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Featured Article: Ash (tree)
In botany, ash is the common name for any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Fraxinus of the flowering plant family Oleacea, characterized by usually opposite, pinnately compound leaves (Fraxinus anomala is an exception) and one-seeded, winged fruit. The term also is used for the wood of these plants. Ashes have various commercial, ornamental, and ecological uses.
Popular Article: Burgundian school
The Burgundian School is a term used to denote a group of composers active in the fifteenth century, in what is now northern and eastern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The School was centered in the courts of the Dukes of Burgundy, whose interest was in the education and enlightenment of all who came in contact with their court.
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