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5 days ago · Tharparkar ( Dhatki / Sindhi: ٿرپارڪر; Urdu: تھرپارکر, Urdu pronunciation: [t̪ʰəɾpɑːɾkəɾ] ), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan, headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar (1901–1947) or Eastern Sindh Frontier District (1882–1901).
1 day ago · John Ray (1674), pp. 164, 166 Since this paper appeared a year before the publication of Malpighi's Anatome Plantarum (1675–1679), Ray has the priority. At the time, Ray did not fully realise the importance of his discovery but progressively developed this over successive publications. And since these were in Latin, "seed leaves" became folia seminalia and then cotyledon, following Malpighi ...
1 day ago · Njahi, Nduma, Chapati, Kachumbari, chicken - an average Kikuyu party mix. In Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, taro is commonly known as arrow root, yam, amayuni (plural) or ejjuni (singular), ggobe, or nduma and madhumbe in some local Bantu languages. There are several varieties and each variety has its own local name.
3 days ago · Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly abbreviated to BMW ( German pronunciation: [ˌbeːʔɛmˈveː] ⓘ ), is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from ...
4 days ago · Lion. The lion ( Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane.
1 day ago · Pre-Islamic Arabia (Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية قبل الإسلام), referring to the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad's first revelation in 610 CE, is referred to in Islam in the context of jahiliyyah (lit.
1 day ago · Saffron "threads", plucked from crocus flowers and dried. Saffron ( / ˈsæfrən, - rɒn /) [1] is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent in food.
