#argar

• Agathaea — An archaic scientific name or taxonomic synonym for the plant genus Felicia, belonging to the Asteraceae family and native to South Africa, popularly known as the blue daisy. Structurally, these plants are characterized by capitulum (head) inflorescences featuring yellow central tubular florets and deep azure-blue peripheral ray florets, utilized in horticulture as ornamental groundcover species.
• Anaphalis margaritacea — The official binominal scientific name of the perennial herbaceous plant species popularly known as 'pearly everlasting', belonging to the Asteraceae family. The species is native to North America and Eastern Asia, widely appreciated for its long-lasting inflorescences made of dense capitula with white, pearly, and dry involucral bracts surrounding the yellow central disc florets. The structure of the stem and narrow leaves is covered with a dense layer of silvery, woolly hairs, providing the plant with drought resistance and a distinct aesthetic appearance.
• Apion — A genus of very small phytophagous coleopteran insects in the family Apionidae, commonly known as clover weevils or seed weevils (e.g., Apion apricans). In history and philology, Apion is the name of a famous 1st-century AD Hellenistic scholar, grammarian, and rhetorician from Egypt, well known for his controversies with Flavius Josephus.
• Arctotis — A genus of annual or perennial herbaceous plants native to the dry regions of South Africa, belonging to the Asteraceae family. Plants of this genus are structurally characterized by often pubescent (silvery-haired) leaves and large capitulum inflorescences, resembling daisies, displaying vivid colors and petals that expand fully only under direct sunlight.
• Arctotis breviscapa — The official binary name for a specific plant species within the Arctotis genus, renowned for its relatively short flower stalks (breviscapa) and large, intense orange or golden-yellow blossoms with a dark inner ring at the base of the petals. This structurally compact plant is native to South African Mediterranean-climate zones and is valued as a groundcover in xerophytic landscaping.
• Arctotis grandis — A species of annual or perennial herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family, native to South Africa, commonly known as the large African daisy. The plant is structurally characterized by erect, branched stems covered with a whitish, velvety pubescence, and by large capitulum inflorescences whose outer ray florets are a brilliant silvery-white on the upper surface and lavender-violet underneath, surrounding a dark metallic blue central disc.
• Arctotis stoechadifolia — A species of perennial, often trailing or bushy plant in the genus Arctotis, family Asteraceae, native to the coastal sand dunes of South Africa. The plant features long, decumbent stems forming dense ground covers, elongated, toothed, and heavily tomentose leaves of a silvery-grey hue, and inflorescences whose ray florets can vary colorfully from cream and pale yellow to bronze shades, playing a vital ecological role in stabilizing eroded coastal dunes.
• Argar — A reference term denoting the Bronze Age culture of 'El Argar' in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula (approx. 2200–1550 BC), characterized by early complex social stratification, fortified hilltop settlements, advanced silver and bronze metallurgy, and distinctive burial rites in cists or urns beneath house floors.
• Babaruga — A rare regional and popular name used in certain areas of the country to designate the ladybug (ladybird) or, in other dialects, a type of small black ground beetle. Additionally, the term survives in children's folklore as a rhyming element in traditional chants meant to invoke the opening of the insect's wings, loaded with playful and archaic magical connotations related to weather forecasting or bringing good luck.
• Margaret Thatcher — A British statesman and leader of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, being the first woman in history to hold the office and the longest-serving British premier of the 20th century, highly renowned for her harsh economic reforms, privatizations, and firm leadership style.