serum
serum (pl. sera) The clear fluid that remains after blood is allowed to clot. It differs from
blood plasma in that it lacks
fibrinogen.
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Watercress: clean green; pools of pure water produce peppery sprigs for summer dishes. (Food).(Sumida Farm in Oahu; watercress grower David Sumida)(includes recipes)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...stems in the air to make his point: "Watercress is the cleanest vegetable around. There...gallons of water a day to grow 1 acre of watercress." Here at Sumida Farm, a 10-acre...Sumida and his sister, Barbara, grow watercress, as the family has done since 1928...
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Watercress: benefits for cancer protection, vision, and heart health.(Super FOODS)
Magazine article from: Life Extension; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...effects. Their little-known cousin, watercress, also shows extraordinary potential...leafy green. The anticancer benefits of watercress may arise from its ability to increase...fact, growing evidence suggests that watercress may lower the risk of prostate, colon...
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Watercress
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/24/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...intuitive that something as delicate as watercress would be a member of the mustard family...comes pretty easily upon first nibble. Watercress has a bracing peppery bite that is not...INFORMATION: Move over, wheatgrass. Watercress has long been regarded by the Chinese...
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Watercress allelochemical defends high-nitrogen foliage against consumption: effects on freshwater invertebrate herbivores.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...defense in freshwater macrophytes is watercress (Nasturtium officinale = Rorippa nasturtium...aquaticum), an aquatic crucifer. Watercress possesses the glucosinolate-myrosinase...Feeding trials showed that senescent watercress was greatly preferred to fresh green...
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Watercress. (includes recipes and related article on cultivating watercress)
Magazine article from: Country Living; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...unsuccessfully attempted to cultivate watercress, a peppery perennial I'm quite fond...the smaller of the two streams. The watercress flourished for several months and then...float away. (I sometimes think beds of watercress must flourish someplace downstream...
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Pest threatens Oahu watercress
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 1/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...Oahu consumers may find locally grown watercress in short supply because crops are being...who led researchers in hunting for the watercress foe after seeing failing plants at one...aster yellows phytoplasma in the sick watercress and some adjacent weeds. Fukuda and...
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Salad season brings watercress risk; [
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 10/21/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...for many people it means gatheringfresh watercress for that fresh, peppery flavour. But the watercress you gather may be giving you more than...heavy metals. The pilot study found that watercress gathered in Lower Hutt's Waiwhetu Stream...
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While foraging the marshes for watercress, educator discovers bits of green in a white, wintry world.; Spring eternal
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/26/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...snip the winter miracle: vibrant green watercress growing against the stark white landscape...the next generation of greens. All watercress needs to thrive in the wild is running...Skulan notes while wading from one watercress patch to another, sinking into thick...
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Pep up your palate with spicy watercress Nutritious greens can perk up sandwiches and salads
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/24/1996; ; 700+ words
; Long ago, the odor of burning watercress was thought to drive away snakes...mentally ill. Folklore aside, watercress does have a kind of magical quality...It's easy to understand why watercress is such a spicy plant. It's...
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Give the green light to watercress
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/20/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...20-2005 Give the green light to watercress By CLARE HOWARD, Copley News Service...Section: FOOD Edtion: All Editions Watercress finger sandwiches suffer from reputation...rather than the aquatic plant itself. "Watercress rocks!" said Alice Price, a chef...
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watercress
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
watercress hardy perennial European herb ( Nasturtium officinale ) of...garnish. Other plants of the genus are sometimes called watercress and are used similarly. Watercress was formerly used as a domestic remedy and against scurvy...
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Nasturtium
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Nasturtium ( watercress ; family Cruciferae ) A genus of plants that have pinnate leaves...of white flowers. The elongated fruits have two convex valves. Watercress is cultivated for its edible leaves, used as a salad vegetable...
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Food from the Sea
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...red seaweed constitute most of the production, with much lesser amounts from green seaweed. Other aquatic plants include watercress, water chestnuts, and various other edible species. Reptiles used for human food include alligators and turtles. Marine...
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Opata
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...watermelons, and citrus fruits. A few foods — such as quelites (edible leafy ground plants such as amaranths), watercress, nopal leaves, and nopal fruit — are gathered. In the 1970s cotton was introduced as a cash crop to add to the...
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château salad
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
château salad French‐Canadian; cooked frogs' legs with shredded lettuce and watercress, garnished with hard‐boiled egg and lemon.
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