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Arctic heath
Arctic heath Heath that is found in the low and middle Arctic belts of the
tundra. Normally it is dominated by members of the heath family (Ericaceae) or by heath-like plants, e.g. Vaccinium vitisidaea (crowberry). Arctic heaths tend to be restricted to relatively well-drained sites that are sheltered and snow-covered in winter.
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Clarins' Stretch Mark Control Cream aims to reduce the appearance of unsightly stretchmarks and prevent the formation of new ones with crowberry extract and centella asiatica.(PRODUCT NEWS)
Magazine article from: Cosmetics International; 4/6/2007; 386 words
; CLARINS' STRETCH Mark Control Cream aims to reduce the appearance of unsightly stretchmarks and prevent the formation of new ones with crowberry extract and centella asiatica. The cream retails at 34.40 [euro].
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Against volume of traffic road will bring ; In Reply to D Snowdon (March 26) about my letter of March 7 - just for the record I have no objection to the road opening up from Timberland to Morrisons, it is just the volume of traffic it is going to create on Crowberry Drive and Bransdale Road I object to.
Newspaper article from: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph; 4/9/2008; 464 words
; ...it is just the volume of traffic it is going to create on Crowberry Drive and Bransdale Road I object to. I have every sympathy...will see my point. Get out of your car and have a walk down Crowberry Drive and notice how quiet and peaceful it is at the moment...
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Clarins launches "invisible girdle".(Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Cosmetics International; 6/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...Care for Abdomen and Waist uses crowberry extract to refine the body. Used...first time in a cosmetic product, crowberry blocks the formation of new adipocytes...draining properties, the company says crowberry helps to significantly reduce abdominal...
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Bogs and burning woods: small variations in elevation create the strange habitats of New Jersey's pine barrens. (This Land).
Magazine article from: Natural History; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...pine barrens. Rarest and most unexpected of those are broom crowberry, a wiry shrub with crowded, quarter-inch-long leaves...and chestnut oak are also common. Shrubs include broom crowberry, mountain laurel, sheep laurel, sand myrtle, go
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 "Chorley Guardian (Chorley, England)")
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Helping firms get eco-friendly.
Newspaper article from: Chorley Guardian (Chorley, England); 4/19/2007; 585 words
; ...The 33-year-old has nearly clocked up a year of running Crowberry Consulting, which has recently been shortlisted for an Environmental...own house uses 'green energy'. For more information call Crowberry Consulting on 01257 271133 or visit the website www.crowberryconsulting...
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New findings from University of Kuopio in the area of agricultural and food chemistry published.
Newspaper article from: Agriculture Week; 6/4/2009; 676 words
; ...were detected to bilberry, cranberry, lingonberry, and crowberry fractions, which contained anthocyanins or a mixture of proanthocyanidins...inhibitory activities and may suggest Vaccinium berries and crowberry as promising sources against meningococcal adherence." Toivanen...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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womaniser,appeaser,eccentric..... the man who gave the world TARKA.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 12/7/1997; 700+ words
; ...moved to another picture postcard house near Skirr Cottage, Crowberry Cottage. A Association is celebrat-Tarka's 70th birthday...blue plaque erected by the Henry Williamson Society outside Crowberry Cottage commemorates Henry's residence. And the upstairs...
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THE GRAND OPENING OF A NEW SPRING
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/8/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...earliest of the heath flowers are in dark reddish bloom. It's the broom crowberry with its muted flower, a pollen loaded stamen really, without petals. The crowberry may be a big, bushy looking growth, ten feet across. March 15 -- The...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Climbers fall 400ft to their deaths.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 4/24/2000; 404 words
; ...England, were dead when the team arrived at the area, called Crowberry Gully. The other two climbers in the party were unaware of...The two climbers were roped together and were climbing Crowberry Ridge on the mountain when they fell around 400ft into a gully...
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The summer body guide
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 6/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The ingredients: Vegetal oils - olive, coconut and palm, Crowberry extract and Centella Asiatica extract. How it works: This...combination of three vegetal oils increases skin's elasticity as Crowberry extract slows down stretch mark formation by protecting collagen...
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crowberry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
crowberry evergreen alpine and arctic shrub of the genus Empetrum (or, sometimes...red, or purple berrylike fruits. Some are cultivated in rock gardens. Crowberry is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order...
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Empetrum
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Empetrum ( crowberry ) See EMPETRACEAE .
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Arctic heath
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...it is dominated by members of the heath family ( Ericaceae ) or by heath-like plants, e.g. Vaccinium vitis-idaea (crowberry). Arctic heaths tend to be restricted to relatively well-drained sites that are sheltered and snow-covered in winter...
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Arctic
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...to achieve a culturally desirable balance in the diet. Commonly eaten plants include kelp, sorrel, willow, blueberry, crowberry, soapberry, winter-green, lichens, Eskimo carrots, and Eskimo peanuts. The vegetable matter from herbivore's stomachs...
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Empetraceae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...with 4–6 perianth segments in 2 similar whorls and 2 or 3 stamens , and there are black, juicy drupes for fruits. Empetrum (crowberry) is an example. They occur in north temperate regions and in temperate S. America.
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