Abronia latifolia
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~ plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia
Alexandrian laurel
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~ East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers; coastal areas southern India to Malaysia
American laurel
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~ a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
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~ French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836)
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
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~ French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794)
Antoine Lavoisier
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~ French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794)
antitrust law
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~ law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
anti-drug law
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~ a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs
Avogadro's law
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~ the principle that equal volumes of all gases (given the same temperature and pressure) contain equal numbers of molecules