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Ker Gawl
Ker or KER may refer to: People * Ker (surname) * Ker, family name of the Dukes of Roxburghe * Ker, a spelling of the Guo surname * Frederick Ker, the appellant in the U.S. Supreme Court case '' Ker v. Illinois'' * Ker, a clan of the Bharwad people Mathematics * Ker or ker is an abbreviation of kernel * Ker is one of the Kelvin functions Other uses * County Kerry, Ireland, Chapman code KER * Kinetic energy recovery, see kinetic energy recovery system * Ker, Azerbaijan, a village *'' Capparis decidua'', or ker, a tree and fruit used in various Indian cuisines * Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport in Kerman, Iran (KER IATA airport code) * Ker, singular of Keres (mythology) * Ker, a character in ''Battlefield Earth'' * Ker (tribe), of Kutch, India * '' VIXX 2016 Conception Ker'', an album by South Korean band VIXX * Ker, female death-spirits in Greek mythology. See Keres In Greek mythology, the Keres (; Ancient Greek: Κῆρες), singular Ker (; Κήρ), were fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iridaceae
Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a total of c. 2244 species worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016). It includes a number of other well known cultivated plants, such as freesias, gladioli and crocuses. Members of this family are perennial plants, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like, with a sharp central fold. Some examples of members of this family are the blue flag and yellow flag. Name and history The family name is based on the genus ''Iris'', the largest and best known genus in Europe. This genus dates from 1753, when it was coined by Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus. Its name derives from the Greek goddess, Iris, who carried messages from Olympus to earth along a rainbow, whose colours were seen by Linnaeus in the multi-hued petals of many of the species. The family is current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |