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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Bombacoideae — the money tree and related plants.

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  • (www. pachira.com), a leading technical intellectual property licensing firm, and Panavision Imaging LLC, a pioneering developer of high performance digital Image Sensors, have reached an agreement granting Pachira the exclusive right to represent Panavision Imaging in licensing its patented semiconductor technology.

    Creative COW News 2009

  • It includes Albizia carbonaria, Calophyllum brasiliense var. rekoi, Inga, Cecropia, Ficus and Lonchocarpus spp., balsa Ochroma lagopus, Luehea seemannii, Pachira aquatica and Heliconia.

    Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras 2008

  • Eyeing the price tags on houseplants, I walked farther down the aisle, pausing beside a row of trunk-braided, leafy trees labeled Pachira aquatica, or “Money Tree.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009

  • Eyeing the price tags on houseplants, I walked farther down the aisle, pausing beside a row of trunk-braided, leafy trees labeled Pachira aquatica, or “Money Tree.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009

  • Among the tree species found in the flooded forest are Pachira aquatica, Calophyllum brasiliense, Virola Koschyi, and Roystonea dunlapiana.

    Northern Honduras mangroves 2008

  • Other mangrove associated species are Pachira acuatica and Pterocarpus officinalis.

    Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves 2008

  • Pachira aquatica, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Phithecellobium belizence are common species of plants that belong to riparian associations, but nevertheless mingle with the mangroves.

    Alvarado mangroves 2008

  • Herbaceous vegetation is rare, but other species that can be found in association with mangrove trees are: ciruelillo (Phyllanthus elsiae), zapotón (Pachira acuatica), and anona (Anona glabra).

    Marismas Nacionales-San Blas mangroves 2007

  • Might not the inequality of the cotyledons of Citrus and of Pachira be attributed to the pressure, which the several embryos enclosed in the same seed exert upon each other?

    More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845

  • By providing in-depth technical expertise and patent knowledge, Pachira is the only "one-stop-shop" for semiconductor and microelectronics patent owners looking to license or sell their patents.

    Creative COW News 2009

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