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Antheraea mylitta
Tussah Tus"sah Tusseh Tus"seh(t[u^]s"s[.a]), n. [Also tussa, tussar, tusser, tussur, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Anther[ae]a mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.
Erytheraea Centaurium
Centaury Cen"tau*ry, n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. ?, ?, and ?, fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Eryther[ae]a Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.

Meaning of Heraea from wikipedia

- Heraea or Heraia can refer to: Heraea, an obsolete name of the genus Saturnia Heraea (Arcadia), an ancient Gr**** city in the Peloponnese Heraean Games...
- The Heraea was an ancient Gr**** festival in which young girls competed in a footrace, possibly as a puberty or pre-nuptial initiation ritual. The race...
- Hybla Heraea or Hybla Hera (Gr****: Ὕβλα Ἡραία or Ὕβλα Ἥρα) was an ancient city of Sicily; its site is at the modern località of Ibla, in the comune of...
- Heraea or Heraia (Ancient Gr****: Ἡραία) was the most important town of ancient Arcadia on the Lower Alpheius. It was situated near the frontiers of Elis...
- had smaller plains. Some of these were Nostia, Asea, Ypsounta, Teuthis, Heraea, Thyraion, Nestani, Alea, Lykosoura, Trikolonon, Tropea, Caphyae, Pallantion...
- Syracuse (possibly pre-dating the Dorian colony of Hyblaean Megara); and Hybla Heraea in the south of Sicily. With the coming of Gr**** colonists—both Chalcidians...
- Elis, Greece situated on the right bank of the Alpheius, on the road to Heraea, at the distance of 20 stadia from the hippodrome of Olympia. Harpina is...
- area. The current district of Ragusa Ibla has been identified as Hybla Heraea. The ancient city, located on a 300 metres (980 ft) hill, came into contact...
- - a sculpture related to Hera Hera Farnese - a sculpture of Hera's head Heraea Games - games dedicated to Hera—the first sanctioned (and recorded) women's...
- Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woman. He founded the Arcadian town of Heraea. Heraeus and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people...