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pulvinus (iou)



pulvinus noun. . M19.
[Latin = cushion, pillow.]
Botany. Any cushion-like swelling; esp. a special enlargement at the base of a petiole or petiolule in some plants, which is subject to changes of turgor leading to nastic movements of the leaf or leaflet.

Sevier, John (sh)




born Sept. 23, 1745, New Market, Va.
died Sept. 24, 1815, Fort Decatur, Mississippi Territory

American frontiersman and politician.

He moved to what is now eastern Tennessee in 1773, where he fought in Lord Dunmore's War. In the American Revolution he helped win the Battle of King's Mountain (1780). He participated in a settlers' revolt against North Carolina that formed the temporary state of Franklin (1784) and was elected its governor (1785-88). He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1789-91). When Tennessee joined the Union, he served as its governor (1796-1801, 1803-09).