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nouna flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere
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- law a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- heavy usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- nation a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
- israel an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC
- australia a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
- benjamin (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel
- dante an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
- reuben (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
- overweight usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- apache any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma