In 1964, the Canadian parliament adopted a national flag with a red maple leaf on a white background.

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In 1965, Canada adopted the Red Maple Leaf as its new national flag.

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Wow, oh wow - our heads are blown off by pheasant with green peppercorns, river fish in banana leaf with red curry and some remarkable relishes: rose apple with cashew, cured pork with coconut cream.

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Having harvested and germinated seeds from her hand pollinated plants, Minushika scored those seedlings for presence or absence of the red fleck and white V leaf marks and assayed for a specific genetic precursor and enzyme need for the production of hydrogen cyanide.

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It has a bright red stalk, a scrawny yellow leaf and is sweeter than the greener outdoor variety of which many Britons have bitter school-dinner memories.

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He stuck mostly with pant suits, wool shift or trapeze dresses and coats in solids, accented with a sprinkling of white-and-black stripes and large leaf prints in autumnal red, orange-red, green, purple and a rich deep blue.

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The Leaf is fun to drive: I piloted a red one from Petaluma to downtown San Francisco, my first extended drive after some short runs in New York.

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KaoSarn, a family-run Thai restaurant, is consistently packed with diners who come hungry for its sweet red prawn curry and spiced roast chicken served with sticky rice steamed in a banana leaf.

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The duchess wore a white dress and red hat - the colours of Canada's flag - and the Queen's maple leaf brooch.

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