Collier's new encyclopedia - a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps (1921) (14797506793)

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Title: Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps
Year: 1921 (1920s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : P. F. Collier
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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© Underwood dr Underwood A BANANA HARVEST IN COSTA RICA CORVINUS 185 COSSACKS callxatinse, or tree crows; (4) corvinas,or true crows, and (5) jryrrhocwacinse. CORVINUS, MATTHIAS. See Mat-thias. CORYLACE.ffi, mastworts; an orderof diclinous exogens, alliance Quernales.It consists of trees and shrubs with alter-nate, simple, exstipulate leaves, oftenwith the veins running straight from themidrib to the margin. Male flowersamentaceous, with 5 to 20 stamens;female having the ovary cro%vned by therudiments of an adherent calyx; ovarywith two or more cells. Among thegenera are carpinus (hornbeam), co)-y-his (hazel), fagiis (beech), castanea(chestnut), and quercus (oak). Theyare found in the temperate parts of theOld and New Worlds. In the tropicsthey grow chiefly on mountains. CORYMB, in botany, that form of in-florescence in which the flowers, each onits own pedicel of different lengths, areso arranged along a common axis as toform a flat, broad mass of flowers with aconvex or level top,