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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of labiate plants, of about 25 species, mostly natives of the Mediterranean region.
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- noun perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound
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Kucinich has instructed his supporters to vote for Obama on the second ballota « Gerry Canavan
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Lower elevations and river canyons, such as the central Duero Basin on the border of Spain and Portugal, are characterized by sclerophyllous broadleaf species (Quercus ilex ballota, Olea europaea, and Pistacia terebinthus).
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Xeric pine forests frequently constitute mixed stands with the evergreen holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota) and xeric juniper species (Juniperus phoenicea, J. oxycedrus).
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The dominant canopy tree species of the montane conifer forests is the endemic Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica), which normally constitutes mixed stands with the evergreen holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota) and less frequently with deciduous oak species (Quercus faginea, Q. canariensis).
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Evergreen oaks, mainly Holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota) are abundant in dry and rocky south-facing slopes, from the broadleaf mixed forest zone to the mountain conifer altitudinal zone.
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Lavandula angustifolia), ballota, phlomis, rock roses and salvia to fresh growth if it's there.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The three thermic periods are: freeze month growth response of Q. ilex subsp. ballota (hereafter Q. (January), i.e. mean minimum temperature 0C (lower black ilex) to the severe drought recorded in 1994.
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