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The name was probably applied primarily to the tall, hollow-stemmed, tree-like species now known as Dahlia imperialis.
Did You Know? Mexico's national flower is the humble dahlia 2008
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My sister fondly remembers chocolate angel food cake on pink plates, and Shirley Temples in hollow-stemmed crystal wine goblets.
Kurt Michael Friese: 4 Generations of Liver Dumpling Soup Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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The name was probably applied primarily to the tall, hollow-stemmed, tree-like species now known as Dahlia imperialis.
Did You Know? Mexico's national flower is the humble dahlia 2008
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My sister fondly remembers chocolate angel food cake on pink plates, and Shirley Temples in hollow-stemmed crystal wine goblets.
Kurt Michael Friese: 4 Generations of Liver Dumpling Soup Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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Using traditional plant breeding methods, we cross pollinated one of our own celery varieties with a hollow-stemmed wild celery – found on one of our farms in Texas.
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The results of this cross were selected again and again and re-crossed with traditional celery until a larger, more mild-tasting, hollow-stemmed celery was produced.
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Symes's prodigality there was champagne in hollow-stemmed glasses brought from the East.
The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Tender morsels of lobster smothered in cream and sherry (piping hot) daintiest possible wafers of bread-and-butter embracing leaves of pale lettuce, a hollow-stemmed glass effervescent with liquid sunlight of a most excellent bouquet, and then another: these served not in the least to subdue his occult jubilation.
The Day of Days An Extravaganza Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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Please consider the old-fashioned, hollow-stemmed champagne saucer, which allow greater balance than the modern martini (née cocktail) glass.
Bearskinrug Articles 2010
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Please consider the old-fashioned, hollow-stemmed champagne saucer, which allow greater balance than the modern martini (née cocktail) glass.
Bearskinrug Articles 2010
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