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commonly called the
cork oak, is a medium-sized,
evergreen oak tree in the
section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is the
primary source of
cork for wine bottle...
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Asbestos (/æsˈbɛstəs, æz-, -tɒs/ ****-BES-təs, az-, -toss) is a
naturally occurring, carcinogenic,
fibrous silicate mineral.
There are six types, all of...
- on the
casings of 20th
century cameras.
Cork leather is a natural-fiber
alternative made from the bark of
cork oak
trees that has been compressed, similar...
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called the
cork cambium,
these cells produce cork cells that turn into
cork. A
limited number of cell
layers may form
interior to the
cork cambium, called...
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present in
Germany at
least 600,000
years ago. The
first non-modern
human fossil (the Neanderthal) was
discovered in the
Neander Valley.
Similarly dated...
- Hemisphere; it
includes some 500 species, both
deciduous and evergreen.
Fossil oaks date back to the
Middle Eocene.
Molecular phylogeny shows that the...
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taiga of
Scandinavia and Russia,
mixed rainforests of the
Caucasus and the
Cork oak
forests in the
western Mediterranean.
During recent times, deforestation...
- (later part of Dearborn), Michigan, from 1907 to 1928, from 1919 to 1932, at
Cork, Ireland, and
between 1933 and 1964 at Dagenham, England,
later transferred...
- P****odendron, or
cork-tree, is a
genus of deciduous,
dioecious trees in the
family Rutaceae,
native to east and
northeast Asia. It has leathery, pinnate...
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headquarters for Europe, the
Middle East and
Africa (EMEA) are
located in
Cork in the
south of Ireland,
called the
Hollyhill campus. The facility, which...
