Annual or perennial herbs, or tall woody bamboos.

一年生或多年生草本，或高的木质的竹子。

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Or, perhaps language is more like some vast living body, or perennial body of bodies.

或者说，语言更加近似某些活的机体，或者机体多年生长的躯干。

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East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber.

东印度稀疏的多刺的一年生的药草或多年生的半灌木，由于其多肉的被用在果馅饼中和果冻中的花萼以及树的内皮光纤而被广泛种植。

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Vegetarians, on the other hand, should make for organic-heavy Healthy Spice, whose rice noodle bowls are a perennial hit, or Wishing Well, whose macrobiotic meals can frequently be accompanied by a tarot reading.

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Or perhaps political instability, a perennial wild card, will resurface and skew the economics of the industry once again.

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While the dicey dollar may roil markets, an even dead-lier long-term downer may be that hardy perennial: taxes--or, more accurately, higher taxes.

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