Bossé (other)
Bossé can be: *A common name of African trees in the genus ''Guarea'' *A surname. Notable people named Bossé include: **Anne-Élisabeth Bossé (born 1984), Canadian actress ** Georges Bossé, Canadian politician ** Joseph Guillaume Bossé, Canadian politician **Joseph-Noël Bossé (1807–1881), Canadian politician **Steve Bossé Steve Bossé (born July 29, 1981) is a Canadian retired mixed martial artist and professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division. Bossé competed in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC and was also known as an infamous hockey e ...

Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With nearly billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Demographics of Africa, Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will exceed 3.8 billion people by 2100. Africa is the least wealthy inhabited continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including Geography of Africa, geography, Climate of Africa, climate, corruption, Scramble for Africa, colonialism, the Cold War, and neocolonialism. Despite this lo ...
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Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only plants that are usable as lumber, or only plants above a specified height. But wider definitions include taller palms, tree ferns, bananas, and bamboos. Trees are not a monophyletic taxonomic group but consist of a wide variety of plant species that have independently evolved a trunk and branches as a way to tower above other plants to compete for sunlight. The majority of tree species are angiosperms or hardwoods; of the rest, many are gymnosperms or softwoods. Trees tend to be long-lived, some trees reaching several thousand years old. Trees evolved around 400 million years ago, and it is estimated that there are around three trillion mature trees in the world currently. A tree typically has many secondary branches supported cle ...
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Guarea
''Guarea'' is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs in the family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. At their largest, they are large trees 20–45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m diameter, often buttressed at the base. The leaves are pinnate, with 4–6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet present. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with 4–5 yellowish petals. The fruit is a four or five-valved capsule, containing several seeds, each surrounded by a yellow-orange fleshy aril; the seeds are dispersed by hornbills and monkeys which eat the aril. Species Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2019: Uses The timber is important; the African species are known as bossé, guarea, or pink mahogany, and the South American species as cramantee or American muskwood. It is said to possibly cause hallucinations if ingested. The wood ...
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Anne-Élisabeth Bossé
Anne-Élisabeth Bossé is a Canadian actress from Repentigny, Quebec."Rencontre avec Anne-Élisabeth Bossé"
''Coup de Pouce'', October 15, 2014. She garnered a nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Genie Awards for her performance in '' Heartbeats
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List Of Members Of The Canadian House Of Commons - B
Bab–Bal * Louis François Georges Baby b. 1834 first elected in 1872 as Conservative member for Joliette, Quebec. * André Bachand b. 1934 first elected in 1980 as Liberal member for Missisquoi, Quebec. * André Bachand b. 1961 first elected in 1997 as Progressive Conservative member for Richmond—Arthabaska, Quebec. * Claude Bachand b. 1951 first elected in 1993 as Bloc Québécois member for Saint-Jean, Quebec. * Taylor Bachrach b. 1978 first elected in 2019 as New Democratic Party member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley, British Columbia. * Hubert Badanai b. 1895 first elected in 1958 as Liberal member for Fort William, Ontario. * Vance Badawey b. 1964 first elected in 2015 as Liberal member for Niagara Centre, Ontario. * Larry Bagnell b. 1949 first elected in 2000 as Liberal member for Yukon, Yukon. * Burton Bailey first elected in 2025 as Conservative member for Red Deer, Alberta. * Roy Bailey b. 1928 first elected in 1997 as Reform member for Souris—M ...
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