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Empetraceae
Empetraceae A family comprising 3 genera and 5 species of heath-like shrubs in which the leaves are evergreen with inrolled margins. The flowers are very small, borne in clusters, 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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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; 457 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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 "Chorley Guardian (Chorley, England)")
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Helping firms get eco-friendly.
Newspaper article from: Chorley Guardian (Chorley, England); 4/19/2007; 563 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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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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New findings from University of Kuopio in the area of agricultural and food chemistry published.
Newspaper article from: Agriculture Week; 6/4/2009; 662 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 Birmingham Post (England)")
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Climbers die in 400ft plunge; Searchers find men roped together.(National)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/25/2000; ; 694 words
; ...roped together when the accident happened in an area called Crowberry Gully. It is thought they died instantly. Searchers found...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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Mountain climbers die after 400ft fall into gully.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/24/2000; 447 words
; ...climbers 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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Climbers heard talking before death fall
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/25/2000; ; 469 words
; ...fell about 400ft to their deaths while roped together in Crowberry Gully on Buachaille Etive Mor on Sunday. It is thought the...holding point on a rockface] points are hard to find high up on Crowberry Ridge. The other two climbers with them were uneasy that...
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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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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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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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