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either planted in coffee or reserved
An extended acreage of forest-covered land was acquired, about 600 acres of which were cleared and either planted in coffee or reserved for pasturage and other kinds of agriculture.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

earth probably in crevices of rocks
UTRICULARIA MONTANA.—This species inhabits the tropical parts of South America, and is said to be epiphytic; but, judging from the state of the roots (rhizomes) of some dried specimens from the herbarium at Kew, it likewise lives in earth, probably in crevices of rocks.
— from Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

every part is capable of reproducing
Therefore in many of such lower organisms such a congeries of ancestral gemmules must exist in every part of their bodies, since in them every part is capable of reproducing by gemmation.
— from On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart

extreme punishment in case of refusal
Tradespeople and artisans were commanded to resume their occupations under penalty of extreme punishment in case of refusal.
— from Truxton King: A Story of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon

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