London rocket


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Related to London rocket: Sisymbrium irio
(Bot.) a cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.
- Dr. Prior.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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In-store ticket sales in Canary Wharf and the City of London rocket by 300% when there is a monster rollover, com-pared to an 87% increase across the rest of the country.
An increase in PCF values from root to stem and then leaves was noted in the samples of London rocket, Mint, and True indigo.
Two thousand years ago, London rocket arrived with the Romans, then hung on as a rarity, proliferating in long, dry summers like the one before the Great Fire of London in 1666.
tridentata) and London rocket (Sysimbrium irio L) pollen (Sawyer 1981): is very small size ([less than or equal to] 20 [micro]m), cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is small ([less than or equal to] 30 [micro]m), mesquite (P.
Two others you must try are sweet Williams and London rocket.
Prices in London rocketed 12.3 per cent to PS450,000 - 20 per cent higher than the peak reached before the financial crisis in 2008.
HOTEL prices in towns around London rocketed by up to 27 per cent in the first half of the year - partly due to the royal wedding, Hotels.com has revealed.
But,over the same period, weekly wages in London rocketed from pounds 556.60 to pounds 636.90, which means workers in the capital earn in excess of 50% more.
But prices in London rocketed 18% in the 12 months, with the typical property now worth PS362,699.
Prices in London rocketed 13.8%, proving again that the capital's property market is unlike anywhere else.
Prices in London rocketed 12.3% to PS450,000 - 20% higher than the peak reached before the financial crisis in 2008.

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