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MAREOTIS (Arabic Mariut)

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MAREOTIS (Arabic Mariut)

MAREOTIS (Arabic Mariut) , the most See also:

WESTERLY

westerly of the lakes in the See also:

DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

Delta of See also:

EGYPT

Egypt. On the narrow See also:

STRIP

strip of See also:

LAND

land separating the See also:

lake from the Mediterranean the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Alexandria is built. (See EGYPT; and ALEXANDRIA.) See also:

MARE

MARE'S-TAIL, in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, the popular name for an aquatic See also:

HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb known botanically as Hippuris vulgaris (natural See also:

order Haloragaceae). It grows on margins of lakes, ponds and similar localities, and has a submerged stout creeping rootstock from which See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring many-jointed cylindrical stems bearing numerous narrow leaves See also:

close-set in whorls. The See also:

minute greenish See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in the See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-axils. Like many fresh-See also:

WATER

water See also:

PLANTS

plants it has a wide See also:

DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution, occurring in See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

arctic and temperate regions in the See also:

NORTHERN

northern hemisphere and reappearing in See also:

antarctic See also:

South See also:

AMERICA

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