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  2. List of fictional plants - Wikipedia

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    Wood woad: A creature resembling big, burly, bestial men made entirely of wood and bark bearing, but without foliage [29] Yellow musk creeper : [ 22 ] A creeping plant that drains the intelligence of its victims, killing them or turning them into "yellow musk zombies " under the plant's control [ 24 ]

  3. Terraria - Wikipedia

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    Terraria (/ t ə ˈ r ɛər i ə / ⓘ tə-RAIR-ee-ə [1]) is a 2011 action-adventure sandbox game developed by Re-Logic. The game was first released for Windows and has since been ported to other PC and console platforms.

  4. Adenanthera pavonina - Wikipedia

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    For example, the young leaves can be cooked and eaten. The raw seeds are toxic, but may be eaten when cooked. [6] In Singapore, the species forms part of the diet of local Raffles' banded langurs. [7] Adenanthera pavonina seeds have long been a symbol of love in China, and its name in Chinese is xiang si dou (Chinese: 相思豆), or

  5. Composite bow - Wikipedia

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    A composite bow is a traditional bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together, a form of laminated bow. The horn is on the belly, facing the archer, and sinew on the outer side of a wooden core. When the bow is drawn, the sinew (stretched on the outside) and horn (compressed on the inside) store more energy than wood for the same ...

  6. Arrowroot - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] It has also been suggested that the name comes from arrowroot's use in treating poison-arrow wounds, as it draws out the poison when applied to the site of the injury. [3] In the early days of carbonless copy paper, arrowroot, because of its fine grain-size, was a widely used ingredient.

  7. Bodkin point - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] In addition, Bane's testing demonstrated that a bodkin point arrow would also be able to penetrate plate armor of minimum thickness (1.2 mm), although likely not lethally. [6] However, the arrowheads used in the Bane test were made of steel, while research by the Royal Armouries and the Historical Metallurgy Society suggests that a ...

  8. Dibber - Wikipedia

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    A straight dibber. A dibber or dibble or dibbler is a pointed wooden stick for making holes in the ground so that seeds, seedlings or small bulbs can be planted. Dibbers come in a variety of designs including the straight dibber, T-handled dibber, trowel dibber, and L-shaped dibber.

  9. Kabura-ya - Wikipedia

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    Kabura-ya were arrows which whistled when shot [1] and were used in ritual archery exchanges before formal medieval battles. Like a wind instrument, the sound was created by a specially carved or perforated bulb of deer horn or wood attached to the tip. In English, these are often called "whistling-bulb arrows", "messenger arrows", or "signal ...