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  • Dominant species are amarelao Apuleia molaris, capirepana Licania sp., ingá Inga sp. and ucuuba Virola sp.

    Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil 2007

  • King Arthur's Stone, an immense rock of _lapis molaris_, twenty tons weight, supported by a circle of others -- the remains of Druidism -- invites the attention of the antiquary, on the north-west point of Cefyn-bryn.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 Various

  • On this account I earnestly entreated her to allow the sound molaris of the same jaw opposite to the decayed one to be extracted; which was forthwith done, and the pain of her head immediately ceased, to the astonishment of her attendants.

    Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

  • On examining her mouth I found the second molaris of the under-jaw on the side before affected was now decayed, and concluded, that this tooth had occasioned the stroke of the palsy by the pain and consequent exertion it had caused.

    Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

  • When it affects a small defined part on the parietal bone on one side, it is generally termed Clavus hystericus, and is always I believe owing to a diseased dens molaris.

    Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

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