Scientific name: ailuropoda melanoleuca
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A pantry is a large cupboard in your kitchen where you store food. You only keep food in your pantry that does not need to be kept cold in a refrigerator.
Scientific name: carica papaya
Paper is usually made from very finely ground up wood, bleached white. Paper is thin, usually smooth, and is used to make books, newspapers, magazines and of course you can buy blank or lined paper to draw or write on.
Pieces of paper come in lots of different sizes, textures and colours. Rougher paper is better for drawing on in pencil or charcoal. Paper can be cut or folded into different shapes, for crafts like origami.
Paprika is a spice, usually found as a powder, made from dried and ground up bell peppers (capsicums). Paprika is often smoked to add to the flavour.
Paprika is used to flavour or colour many dishes, and is often sprinkled on meat before it is fried.
Scientific name: cyperus papyrus
A parachute is a large piece of fabric you attach to yourself if you know you are going to fall a very long way and want to land safely. Parachutes slow down the speed of your fall by creating drag.
Parachutes are used by skydivers, to slow down racing cars and space shuttles, and for dropping supplies to stranded people from a plane so the supplies don't break on the way down.
A parade, also called a marchpast, procession or pageant is usually part of some kind of celebration. Many people walk some distance in a line. There is usually lots of music, and the people in the parade are dressed up in fancy costumes. Sometimes there are also large, decorated vehicles called floats in a parade.
