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  • ...ith [[non-metal]]s. In [[chemistry]], a '''metal''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] "μέταλλον" - ''métallon'', "mine"<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref>) is an [[chemical eleme
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  • ...Latin Dictionary'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> from [[Greek language|Greek]] "πόλτος" - ''poltos'', "porridge"<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref>) is an annual [[legume|
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  • The '''spleen''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] "σπλήν" - ''splen''<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?do Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref>) is an organ found in v
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  • The word '''cannabis''' is from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|κάνναβις}} (''{{lang|grc|kánnabis}}'') (see [[Latin]] [[Category:Greek loanwords]]
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  • ...rom the [[Latin]] ''butyrum'', which is borrowed from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''boutyron''. This may have been a construction meaning "cow-cheese" (''b ...ered butter a food fit more for the northern [[barbarian]]s. A play by the Greek comic poet [[Anaxandrides]] refers to [[Thracians]] as ''boutyrophagoi''; "
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  • ...finally goat's milk...";<ref>{{cite book | author=Humphrey, John W | title=Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook | publisher=Routledge | isbn = 0-415-061 [[Category:Turkic loanwords]]
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