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The word Displacement is here used to signify the unusual position of an organ; while Heterotaxy may serve to include those cases where a new growth makes its appearance in an unwonted situation, as, for instance, a leaf-bud on a root, &c.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
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In the opening talk for the exhibit, titled "Displacement," he made mention of his special gift for language.
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In the opening talk for the exhibit, titled "Displacement," he made mention of his special gift for language.
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In the opening talk for the exhibit, titled "Displacement," he made mention of his special gift for language.
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In the opening talk for the exhibit, titled "Displacement," he made mention of his special gift for language.
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In the opening talk for the exhibit, titled "Displacement," he made mention of his special gift for language.
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He's got this new insight he wants to call the Displacement Theory and I can't grasp it.
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DISPLACEMENT: Displacement occurs when an instinctual impulse is redirected from a more threatening activity, person or object to a less threatening one.
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DISPLACEMENT: Displacement occurs when an instinctual impulse is redirected from a more threatening activity, person or object to a less threatening one.
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He's got this new insight he wants to call the Displacement Theory and I can't grasp it.
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