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Locusta   Listen
noun
Locusta  n.  (Bot.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.





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"Locusta" Quotes from Famous Books



... real obstacle was Claudius himself—he was sixty, and might be so absurd as to live to be eighty. Locusta, a famous professional chemist, was employed, and the deed was done by Agrippina serving the deadly dish herself. The servants carried Claudius off to bed, thinking he was merely drunk, but he was to wake ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 • Elbert Hubbard


Words linked to "Locusta" :   family Locustidae, Locustidae, Acrididae, migratory locust


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