era
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a floor or ground area for threshing or treading out graintype of:áreaa part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
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a small area of ground covered by specific vegetationtypes:lechoa plot of ground in which plants are growingjardína plot of ground where plants are cultivatedhuertoa small garden where vegetables are grownjardín de rocallaa garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plantsrosaledaa garden for growing roses
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a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periodsexamples:cenozoicoapproximately the last 63 million yearsmesozoicofrom 230 million to 63 million years agopaleozoicofrom 544 million to about 230 million years agotype of:tiempo geológicothe time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
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a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or eventsynonyms: épocaexamples:era cristianathe time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birthedad mediathe period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissancerenacimientothe period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuriesrevolución industrialthe transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nationtypes:antigüedadthe historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
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An acclaimed science-fiction classic, Kindred tells the story of Dana, an African-American woman in 1970s California who time-travels to the American South before the Civil War.