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ice plant(medicine)
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Plant(medicine)

Strasbourg (sh) and ice plant (medicine)


Strasbourg (sh)




German Strassburg

City (pop., 1999: 264,115), eastern France.

Located on the Franco-German border, Strasbourg was originally a Celtic village; it became a garrison under the Romans. The Franks captured it in the 5th century, and in 842 the Oath of Strasbourg, uniting the western and eastern Franks, was concluded there. It became a free city within the Holy Roman Empire in 1262. It was seized by the French in 1681 and captured by Germany in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). It reverted to France after World War I but was occupied by Germany again during World War II, when it suffered considerable damage. A major river port and industrial centre, it is the seat of the Council of Europe and an international Communications centre. Notable buildings include the restored medieval cathedral with its 14th-century astronomical clock. The parliament of what is now the European Union has met there since 1979.


ice plant (medicine)


ice plant
<botany> A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. Ice skate = a shoe with a metal runner (called a blade) attached to permit the wearer to glide on ice Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an ice skate; especially. An athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements on a sheet of ice, wearing ice skates; including speed skater and figure skater

Source: Websters Dictionary