Kassu, or most astringent terra japonica, which is black and mixed with paddy criu, husks, and other impurities. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
For an entire season the japonica was the only flower seen at the houses of the fashionable or mixing in the toilettes of the belles. From Wordnik.com. [A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66,] Reference
That the pyrus japonica should be cut back and rounded. From Wordnik.com. [April 2007] Reference
Japanese chestnut (Castanea japonica) with pollen from the American. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
Ditto in loose ditto, and a camellia japonica in the button-hole of his coat. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841] Reference
About 450 cwt. of terra japonica or gambier is annually imported into Hull from the East Indies. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
She admires a flower (pink camellia japonica, price half – a – crown), in my button – hole. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
Sacred lily (Rohdea japonica) is a perennial that stays green year-round and which deer do not eat. From Wordnik.com. [A spring shower of queries on stink bugs, shade trees, more] Reference
Mrs. Grant was attired in a handsome grenadine, and wore a diamond necklace, and japonica hair adornings. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870] Reference
And Lelia sailed out of the room, crossed the piazza and ran down the japonica-bordered path to the garden. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference
These are definitely japonica, you can tell by the elongated spire in of the shell in comparison to chinensis. From Wordnik.com. [Mysterious snails of the Potomac] Reference
Comparative study of quantitative traits between wild and domestic Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
These Lobelias reach two feet in height, and make excellent companions to such flowers as = Anemone japonica alba = and. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
Coffee arabica and C. robusta are grown under alnus (Alnus japonica) trees at 2 × 2 m spacing to as wide as 15 × 15 meters. From Wordnik.com. [1. Multistoried Sequential Cropping: The Cavite Model] Reference
It had a high black grillework fence around it and narrow bricked walks between old trees and japonica bushes that were heavy with blooms. From Wordnik.com. [AGoodManIsHardToFindAndOtherStories]
Harbinger of fall, Anemone hupehensis var. japonica ‘Prinz Heinrich’ harbors irregular shaped petals of dark and light shades of puce. From Wordnik.com. [September Bloom Day « Fairegarden] Reference
Beds of eelgrass (both native Zostera marina, and the introduced Zostera japonica) cover an estimated 100 acres of the Coos estuary bottom. From Wordnik.com. [South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Oregon] Reference
There are two species of seagrass in Padilla Bay: Zostera marina or eelgrass (native to Padilla Bay) and Zostera japonica (a nonnative species). From Wordnik.com. [Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Washington] Reference
The beds of daffodils were bright in the sunlight, masses of them, and behind the japonica bushes the camellias in bloom made a brave show of colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Breaking Wave]
Researchers at London's Kew Gardens said Thursday they'd discovered that the Paris japonica has a genetic code 50 times longer than that of a human being. From Wordnik.com. [Paris Japonica: Researchers Claim Simple White Flower Has World's Longest Genome] Reference
We sat and drank coffee, looking at the Pyrus japonica and the white lilacs that grew all round us, and the people, who were almost as decorative as flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part IV] Reference
On the mountain slopes of North Carolina, Doug Lambrecht is busy cultivating wasabia japonica to make the Japanese condiment sold by his company, Real Wasabi. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Murray: To Boldly Go: Global Food Marches Forward] Reference
It is rambling, calm, and whitewashed; the bank itself is a long, low, cream building with a thatched roof, and a lovely note of colour from a climbing japonica. From Wordnik.com. [Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland] Reference
From a botanical perspective, Wasabi (Wasabia japonica) has little or no relation to white horseradish, and in terms of actual flavor, its really a lot different. From Wordnik.com. [December « 2008 « Off The Broiler] Reference
The petals are falling from the pyrus japonica, and all the trees are bending!. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Roll] Reference
Although the plant, which bore white japonica camellias, hasn't survived the years, the memories have. From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
There was a white japonica in her hair, and a flame-colored one at her throat, and these were her only ornaments. From Wordnik.com. [The Hallam Succession] Reference
On this little hill are several japonica trees, in violent ruddy blossom; and clumps of tiger lily blades springing up; and bloodroots. From Wordnik.com. [Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned] Reference
Hicks, and leaves you writing to the society column to inquire whether the best man wears a japonica or seamless socks at the wedding! '. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the West [Annotated]] Reference
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