MARGUERITE D'ANGOULEME, OR D'ALENCON, OR DE VALOIS, OR DE NAVARRE
\mˌɑːɡəɹˈiːt dˈaŋɡuːlˌiːm], \mˌɑːɡəɹˈiːt dˈaŋɡuːlˌiːm], \m_ˌɑː_ɡ_ə_ɹ_ˈiː_t d_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_uː_l_ˌiː_m]\
Definitions of MARGUERITE D'ANGOULEME, OR D'ALENCON, OR DE VALOIS, OR DE NAVARRE
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Queen of Navarre, and famous for her stories, poems, and letters; born at Angouleme, April 1492; died in Bigorre, 1549. She was a great patroness of literature. She is best known in literature by the celebrated "Heptameron", a collection of tales. A book of her poems, "Pearls of the Pearl of Princesses", appeared in 1547 "Letters". 1841-42.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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