The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800, and the term is often used by journalists as a metonym to refer to the acts of the President and his top advisors. The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone in the Neoclassical style. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry L...

Cardamine (Car-dá-mi-ne, bittercress or bitter-cress), is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It contains more than 150 species of annuals and perennials. The genus grows worldwide in diverse habitats, except the Antarctic. Genus Dentaria is a synonym for Cardamine. The leaves can have different forms, going from minute to medium-sized. They can be pinnate or bipinnate. They are basal and cauline (growing on the upper part of the stem), with narrow tips. They are rosulate (forming a rosette). The blade margins can be entire, serrate or dentate. The stem intern...

Cardamom (or cardamon) refers to several plants of the similar genera Elettaria and Amomum in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to India, Nepal and Bhutan; they are recognised by their small seed pods, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin, papery, outer shell and small black seeds. Guatemala is the biggest producer and exporter of cardamom in the world, followed by India. Some other countries, such as Sri Lanka, have also begun to cultivate it. Elettaria pods are light green while Amomum pods are larger and dark brown. It is the world's thir...

Daisy may refer to: Names * Daisy (given name), a feminine given name, commonly thought to be derived from the name of the flower Plants * Asteraceae or Compositae, known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, including: ** Bellis, especially Bellis perennis (common daisy) ** Leucanthemum vulgare (ox-eye daisy) ** Leucanthemum × superbum (Shasta daisy) ** Argyranthemum (marguerite daisy) ** Osteospermum (African or Cape daisy) ** Rhodanthemum (Moroccan daisy) ** Chrysanthemum coronarium (crown daisy) ** Glebionis carinatum (tricolor daisy) ** Erigeron glaucus (seaside daisy) * Doroth...

Wiki Wiki can mean: * The Wiki Wiki Shuttle - a free shuttle you can take to specific locations in the Honolulu International Airport * The phrase Wiki in Hawaiian * WikiWiki - as a concept