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Duke of Alva
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A general of the armies of Charles V. and Philip of Spain; his career as a general was uniformly successful, but as a governor his cruelty was merciless, especially as the viceroy of Philip in the ...
Aloe
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A genus of succulent plants embracing 200 species, the majority natives of S. Africa, valuable in medicine, in particular a purgative from the juice of the leaves of several species.
Ain
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A French river, has its source in the Jura Mts., and falls into the Rhône; also a department of France between the Rhône and Savoy.
Amphisbaena
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A genus of limbless lizards; a serpent fabled to have two heads and to be able to move backward or forward.
Ammonites
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A genus of fossil shells curved into a spiral form like the ram-horn on the head of the image of Ammon.
Amomum
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A genus of plants, such as the cardamom and grains of paradise, remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties.
