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    They are known for their hyphenated names depicting a farm animal, a type of archery implement, a cottage garden boundary and a certain internal organ. An explorer who has a bird and a vessel named for him once presented a sample of the item to a US President. What are they, who was the explorer, and what, really, is their main function today?

    Question #75710. Asked by peasypod. (Feb 10 07 8:40 PM)


    wendypj

    		I guess this was the question you were saving for Frankie then. Pass me the valium and I will get cracking.

    Feb 10 07, 8:50 PM
    peasypod

    		Wendy, darling, this is as easy as they come.

    Feb 10 07, 8:56 PM
    tragic_flawed

    		toxa ( arrow or poison) toxic taxus yew- cancer use

    Feb 11 07, 3:06 AM
    peasypod

    		Huh?

    Feb 11 07, 5:08 AM
    lanfranco

    		I really can't believe that I managed to come up with this, considering that I'm drugged to the eyeballs. However, it did occur to me, in my befogged state, that the Lewis and Clark expedition might answer the question. Meriwether Lewis (isn't that a fabulous name, despite his fate?) would be the explorer.

    So, I think we're talking about the "Osage-Orange" plant, which, today, is used to repel insects of various types, though apparently, this doesn't really work.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage-orange

    Feb 11 07, 6:00 PM
    queproblema

    		Wow! You have some real monkey brains. (See your reference.) I don't. Tell me about the bird and the boat, please.


    Feb 11 07, 7:38 PM
    peasypod

    		Well done Frankie, sick as a dog and still able to make sense of my convoluted mess!

    Yup, the Osage-Orange it is. The bird and boat you ask qp? Well there's the Liberty Ship 'SS Meriwether Lewis' and the 'Lewis's Woodpecker' named for the explorer.

    Feb 11 07, 8:26 PM

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