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Scaevola Oppositifolia
Scaevola or Scævola (Latin for "Lefty") may refer to: * Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a legendary assassin said to have burnt his right hand away as a show of determination during the early years of the Roman Republic * Muciii Scaevolae, a family in the Roman Republic * Quintus Cervidius Scaevola, a Roman jurist * Scaevola, a 1958 nuclear test undertaken by the United States as part of Operation Hardtack I Operation Hardtack I was a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted by the United States from April 28 to August 18 in 1958 at the Pacific Proving Grounds. At the time of testing, the Operation Hardtack I test series included more nuclear detonatio ... * ''Scaevola'', the genus of fan-flowers * ''Scaevola'', a genus of extinct gastropods {{Disambiguation, genus ...
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