Term: interstate commerce commission: a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: feudal lord: a man of rank in the ancient regime
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: portia tree: pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: erysiphales: saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: stropharia: genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: coloration: choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: short-spurred fragrant orchid: similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: ichyostega: early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: zingiber: tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: angiotensin i: a physiologically inactive form of angiotensin that is the precursor to angiotensin II
Broader: agency: an administrative unit of government | Unrelated: sterculia gum: exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics