Trousset encyclopedia

HELIGOLAND or Helgoland (Island of the Saints), Island in the North Sea, belonging to Britain, 55 km (34 miles) northwest of the mouth of the Elbe, facing Germany, which it seems to be watching, population 1 920. It is about 1.5 km (1 mile) long from north to south and 1 km (0.6 mile) wide, from East to West. constantly eaten into by the sea. Two good ports. The highest part, in the West, is 70 m (230 ft) above sea level. Saint Wilbrord …Read more »

JEFFERSONIA substantive – Botany. Genus of Berberidaceae, whose typical species is a spring plant, common in the forests of the United States from New York to Wisconsin, and named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. It is popularly …Read more »

MADISON I. Capital of Wisconsin (USA), lat. N. 43°43′ and long. W. 91°43′, 150 kilometers (93 miles) West of Milwaukee; pop. 15 000. It is located on an isthmus, between Lakes Monona and Mendola, in the midst of a fertile …Read more »

HAM, Hametum, Hamum, county town and district, 25 kilometers southeast of Péronne (Somme), amid a swampy countryside ; pop 3 000. beet sugar factories. Castle with a …Read more »

GHARIAL or gavial, substantive – herpetology. Genus of saurians, close to crocodiles, characterised by long, straight and narrow jaws which get a bit wider at the end. The common …Read more »

GENNESERET (Sea of), also called Lake Kinneret, Sea of Galilee or Lake Tiberius; Lake in northern Palestine, 85 km (53 miles) North of the Dead …Read more »

JASMINE substantive (Ar. iasmin). Botany – genus in the family Jasmineae which includes some forty species of climbing shrubs that produce fragrant flowers: Spanish jasmine.
— Flowers of this plant: double jasmine …Read more »