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Some varieties, such as the fishpole heliconia, have bract clusters that dangle.
Coffee, swamp lily and heliconia: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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Photographed in Mexico, the fishpole heliconia has bract clusters that dangle.
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Some varieties, such as the fishpole heliconia, have bract clusters that dangle.
Coffee, swamp lily and heliconia: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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He uprooted the Imperial eagle, hoisted it fishpole-wise over one shoulder, and casually commenced a westerly ramble.
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991
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He uprooted the Imperial eagle, hoisted it fishpole-wise over one shoulder, and casually commenced a westerly ramble.
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991
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He reached over behind his seat and brought out a stubby pole like a fishpole with a very large reel.
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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He reached over behind his seat and brought out a stubby pole like a fishpole with a very large reel.
Space Platform Murray Leinster 1935
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The fishpole-aerial thing it had erected out of its head was its stinger, and the yellow stuff was venom.
Four-Day Planet H. Beam Piper 1934
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It is time to go home and do this, so he puts up his fishpole and packs his primitive paraphernalia -- a tin can, a rusty spike, a bamboo pole.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929
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Here he sits on the breakwater near the Municipal Pier, a fishpole in his hand, staring patiently into the agate-colored water.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929
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