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Shaw

shaw

1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. (Chaucer) The green shaws, the merry green woods. (Howitt)

2. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.

Origin: OE. Schawe, schae, thicket, grove, AS. Scaga; akin to Dan. Skov, Sw. Skog, Icel. Skgr.


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... really just shows that the definition of species is imperfect. again Jody Hey’s recent book on the subject of the species problem 3 prompted Kerry Shaw to wonder if the species concept is valuable at all. 4 again The traditional evolutionary “tree of life” was based on similarity of physical characteristics. ...

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