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  • So says St. Jerome of the Hebrew: “Nec refert atrum Salem aut Salim nominetur; cum vocalibus in medio literis perraro utantur Hebraei; et pro voluntate lectorum, ac varietate regionum, eadem verba diversis sonis atque accentibus proferantur.”

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • Verticillium wilt, Verticillium albo-atrum, has become of increasing importance in recent years in both temperate and tropical regions.

    Chapter 25 1987

  • Even Virgil describes the grotto of Aeneas merely as a "black grove" with "horrid shade," -- "_Horrenti atrum nemus imminet umbrâ_."

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

  • The same plant is also known by the title of the White Pot Herb, in contrast to the _Olus atrum_, or Black Pot Herb.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Quisque et Nicotianum ingens quid inserit atrum, 90

    The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

  • Will you arraign your master, Horace, for his hardness of expression, when he describes the death of Cleopatra, and says she did -- _asperos tractare serpentes, ut atrum corpore combiberet cenenum, _ -- because the body, in that action, performs what is proper to the mouth?

    The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05 John Dryden 1665

  • _Oculus_, 1. videt _Colores_, quid album vel atrum, viride vel cœruleum, rubrum aut luteum, sit.

    The Orbis Pictus Johann Amos Comenius 1631

  • Preliminary study of the resistance of tomato lines and / or varieties to Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berth

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • The expression of resistance to Verticillium albo-atrum in monogenically resistant tomato varieties

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • Preliminary study of resistance to Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke et Berth in lines and / or varieties of tomato

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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