Several of Borneoâs plants challenge the senses-Rafflesia arnoldii, a parasitic species, produces the largest flower in the world, while the titan arum (Amorphophallustitanum) sporadically blooms into the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world.
Now, with territory up to the Mississippi River claimed and settled and the Louisiana Purchase explored, Americans headed west in droves. Newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coined the term manifest destiny in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset.
noun. Manifest Destiny is defined as a 19th century American belief that the spread of the United States across the continent was inevitable. An example of Manifest Destiny is the belief by President Polk's administration that the U.S. should expand throughout the continent.