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  2. Cymbopogon refractus - Wikipedia

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    Cymbopogon refractus, commonly known as barbed wire grass, [1] is a species of perennial grass in the genus Cymbopogon of the family Poaceae. It is native to Australia.

  3. Barbed wire - Wikipedia

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    Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. Its primary use is the construction of inexpensive fences , and it is also used as a security measure atop walls surrounding property.

  4. Joseph F. Glidden House - Wikipedia

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    The property has two remaining outbuildings. The barn is where Glidden invented his famous improvement on barbed wire. Dubbed "The Winner," his barbed wire became the most popular version of the invention. [9] Barbed wire is considered to be one of the most important factors in American progress and settlement. [10]

  5. Hardware disease - Wikipedia

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    Diagnosis is typically based on history and clinical findings when the veterinarian examines the cow. [2] Symptoms of hardware disease vary depending on where the object penetrates. [3] The cow exhibits an arched back, a reluctance to move and a slow, careful gait. The cow may groan when lying down, getting up, defecating and urinating.

  6. Prisoner-of-war camp - Wikipedia

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    It was agreed at the conference that the Red Cross would provide prisoners of war with mail, food parcels, clothes, and medical supplies and that prisoners in France and Germany suffering from "barbed wire disease" should be interned in Switzerland, a neutral country. A few countries were not on the same terms as Germany and Austria.

  7. Apolemia uvaria - Wikipedia

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    Apolemia uvaria, commonly known as string jellyfish, barbed wire jellyfish, [1] and long stringy stingy thingy, is a colonial siphonophore. [2] As with all siphonophores, string jellyfish look and function much like a single organism, but each Apolemia uvaria is a colony of specialised minute organisms (), permanently attached to each other and physiologically connected to the extent that they ...

  8. Concertina wire - Wikipedia

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    Concertina wire or Dannert wire [1] is a type of barbed wire or razor wire that is formed in large coils which can be expanded like a concertina. In conjunction with plain barbed wire (and/or razor wire/tape ) and steel pickets , it is most often used to form military-style wire obstacles .

  9. Joseph Glidden - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Farwell Glidden (January 18, 1813 – October 9, 1906) was an American businessman and farmer. He was the inventor of the modern barbed wire.In 1898, he donated land for the Northern Illinois State Normal School in DeKalb, Illinois, which was renamed as Northern Illinois University in 1957.