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Chestnut

Chestnut

a small oval or round horny structure in the skin on the inner side of the legs of the horse. Since the architecture of chestnuts varies in every individual, they may be used, like fingerprints of man, for positive identification of individuals.


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The Fiber Disease

... sacramental herbs of native peoples. The transparent purpose is corporate, that is, defense-contractor, land theft. Remember the American Chestnut tree? I bet you don't. At the end of the nineteenth century, the American chestnut was a major component of eastern deciduous forests from ...

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The Fiber Disease

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Double Fertilization

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