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  2. Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis - Wikipedia

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    Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis is a bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree growing 2.5–5 m (8–16 ft) tall and 1.5–3 m (5–10 ft) wide. The plant has a branched taproot.Its stem is aerial, erect, green, cylindrical, and branched.

  3. Misyar marriage - Wikipedia

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    The Sheikh of al-Azhar mosque, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi and theologian Yusuf Al-Qaradawi note in their writings and in their lectures that a major proportion of the few men who take a spouse in the framework of the misyar marriage are men who are married or women who are either divorced, widowed or beyond the customary marriage age. [2]

  4. Coat of arms of Jakarta - Wikipedia

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    The golden rope symbolises unification and unity. The wave depicts Jakarta's location on the coast and also Jakarta as a port city. The pentagon shield symbolises Pancasila. As well as the regional motto Jaya raya which is the slogan of Jakarta's struggle. [1] The symbolism of the colours is as follows: [1]

  5. Language of flowers - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.

  6. Nikah mut'ah - Wikipedia

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    Nikah mut'ah [1] [2] Arabic: نكاح المتعة, romanized: nikāḥ al-mutʿah, "pleasure marriage"; temporary marriage [3]: 1045 or Sigheh [4] (Persian: صیغه ، ازدواج موقت) is a private and verbal temporary marriage contract that is practiced in Twelver Shia Islam [5] in which the duration of the marriage and the mahr must be specified and agreed upon in advance.

  7. Premarital sex - Wikipedia

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    Until the 1950s, [3] "premarital sex" referred to sexual relations between two people prior to marrying each other. [4] During that period, it was the norm in Western societies for men and women to marry above the age of 21, and there were no considerations that one who had sex would not marry.

  8. Bunga mas - Wikipedia

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    A golden tree, part of the bunga mas sent by one of the northern Malay states to the Siamese court, collection of Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur. The bunga emas dan perak (lit. "golden and silver flowers", Thai: ต้นไม้เงินต้นไม้ทอง RTGS: ton mai ngoen ton mai thong), often abbreviated to bunga mas (Jawi: بوڠا مس ‎ "golden flowers"), was a form of ...

  9. Bunga - Wikipedia

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    Bunga bunga, an erotic entertainment; Bunga mas, a tribute sent to the king of Siam by vassal states in the Malay Peninsula; Bunga River, northeastern Nigeria; Bunga bangkai, a common name in Indonesia for Amorphophallus titanum, the so-called "carrion flower" Bunga raya, the Malay name for Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, the national flower of Malaysia