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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Apocynaceae . Shrubs or small trees native totropical andsubtropical regions ofAfrica ,Australia andAsia .
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Examples
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In looking at this question, who Carissa is is more than mere biology, and so the abortion wouldn’t have occurred to Carissa as she was known at the time.
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A week before graduation, doctors called Carissa back to the hospital to collect the cells, which will be transplanted after a couple more radiation and chemotherapy treatments in Seattle.
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A week before graduation, doctors called Carissa back to the hospital to collect the cells, which will be transplanted after a couple more radiation and chemotherapy treatments in Seattle.
The News Tribune Blogs Jody Lawrence-Turner 2010
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Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail yesterday the couple - who cannot be identified for legal reasons but are referred to as Carissa and Jim - said their happiness at the birth in a hospital on the Costa Brava was tinged with sadness by being separated from their daughter.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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If she had known how to say Ka’ahumanu’s final words in Hawaiian, Carissa would have.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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If she had known how to say Ka’ahumanu’s final words in Hawaiian, Carissa would have.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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If she had known how to say Ka’ahumanu’s final words in Hawaiian, Carissa would have.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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If she had known how to say Ka’ahumanu’s final words in Hawaiian, Carissa would have.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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I couldn't believe they were serious - it really does look like the hull of the New Carissa.
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What few people understand is that the building honors an important artifact from Oregon History: The New Carissa.
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