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quince
Any of the fruit shrubs and small trees that make up the genus Cydonia, in the rose family. Common quince (C. oblonga) is native to Iran, Turkey, and perhaps Greece and the Crimea. The raw golden-yellow fruit has a strong fragrant aroma and astringent taste; it takes on a pink color when cooked and makes an excellent preserve. The Japanese quince (Chaenomeles species) is an ornamental shrub widely used for its flowers, which appear on the tightly branched stems before the leaves open fully in late winter and early spring.
Quinte
Arm of Lake Ontario, SE Ontario. It extends for 75 mi (121 km) from its entrance near Amherst Island to Murray Canal at the W end. A resort area, it is a scenic, narrow bay with many small inlets. Among the major settlements around the bay are Trenton, Belleville, Deseronto, and Picton. The bay's name was derived from Kenté , an Indian village on the bay's W shore.
equinox
Either of two moments in the year when the sun is exactly above the equator and day and night are of equal length all over the earth. The vernal equinox, when spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere, occurs about March 21, when the sun moves north across the celestial equator. The autumnal equinox falls about September 23, as the sun crosses the celestial equator going south. The term equinox also refers to either of two points in the sky where the ecliptic and the celestial equator (see celestial sphere) intersect. See also solstice.
Guinea
Country, W Africa. Area: 94,926 sq mi (245,857 sq km). Population (1997 est.): 7,405,000 (incl. 700,000 refuges from Liberia and Sierra Leone). Capital: Conakry. The Fulani people are in the majority, followed by the Malinke and many other groups. Language: French (official). Religion: Islam. Currency: Guinean franc. Facing the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea has four topographical regions. Lower Guinea comprises the coast and coastal plain, which are sandy and interspersed with lagoons and mangrove swamps. To the east the Fouta Djallon highlands rise sharply from the coastal plain to elevations above 3,000 ft (900 m); W Africa's three major rivers--the Niger, Sé né gal, and Gambia--originate there. Upper Guinea comprises the Niger Plains. The Forest Region, an isolated forested highland in the southeast, rises to 5,748 ft (1,752 m) at Mt. Nimba, the country's highest peak. Most of the country has a humid tropical climate, while more than two-fifths is covered by tropical rain forest. Export crops include rice, bananas, and coffee. Guinea is the world's second-largest producer of bauxite. Its developing, mixed economy is based on agriculture, mining, and trade. It is a multiparty republic with one legislative house; the head of state and government is the president, assisted by the prime minister. In c.AD 900, successive migrations of the Susu swept down from the desert and pushed the original inhabitants, the Baga, to the ...
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