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  1. praline
    cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
  2. magnolia
    any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia
  3. boysenberry
    a large raspberry-flavored fruit
  4. Hosta
    robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
  5. poinsettia
    tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
  6. macadamia
    any tree of the genus Macadamia
  7. salmonella
    bacteria that can cause typhoid fever and food poisoning
  8. newton
    force imparting acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to 1 kilogram
  9. saxophone
    a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
  10. Morton
    United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
  11. greengage
    sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
  12. angstrom
    a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
  13. gardenia
    any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers
  14. Melba
    Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)
  15. tantalize
    harass with persistent teasing or baiting
  16. zinnia
    any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
  17. quisling
    someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
  18. begonia
    any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes
Created on 十二月 11, 2010

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