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Blida

(Encyclopedia)Blida blēˈdä [key], town, N Algeria, at the foot of the Mitidja Atlas Mts. The name also a...

Smith, Lillian

(Encyclopedia)Smith, Lillian, 1897–1966, American writer and social critic, b. Jasper, Fla. She was a social worker in Georgia for several years. Her best-selling novel Strange Fruit (1944) is set in the South an...

Sporades

(Encyclopedia)Sporades spôrˈədēz, spŏrˈ– [key], islands, E and SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. They have been grouped variously at different times. The Northern Sporades are generally understood to include Sk...

Beaufort West

(Encyclopedia)Beaufort West bōˈfərt [key], town and local municipality, Western Cape prov., S South Africa, in ...

screwpine

(Encyclopedia)screwpine, any plant of the genus Pandanus, tropical shrubs or trees characterized by aerial prop roots, ranging throughout the Old World tropics, especially in the Pacific. The usually spiral arrange...

Sassari

(Encyclopedia)Sassari säsˈsärē [key], city (1991 pop. 122,339), capital of Sassari prov., NW Sardinia, Italy. It is an administrative and agricultural trade center, handling cheese, wine, fruit, and olive oil. ...

gourd

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Wild balsam apple, Echinocystis Jobata, a member of the gourd family gourd gôrd, go͝ord [key], common name for some members of the Cucurbitaceae, a family of plants whose range includes all ...

durian

(Encyclopedia)durian, the highly esteemed, edible fruit of Durio zibethinus. The edible portions are the seeds found inside the large spiny fruits, which may weigh several pounds. The durian, although notoriously p...

East London

(Encyclopedia)East London, city, now part and seat of Buffalo City metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., SE South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. East London grew around a British military post founded in 184...

festoon

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Festoon festoon, sculptured or painted architectural or interior ornament consisting of a garland of leaves, flowers, or fruit, or some combination of these, held by ribbons or folds and drape...