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the moon's sliver that doubles as a sword, a pastry, and an empire's flag.
croissant linkPastry shaped to mock a defeated Ottoman crescent flag
not just moonVenus and Mercury show crescents through telescopes too
earthshine glowThe dark part glows faintly from Earth's reflected light
word rootFrom Latin crescere, meaning to grow
fertile shapeThe Fertile Crescent birthed agriculture and writing