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Carotenoids
Carotenoids Description The term carotenoid refers to a family of about 600 different plant pigments that function as antioxidants . The yellow, orange, and many of the red pigments in fruits, vegetables, and plant materials are usually carotenoids. In fall, when deciduous trees prepare for... Read more |
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hemicryptophyte
hemicryptophyte One of Raunkiaer's life-form categories, being a plant whose perennating buds are at ground level, the aerial shoots dying down at the onset of unfavourable conditions. Three subcategories are recognized: a. protohemicryptophytes, in which the lowest leaves on the stem are smaller... Read more |
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broad-leaved evergreen forest
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Raphia
Raphia (family Palmae) A genus of solitary or clump-forming palms, most of which are huge. The leaves are pinnate and include the longest leaves in the world. The inflorescences are either terminal, the stem then dying, or axillary, and form as sinuous, bract-enclosed cylinders, sometimes branching,... Read more |
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runner
runner or stolon, slender, creeping stem capable of taking root where its nodes touch the ground and thereby producing new shoots. The runner itself usually dies at the end of the season, leaving independent new plants. Among the plants that propagate by means of runners are the strawberry, the... Read more |
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Leaves
Leaves Leaves are plant organs primarily adapted for photosynthesis, although many species have modified leaves that serve a variety of functions besides photosynthesis. Imagine walking through a forest on a summer day surrounded by the green leaves attached to the branches... Read more |
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Boadicea
Boadicea , d. AD 61, British queen of the Iceni (of Norfolk), properly called Boudicca. Her husband, King Prasutagus, died in AD 59 or 60, leaving half his property to the Roman emperor and half to his daughters. The Romans, however, seized the kingdom and began to despoil it, thus provoking the... Read more |
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Stepan Osipovich Makarov
MAKAROV, STEPAN OSIPOVICH (b, Nikolayev, Russia, 8 March 1849; d. aboard the battleship Petropavlovsk, Port Arthur, Russia, 13 April 1904) oceanography. His father, Osip Fyodorovich Makarov, retired from the navy in 1873 with the rank of junior captain. His mother came from a simple family and... Read more |
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Accouchement
ACCOUCHEMENT The act of giving birth to a child. The fact of accouchement may be proved by the direct testimony of someone who was present, such as a midwife or a physician, at the time of birth. It may be significant in proving parentage; for example, where there is some question about who... Read more |
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WHEN NO WILL IS WRITTEN, AIDS CAN LEAVE LEGAL TANGLE
...preparation for death and dying -- through the execution...involving the wishes of the dying or dead are mostly anecdotal...less," says Kenneth P. Brier, a tax and estate planning...stages of illness that leave the patient incapable...they can't hurt," Brier says. Lawyers who routinely... |
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Rugby: Jekyll and Hyde show leaves Beale frustrated; 6 NATIONS Scotland 20...
...alongside Moseley's Neil Bayliss after the pair fought in the dying moments. The hosts did snatch a deserved third try in the last...touch down for an unconverted score. ORRELL: Glyn, Robson, Briers, Cross (S Reay, 62), Spragg, S Mason, Gallimore, Salisbury... |
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He left mum to 'die like a dog' 15 months on family tell of heartbreak.
...like a dog". Margaret Briers, 82, died days after...told him he couldn't leave her like that but he...third day we knew she was dying, but we haven't been...VICTIM: Margaret Briers DISGUSTED: Jean Davies...Man wanted for Margaret Briers attack |
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Churchill? A troublemaker. Lennon? A useless clown. And as for that girl...
...Here, to celebrate the dying art form, CLAIRECOHEN...to maintain. RICHARD BRIERS, actor. Rokeby School...It would seem that Briers thinkshe is running the...one of us will have to leave. JEREMY PAXMAN, journalist...him (Fleming had to leave Sandhurst when he contracted... |
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...report writing is definitely a dying art. Catherine Hurley is a...take life seriously. Richard Briers (1934-) Actor ROKEBY SCHOOL...s report It would seem that Briers thinks he is running the school...persists one of us will have to leave. Jeremy Paxman (1950-) Journalist... |
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Giving More Than Money: Ethical Wills Gain Favor.
...statement, to make sure he leaves behind not just valuables...one. In the Hebrew Bible, a dying Jacob addresses his sons about...relations executive Marcia C. Brier have started a business writing...ethical wills from Stein and Brier, and immediately thought of... |
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GIVING MORE THAN MONEY: ETHICAL WILLS GAIN FAVOR
...statement, to make sure he leaves behind not just valuables...one. In the Hebrew Bible, a dying Jacob addresses his sons about...relations executive Marcia C. Brier have started a business writing...ethical wills from Stein and Brier, and immediately thought of... |
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Rugby Union: Moseley power on towards title RUGBY: One win away from...
...down 28-19 at Blackheath to leave them 16 points adrift and virtually...a lifeline when centre Chris Briers raced over in the corner with...Evans grabbed his second in the dying minutes with McDonald converting...ORRELL: Glynn' Ross, Leach, Briers, Rob-son' Mason, Caslake... |
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Rugby Union: Moseley power on towards title; RUGBY: One win away from...
...down 28-19 at Blackheath to leave them 16 points adrift and virtually...a lifeline when centre Chris Briers raced over in the corner with...Evans grabbed his second in the dying minutes with McDonald converting...ORRELL: Glynn' Ross, Leach, Briers, Rob-son' Mason, Caslake... |
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Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold
...kind, gentle Blanche Brier, a young woman uncertain...plants for an elderly dying man, and in her workplace...I'm never going to leave you," holds her hand...visits Mr. Fairston, a dying man who feels alienated...s compassion for her dying husband and her attraction... |