Word: viburnum
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Donoghue, who studies modern-day plants to sudy their relationship, also says he is intrigued by the biogeography of the genus Viburnum, on which he is the world's expert...
...Viburnum...includes about 200 species around the northern hemisphere," Donoghue says. The genus includes shrubs and small trees that are commonly cultivated. "Why is it that some areas are so rich in Viburnum?" Donoghue asks...
...trigger for an investigation by the state pharmacy board and the state medical board for the healing arts. Both boards are powerful state agencies that have the ability to revoke licenses. This is the answer to your question "Why don't more doctors prescribe narcotics?" RAYMOND J. DRONEY, D.O. Viburnum...
...archaeologists, the Iceman's fur quiver is an even rarer prize. "It is the only quiver from the Neolithic period found in the whole world," Egg marvels. Its cargo of feathered arrows marks another first. Carved from viburnum and dogwood branches, a dozen of them were unfinished. But two were primed for shooting -- with flint points and feathers. The feathers had been affixed with a resin-like glue at an angle that would cause spin in flight and help maintain a true course. "It is significant that ballistic principles were known and applied," says Notdurfter. The quiver also held...
...discreetly into a tub of clean shavings. But what does it mean? The first dictionary to come to hand, an old Webster's, does not list caprifole at all. The unabridged Random House mentions only "caprifoliaceous: belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of plants including the honeysuckle, elder, viburnum, snowberry...