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nounthe largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizationspart of:
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nounthe nations of the Asian continent collectivelytype of:
Definition that contains asia
- betel Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
- apricot Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
- chickpea Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
- cochin Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs
- cordyline Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants
- liriope muscari Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
- cinnamomum Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
- flowering quince Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms
- bicolor lespediza Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds
- genus cuon Asiatic wild dog