described, in part and as a theory only, the circulat...

Xiangyang

(Encyclopedia)Xiangyang shyängˈfänˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 606,100), N Hubei prov., E central China, on the Han River; formed from the merger of the ancient cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng (on opposite ba...

pyracantha

(Encyclopedia)pyracantha pĭrˌəkănˈthə [key] or firethorn, any hardwood evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha of the family Rosaceae (rose family). Native from S Europe to W China, pyracanthas are now cultiv...

blackthorn

(Encyclopedia)blackthorn or sloe, low, spreading, thorny bush or small tree (Prunus spinosa) of the plum genus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), having black bark, white flowers, and deep blue fruits, usually r...

Bam

(Encyclopedia)Bam bäm [key], town, Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the we...

Del Rio

(Encyclopedia)Del Rio rēˈō [key], city (2020 pop. 34,673), seat of Val Verde co., W Tex., on the Rio Gra...