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Liriodendron (medicine) and Zhoukoudian (sh)


Liriodendron (medicine)


liriodendron


Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Lily + tree.

<botany> A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Zhoukoudian (sh)




or Chou-k'ou-tien

Archaeological site some 26 mi (42 km) southwest of Beijing, China, where fossil remains of the extinct hominid Homo erectus have been found.

So-called Peking man was identified as a new fossil human by Canadian anthropologist Davidson Black in 1927 and variously classified as Pithecanthropus and Sinanthropus before being assigned to H. erectus. Partial remains of about 40 individuals along with more than 100,000 artifacts have been uncovered, making Zhoukoudian one of the most important H. erectus sites in the world. Its strata date to 460,000-230,000 years ago. It was named a World Heritage site in 1987.