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• Sugarcane
  ''Saccharum bengalense''{{Verify source|date=June 2009}}<!-- "benghalense"? syn. of arundinaceum? --> <br/> ''Saccharum munja''{{Verify source|date=June 2009}}<!-- syn. of arundinaceum? --> <br/>
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  |caption=61-K in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum. ...930s and used during [[World War II]]. The land based version was replaced in Soviet service by the [[ZSU-57-2]] during the 1950s. Guns of this type were
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• Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
  |wars=[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]], [[Falklands War]], [[Iraq War]] ...84rcl.html|title=84mm無反動砲「カール・グスタフ」|accessdate=2009-11-04|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name="JSDF weapons">[http://www13.plala
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...ali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Pocket]]<br>[[War on Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) |length= {{mm to in|1650|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes}}
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• Metronidazole
  {{Cleanup|date=April 2010}}{{Refimprove|date=December 2009}} ...ame of '''Nidagyl''' manufactured and marketed by '''Star Laboratories'''. In Thailand it is marketed as '''Mepagyl''' by Thai Nakhorn Patana.
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• Aspirin
  ...rction|heart attacks]], [[stroke]]s, and [[thrombus|blood clot]] formation in people at high risk for developing blood clots.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 1 ...F. Jencks| title = Aspirin in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries : Patterns of Use and Outcomes| journal = Ci
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• Solanum dulcamara
  ...publisher=[[International Plant Names Index|IPNI]] |accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref> ...Saint-Laurent Grands Lacs |url=http://www.glu.org/en/node/199 |accessdate=2009-02-07}}</ref>.
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• Agave
  ...randon S. Gaut, and Luis E. Eguiarte. 2006. "Timing and rate of speciation in ''Agave'' (Agavaceae)". ''PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Scie ...[[Rosette (botany)|rosette]] of thick fleshy leaves, each ending generally in a sharp point and with a spiny margin; the stout stem is usually short, the
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• Taxus baccata
  ...ous.<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=afm2>Mitchell, A. F. (1972). ''Conifers in the British Isles''. Forestry Commission Booklet 33.</ref> ...ones are globose, {{convert|3|-|6|mm}} diameter, and shed their [[pollen]] in early spring. It is mostly [[Plant sexuality|dioecious]], but occasional in
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• Nerium oleander
  |image_caption = ''Nerium oleander'' in flower ...isonous of commonly grown garden plants, and can be very toxic if ingested in sufficient quantity.
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• The World Factbook
  ...availability|frequency of updates and availability]], no longer published in paper book form by the CIA ...tic recognition|U.S.-recognized]] countries, dependencies, and other areas in the world.
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• Rubble
  {{Cleanup|date=June 2009}} ...formerly also applied to what we now call "rubble". Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as ''''brash'''' (compare [[cornbrash]]). Where pres
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• Asphalt
  ...extremely large".<ref name="Quddus99">Muhammad Abdul Quddus (1992), p.99, in ch.5 pdf</ref> In [[American English]], asphalt (or asphalt cement) is the carefully refined
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• Depleted uranium
  ...rs |accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38' ...>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and
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• Pulse (legume)
  {{Citations missing|date=August 2009}} ...amino acid]] content. Like many leguminous crops, pulses play a key role in [[crop rotation]] due to their ability to [[Nitrogen fixation|fix nitrogen]
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• Textile
  ...nyms for ''textile''. However, there are subtle differences in these terms in specialized usage. ''Textile'' refers to any material made of interlacing f ...jpg|300px|thumb|right|Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of [[Karachi, Pakistan]]]]
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• Textiles of Mexico
  [[File:RuginProgressTeotitlan.JPG|thumb|300px|Rug in progress in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca]] ...es also changed radically. Fabric was produced exclusively in workshops or in the home until the era of [[Porfirio Díaz]] (1880s to 1910), when the mech
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• Xylometazoline
  {{refimprove|date=October 2009}} ...ls in the nose. The [[vasoconstriction]] means that there is less pressure in the [[capillaries]] and less water can filter out, thus less discharge is m
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...e credited as their founders. A few institutions were named by the founder in honor of a parent, child, spouse, or other close family member. | [[Aga Khan University]], Karachi, Pakistan
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• Caryophyllene
  ...mer. Caryophyllene is notable for having a [[cyclobutane]] ring, a rarity in nature. ...nabinoid. Whether this compound is able to modulate inflammatory processes in humans via the [[endocannabinoid system]] is yet unknown. Beta-caryophyllen
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