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





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... to Rome, where by his dignified demeanour he won pardon and liberty. In the Far East, Mithridates was overthrown by his nephew Rhadamistus, and Parthia and Armenia remained in wild confusion. The reign of Claudius was brought to an end by poison—the notorious Locusta was employed by Agrippina for the purpose—and he was succeeded by Nero, to whom his mother's artifices gave ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI. • Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton


Words linked to "Locusta" :   Valerianella locusta, migratory locust, Locustidae, Acrididae, Locusta migratoria, family Acrididae, genus Locusta


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