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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern California north of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. It grew as a center of the movie and television industry.
  • Luther,American horticulturist who developed countless new varieties of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, including the russet Burbank potato and the Shasta daisy.

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  • proper noun A surname.
  • proper noun A city in California

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926)

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