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Pers

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Persian.

pers. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. person.

  2. personal.

Pers. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Persia.

  2. Persian.

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In south-east Switzerland, the Pers Glacier once fed the larger Morteratsch Glacier, which flows down towards the valley.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

A parallel glacier Pers flowed into it until 2017 but has now receded so much that an expanding strip of grit lies between them.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2022

While the discount on the shares was “on the low side,” the dividend is attractive, Danske Bank analysts Poul Ernst Jessen and Erik Strandin Pers wrote in a report today.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 21, 2012

P. thin, campan.-exp. greyish fuscous, sulcate, folds at length granulato-crenate, edge incurved; g. adnate; s. long, tough, equal, pallid fuscescent. corrugis, Pers.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. ovato-campan. then exp. rugose, fibrillose then glabrous, dingy ochre then pale; g. adnate, brown; s. 5-9 cm. white, apex striate, mealy; sp. 12-13 � 6-7. fibrillosa, Pers.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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