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DEFINITION: (noun) A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat. SYNONYMS: troche, cough drop. USAGE: She believed that pastilles and lozenges were no better for a sore throat than regular hard candy.

Garland was an American film actress considered by many to be one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywood's Golden Era of musical film. She began her career singing in her father's theater at age four and later toured in vaudeville. In 1939, she played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and starred in numerous other movies and musicals. Her untimely death and personal tragedies have come to represent the pitfalls of stardom. A US postage stamp honoring her was issued in what year?

The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France. It is situated on the left bank of the river Seine and contains the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France's national museum of natural history. The original garden was planted by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, in 1626, as a medicinal herb garden. It was originally known by what name?

Assuredly we bring not innocence into the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary.

A rare species of millipede that was last seen 80 years ago in central California has finally been located. Illacme plenipes has more than 600 legs (average millipedes have about half that number) and thrives only in California. The species was first spotted in 1926 in San Benito County by a scientist who counted a record 750 legs, but it was not seen again until a 28-year-old scientist from East Carolina University happened upon it in San Benito last fall.

The giant panda lives in mountainous regions such as Sichuan and Tibet. It has a very low birthrate and high infant mortality and is one of the most endangered species in the world; for that reason, it serves as the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a conservation organization. Despite being taxonomically classified as carnivores, giant pandas have an overwhelmingly herbivorous diet, living almost entirely on what plant?