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Targets meant to resemble birds, or made from stuffed birds, that are fixed to poles of various heights for use in the practice of archery.

Material textil africano de origen Ewe pero adaptado y modificado por otros pueblos, que ha sido tejido en un telar en piezas angostas para producir diseños muy contrastados. Ropa popular, es comercializada en torno a toda la región del delta del Níger.

In Pre-Colombian and current Central and South American cultures, containers, usually metal, to store small amounts of powdered lime used in chewing of coco leaves. Usually includes a receptacle, a lid, and a stick or pin used to place the lime in the mouth. Poporos may be decorative, indicative of social status, and thought to incorporate mystical powers.

In plaster, the appearance of small, cone-shaped holes up to a quarter inch in diameter; caused by the expansion of lime or foreign material and occurring between three months and up to one year after the plaster has set.

Literature intended for the general audience, rather than for specialists and not having the goal to attain critical acclaim.

Titles or names that are used for a work or other entity in popular culture, but are not the official or repository title or name.

Doctrina política y económica defendida por los populistas, incluida la representación de los intereses agrarios, la libre acuñación de la plata y el control gubernamental de los monopolios.

Genus containing around 35 species and several natural hybrids of rapid-growing but relatively short-lived trees deciduous trees native to the Northern Hemisphere.

Species of medium-sized tree with broad, rounded crown, native from Spain and Morocco through central Europe and central Asia. It has been widely planted in the United States and elsewhere. White poplar was first introduced to North America in 1748, and is now found in 43 contiguous states, even considered weedy or invasive in some areas.

Species of large tree that grows in swampy soils in the northern U.S. and Canada. It is often cultivated as a shade tree, attractive for fragrant buds thickly coated with an aromatic resin, which is also used to make cough syrups.

Species of tree native to Europe but introduced to North America. It has has deltoid leaves with woolly grayish undersides, accounting for its popular name. It is a close relative of the white poplar, P. alba. In many classifications, it is considered a hybrid of P. alba and the European aspen, P. tremula, having characteristics intermediate between the two.

Species of cottonwood poplar native to much of North America; it is known in three subspecies. It is one of the largest North American hardwood trees, growing to nearly 30 meters (100 feet) in height. It has thick glossy leaves and bark that is silver-white and smooth, becoming darker and deeply fissured on older trees. Due to the flat stem of the leaf, the leaf has the tendency to shake from even the slightest breeze. This is one of the identifying characteristics.

Species of cottonwood poplar native to southwestern North America.

Species of tree native to the northeastern United States, growing to 18 metres (59 feet) in height and having relatively large somewhat rounded, coarse-toothed leaves.

Species of medium-sized, deciduous tree native to native to Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa. Known in three or four subspecies. It has oval, fine-toothed leaves; is long-trunked, and grows to 35 meters (115 feet) in height. The timber is primarily used for paneling and other purposes. A yellowish dye can be extracted from the fresh leaves. On wool, it produces a brass color with a chrome mordant and a yellow-brown color with an alum mordant. The extract does not dye cotton.

Species of hardy, medium-sized poplar tree native to cool temperate regions of Europe and Asia, including the British Isles. The bark is pale greenish-gray, smooth on young trees with dark grey diamond-shaped lenticels. It turns darker and fissured on old trees. The leaves are especially liable to the tremulous motion common to all poplars, thus the name of the species; leaves have an unpleasant taste that discourages denuding by fallow deer. The wood has large, evenly-distributed pores that produce a soft fibrous texture, making it valuable for only limited use.

Species of tall, fast-growing tree native to cooler areas of North America. The name refers to the tendency of leaves to tremble or quake in even a slight breeze due to their flattened petioles. It is most easily distinguished from a similar European species, P. tremula, by the shape of its leaves, which have more pointed tips, and by growing via root suckers: it propagates itself primarily through root sprouts, and extensive clonal colonies are common. The leaves are food for various insects. A substance in the bark was extracted by Native Americans and the pioneers of the American West as a quinine substitute. The soft, weak wood is used as paper pulp and for other purposes.