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"Kora.” "A bush about two feet high, with 
leaves like ’nen kotkdt’ (Fleurya ruderalis), 
but larger.” 
"Kaliklik.” "A thorny bush.” The name "kai- 
liklik” is regularly used in the Marshalls for 
a cultivated variety of Cyrtosperma Chamis- 
sonis that has prickly petioles, but that does 
not seem to be the right application of it 
here. The vernacular name means thorny or 
prickly. On Bikini this name might be ap- 
plied to Achyranthes canescens, which is prick- 
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ly enough to deserve the description. 
REFERENCES 
Anonymous, 1885. Bible: New Testament: ak 
Kalimur Ekdl an ar Iroij im Dri Lomor Jisds 
Kraist. American Bible Society, New York. 
Taylor, W. R. 1950. Plants of Bikini and other 
northern Marshall Islands. University of 
Michigan Studies, Sci. Ser. 18. xv + 227 
pp., 79 figs. Ann Arbor. 
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