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any tree or shrub of the genus Juniperus, aromatic evergreens of the family Cupressaceae (cypress family), widely distributed over the north temperate...
May beetle, a blackish or mahogany-colored beetle of the scarab beetle family, widely distributed in North America and especially abundant in the NE U...
(zhüsyö´) (KEY) , name of a French family of distinguished botanists. Antoine de Jussieu, 1686–1758, was director of the Jardin des Plantes, Pari...
1826–63, American railroad builder, b. Bridgeport, Conn. He built the Niagara Gorge RR and did canal work before going (1854) to lay out a railroad ...
(j ´z d k) (KEY) , in the Bible, one in the high priests’ line who probably never held office, because he was carried away to Babylon. Alternate sp...
(h hw ´) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 182,663), capital of Jujuy prov., NW Argentina, on the Bermejo River. In the scenic foothill region of the E Andes, ...