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Word: minutissima (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when George Bernard Shaw, watching him play in a children's charade, dubbed him a "born actor." Botany was his choice, but it failed to flourish in air that was positively humid with literary precipitations. All that survives today of Botanist Garnett is a pinheaded fungus named Discinella Minutissima Ramsbottom et Garnett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Portrait of a Generation | 5/24/1954 | See Source »

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