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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
- hibiscus syriacus Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe
- rheum emodi Asian herb (Himalayas)
- elymus hispidus Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder
- indian rhubarb Asian herb (Himalayas)
- mascarene grass Asiatic creeping perennial grass; introduced in southern United States as a drought-resistant lawn grass