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Adenium obesum (common name: desert rose) seed with double pappus. The seed is 1 cm (0.39 in) long, the overall length is 8 cm (3.1 in). The seeds form in large pods or fruit on the plant. When mature, the pod splits open and the seeds are propagated by wind. This specimen was grown in Chennai, India.

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The Mothering Heart is a 1913 film by D. W. Griffith starring Lilian Gish.

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