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• Mercury (element)
  ...modern [[chemical symbol]] for mercury. It comes from ''hydrargyrum'', a [[Latin]]ized form of the [[Greek language|Greek]] word Ύδραργυρος (''hyd ...ref>{{cite book|author=Burkholder, M. and Johnson, L.|title=Colonial Latin America|publisher=Oxford University Press|year= 2008|pages=157–159}}</ref> Mercur
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• Morphine
  ...e reference to an opium-based elixir which he called ''laudanum'' from the Latin word ''laudare'' meaning "to praise." He described it as a potent painkille ...opium preparations were used for this purpose well into the 1960s in North America and Europe and in much curtailed fashion now and in other countries. Morph
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• Paracetamol
  ...J |volume=313 |issue=7058 |pages=689 |year=1996}}</ref> Colombia and other Latin American countries) and ''paracetamol'' (used elsewhere) both come from che ...], is the most widely available brand, sold in over 80 countries. In North America, paracetamol is sold in generic form (usually labeled as acetaminophen) or
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• Cicuta
  ...ve to [[temperate]] regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], mainly [[North America]] and [[Europe]], typically growing in wet meadows, along streambanks and o Water hemlock is considered one of North America's most toxic plants being highly poisonous to humans.<ref name="Schep"/> Th
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• Cryptostegia grandiflora
  ...an, [[East Africa]], [[Mauritius]], [[India]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Latin America]], the southern [[United States]], [[Fiji]] and [[New Caledonia]].
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• Digitalis lanata
  ...wing in woodland areas, on roadsides, and in mountainous regions. In North America, it can be found mostly in the Northeast and Southwest regions. It is culti ...gitlis,'' which means relating to a finger. Digit is a derivation from the Latin word ''digitus,'' which means finger or toe. Digitalis was first recorded i
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• Amianthium
  ..., known in English as '''fly poison''' from a literal translation of the [[Latin]] ''muscitoxicum'', and is noted for its pretty [[flower]]s and its toxic [ ...linated mostly by beetles.<ref name="fna"/> It is native to eastern North America, as far north as [[Pennsylvania]], west roughly to the [[Appalachian Mounta
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• Agave
  ...əˈɡeɪviː|}}<ref>An [[traditional English pronunciation of Latin|Anglo-Latin]] pronunciation. ''[[OED]]:'' "Agave".</ref>) is a [[genus]] of [[monocot]] ...southern and western [[United States]] and in central and tropical [[South America]]. They are [[Succulent plant| succulents]] with a large [[Rosette (botany)
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• Ageratum
  ...px?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100805 | title = Ageratum | work = [[Flora of North America]] }}</ref> to 60 tropical American [[herb]]s, annuals and perennials from t Most species are native to Central America and Mexico but four are native to the United States.<ref name="fna" />
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• Privet
  ...[[Himalayas]], [[Japan]] and [[Taiwan]]. The generic name originated in [[Latin]] and was applied by [[Pliny the Elder]] (23 CE – 79) to ''L. vulgare''.< ...s and displacing native species. This is particularly a problem in [[North America]], where no species of the genus occurs naturally.<ref>{{cite web | url=htt
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• Roland DXY 990
  0010 Spanish/Latin America<br/>
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• Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
  ...[Korea]], [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Spain]], [[Latin America]], [[Turkey]], [[Hungary]], and [[Poland]].
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  The '''''Encyclopædia Britannica''''' ([[Latin]] for "British Encyclopaedia") is a general English-language [[encyclopedia ...icated by permission to [[Barack Obama]] President of the United States of America and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."<ref name=propedia2010>''The New Encycl
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• Propædia
  | '''9.5'''&nbsp;Pre-Columbian&nbsp;America || '''9.5.1'''&nbsp;Andean&nbsp;Civilization&nbsp;to&nbsp;AD&nbsp;1540 '''9 ...d&nbsp;States&nbsp;and&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;1763—1920 '''9.6.6'''&nbsp;Latin-America&nbsp;and&nbsp;Caribbean&nbsp;to&nbsp;1920 '''9.6.7'''&nbsp;Australia&nbsp;a
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...clopedias did not include biographies of living people and were written in Latin, although some encyclopedias were translated into English, such as ''De pro ...volution, ending in 1776 with ‘The congress declare the United States of America independent of the crown and parliament of Great Britain.’ (''Encyclopæd
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• Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
  ...of several thousand citizens of all the other countries of North and South America. The aim was to embrace all noteworthy persons of the New World. The work a ...upposed European botanists who had come to the New World to study in Latin America. By 1939, 47 fictitious biographies had been discovered, though only the le
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• Catholic Encyclopedia
  *[[Charles George Herbermann|Charles G. Herbermann]], Professor of [[Latin]] and Librarian of the [[City College of New York|College of the City of Ne ...ard A. Pace]], Professor of [[Philosophy]] at [[The Catholic University of America]], at Washington D.C.
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• Balsam of Mecca
  ...e" of the [[Parthians]] in his [[Naturalis Historia]]. In [[Latin language|Latin]] the resin was technically known as ''opobalsamum''; the dried fruit was c ...s [[The Handmaid's Tale]], is set in a post-apocalyptic [[United States of America]] now called "[[Republic of Gilead]]"; a rebellious character, Moira, twis
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• Petroleum
  '''Petroleum''' ([[Latin|L.]] ''petroleum'', from {{lang-la|petra}} rock + ''oleum'' oil<ref>{{Short ...ed_pricing_daily_california.asp |title=Chevron Crude Oil Marketing - North America Posted Pricing - California |publisher=Crudemarketing.chevron.com |date=200
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• Asphalt
  ...from the late Middle English : from French '''asphalte''', based on [[Late Latin]] '''asphalton''', '''asphaltum''', from the [[Greek language|Greek]] '''á ...ating," "pitch producing" (referring to coniferous or resinous trees). The Latin equivalent is claimed by some to be originally 'gwitu-men' (pertaining to p
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