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torch-thistle
torch-thistle (ˈtɔːtʃˌθɪs(ə)l) A name for a columnar cactus of the genus Cereus.1731–3 Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Cereus, The Torch-Thistle. Call'd Cereus, because it is, as it were, a kind of taper or torch..because when these plants have been cut down and dry'd upon the ground, they dip them into oil... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ceroid cactus
Some species of ceroid cacti were known as torch cactus or torch-thistle, supposedly due to their use as torches by Native Americans in the past. wikipedia.org
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torch
▪ I. torch, n. (tɔːtʃ) Forms: 3–6 torche, (4 torge, thorche, 5 tourche, 6 tortche, towrge, pl. torchesse), 6– torch. [ME. a. OF. torche = Pr. torcha, according to Diez:—late pop. L. *torca, from stem *tork- of torquēre to twist; cf. also It. torcia (Veronese, and Venetian torzo), Sp. antorcha, earli... Oxford English Dictionary
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Atwater-Donnelly
In recent years, they have also performed as The Atwater-Donnelly Trio, with Cathy Clasper-Torch. Their performances have been featured on All Songs Considered and Fiona Ritchie's The Thistle & Shamrock on public radio. wikipedia.org
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Billbergia pyramidalis
Billbergia pyramidalis, commonly known as the flaming torch and foolproof plant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to northern South America and The scarlet-coloured, erect, pyramidal flowers are laid in thistle-like inflorescences, which are made up of red, tube-shaped flowers with violet or yellow wikipedia.org
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Richard Walker (philosopher)
small garden within the precincts of Trinity College which was famous for exotic plants, including the pineapple, banana, coffee shrub, logwood tree, and torch thistle, which, with the aid of a hothouse, he was able to raise. wikipedia.org
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John Hutchison (sculptor)
Principal Tulloch, DD, LLD, the Queen's chaplain and Dean of the Order of the Thistle (made for the Queen and now in Windsor Castle). The same year, he exhibited A Torch Racer which had been the model for the 1887 Figure of Youth. wikipedia.org
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Ratha's Creature
She flies into a rage, attacking Bonechewer, biting and crippling the female cub, Thistle-Chaser and abandoning her mate and the litter. Ratha gives The People of The Red Tongue each a torch, and they fight the Un-Named. Ratha’s victory is bittersweet, however. wikipedia.org
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Church Administration Building
As part of the festivities for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the Olympic torch was passed through the hands of members of the First Presidency According to the Utah Geological Survey, "the company quarried Birdseye marble in the Thistle area of Utah County, and travertine and onyx at Pelican Point wikipedia.org
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Kauri gum
Fresh gum was used as a type of chewing gum (older gum was softened by soaking and mixing with juice of the puha thistle). Highly flammable, the gum was also used as a fire-starter, or bound in flax to act as a torch. wikipedia.org
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A View from the Terrace
audience members had the chance to win a Peterhead branded bottle of hand sanitiser, a diamanté Raith Rovers shirt claimed by Shaughan, and a Buckie Thistle torch keyring to name but a few of the fantastic prizes on offer. wikipedia.org
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Crystal Wilkinson
They are all over the South—scattered like milk thistle seeds in the wind. The stories in this book are centered in these places." The Water Witch on Reading," Appalachian Heritage (Winter 2006) "The Water Witch on Philanthropy," Appalachian Heritage (Spring 2007) "Flood: 1962," Torch wikipedia.org
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Mission blue butterfly habitat conservation
Still, both plants are forced to compete with non-native Italian thistle and French broom. Three types of treatments were implemented in the effort to control French broom: mulching with weed free rice straw flaming with handheld propane torch wikipedia.org
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Wedding dress of Meghan Markle
yellow trumpet (Costus spectabilis) Pakistan – jasmine (Jasminum officinale) Papua New Guinea – Sepik blue orchid (Dendrobium lasianthera) Rwanda – torch Plumeria rubra) Uganda – desert rose (Adenium obesum) United Kingdom England – rose (Rosa) Northern Ireland – flax (Linum usitatissimum) Scotland – thistle wikipedia.org
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History of Crayola crayons
The same year, Torch Red became Scarlet. Thistle, originally produced as Light Magenta in 1949, was replaced by Indigo. wikipedia.org
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