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  2. Manchineel - Wikipedia

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    A present-day Spanish name is manzanilla de la muerte, 'little apple of death'. This refers to the fact that manchineel is one of the most toxic trees in the world: it has milky-white sap that contains numerous toxins and can cause blistering. The sap is present in every part of the tree—bark, leaves, and fruit. [5] [6]

  3. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film) - Wikipedia

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    Tykwer said that, to him, Perfume "was much more a film about the importance of smell in our life than a film that tries to be smelly". [6] The filmmakers strived to convey smell visually without the use of colors or special effects, [5] Griebe said. "People see the fish market full of raw, bloody fish, and they know it stinks; they see a field ...

  4. Dumplings (film) - Wikipedia

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    Mrs. Li hosts a dinner party for her friends, who compliment her and marvel over her newfound beauty. However, they claim there is a horrid fish-like smell in the air, which turns out to be from Mrs. Li herself. She excuses herself from the table and flees to the bathroom. Furious with Mei, Mrs. Li calls her, demanding to know what she has ...

  5. Durian - Wikipedia

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    The name 'durian' is derived from the Malay word duri ('thorn'), a reference to the numerous prickly thorns on its rind, combined with the noun-building suffix -an. [5] [6] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the alternate spelling durion was first used in a 1588 translation of The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof by the Spanish explorer Juan ...

  6. Rafflesia - Wikipedia

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    Rafflesia (/ r ə ˈ f l iː z (i) ə,-ˈ f l iː ʒ (i) ə, r æ-/), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.

  7. Longlegs director reveals meaning behind movie’s ending - AOL

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    Osgood Perkins, the director of serial killer horror, Longlegs, has revealed the meaning behind the movie’s ending in a new interview. Set in the 1990s, the film follows FBI agent Lee Harker ...

  8. 67 famous Christmas movie quotes that capture the spirit of ...

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    That is, before he discovered the true meaning of Christmas and all. Feel free to incorporate these iconic quotes into your Christmas greetings or deck your Instagram captions with them from now ...

  9. Cactus Flower (film) - Wikipedia

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    Howard Thompson of The New York Times stated that "both the expansive scenario of I. A. L. Diamond and the flexible direction of Gene Saks open up and even ventilate the story." [3] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3½ stars out of four, and declared that "the chemistry works" and "the movie is better than the play." [4]