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A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
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A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus).
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A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).
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A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.
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A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
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A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
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A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora.
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