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a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts)
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- the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
noun
shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing
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Cordyline terminalis
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- thick sweet roots are used as food
- tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
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the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
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