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herb
herb , name for any plant that is used medicinally or as a spice and for the useful product of such a plant. Herbs as condiments and seasonings are still important in culinary art; the use of medicinal herbs, however, has waned since the advent of prescription and synthetic medicines, although... Read more |
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Columbian Exchange
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE. The title of this article refers to the interchange of plants and food products that took place between America and Europe after Columbus's voyages to the New World. Although the exchange was carried out in both directions, the article places greater... Read more |
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nursery
nursery in horticulture, an establishment or area for the propagation, breeding, and early cultivation of plants. In North America the term nursery originally specified a place where hardy woody plants, especially fruit trees, were started; but as the market for and interest in new varieties of... Read more |
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Anatomy of Plants
Anatomy of Plants Plants are the primary producers in Earth's ecosystem. Plants are autotrophic, meaning that they produce their own food (via photosynthesis), and as a result ultimately produce food for the ecosystem's consumers (such as humans). Understanding plant function... Read more |
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herbaceous plant
herbaceous plant , plant whose stem is soft and green and shows little growth of wood. The term is used to distinguish such plants from woody plants. Herbaceous plants, or herbs, as they are commonly called, may be annual —that is, the plants die after a year's growth, and the plants are... Read more |
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plant breeding
plant breeding science of altering the genetic pattern of plants in order to increase their value. Increased crop yield is the primary aim of most plant-breeding programs; advantages of the hybrids and new varieties developed include adaptation to new agricultural areas, greater resistance to... Read more |
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grafting
grafting horticultural practice of uniting parts of two plants so that they grow as one. The scion, or cion, the part grafted onto the stock or rooted part, may be a single bud, as in budding , or a cutting that has several buds. The stock may be a whole mature plant, such as an apple tree, or... Read more |
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Forage plants
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Licorice (Plant)
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SmithKline Beecham to Buy Non-Prescription Drug Operations of Sterling....
...counter business less than...prescription drug benefits...prescription drugs like Contac...Ecotrin. The Sterling acquisition...pervades the drug industry...broaden their product lines and services...Isaly in New York. Just...American Home Products Co. ... |
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Boots adapts to changing consumer. (The World's 10 Best Drug Chains).(Boots...
...s leading drug chain, Boots...encroach on product areas where...purveyors of products and a limited...all about products, advice...relevant new products and services...of Boots' product lineup has...including such lines as No7 and...does this keep ... |
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STERLING THWARTS TAKEOVER IN $5.1B MERGER WITH KODAK.(Main)
...Cliff Lee Business editor Sterling...5 million new Sterling...along the line," Silton...decides to keep Sterling's operations...to operate Sterling as a subsidiary...counter drug business...strategy." Sterling is a major...consumer products ... |
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Fake: the business of counterfeit medicines is exploding, and it's killing...
...The second line of defense includes stronger drugs with strange...Complicating this new world of malaria...then only the newer, much more...combination drugs will do. In...work on new drugs, their efforts...legitimate products. In this environment...counterfeit ... |
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Top companies' need to become tech-savvy fuels Digital Focus.(Business...
...companies new technology...how you do business." As the...terms of a product or a process...with on-line drug distributors...vision we keep coming back...Francisco and New York as well...EqualFooting.com * BUSINESS: An on...and small businesses meet. ... |
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FAT CAT LOSES [pounds sterling]22M CREAM.
...have handed drug firm chief...pounds sterling]22 million...pounds sterling]2.3million...pounds sterling]5.1million...learning of a new 'golden...it had to keep its pay rates in line with U...health care business, with a 'flurry' of new product ... |
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Axa adds value to Pru's shares; MARKET REPORT.(Business)
...majority owned business there. Its...pounds sterling]6.2bn...Australian and New Zealand divisions...growing Asian business. Prudential...building businesses in these...they would keep measures...In the drugs sector...pounds sterling]35.00...the second line IMI ... |
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PEDDLING THE PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF FORTUNE 500 OFFICIAL S PROVES...
...runs a two-line ad in New York Press...Metropolitan Life, New York Life...American Home Products, Bristol Myers...Schering-Plough, Sterling Drug, Warner-Lambert...firms, which keep track of where...they have some new directory to... |
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GARDEN WAY PUTS 2 PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET.(BUSINESS)
...ANN JOHNSTON Business writer TROY...officer. In line with this...equipment and product innovation...of tiller products, and thus...than to keep these properties...building on New York State...once used by Sterling Drug Co. as a...plant would be new ... |
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Hi-School continuously fine-tunes its beauty business. (Hi-School Pharmacy)
...and British Sterling doing particularly...department, as the drug chain attempts to increase business and lure more...such upscale lines as Lord & Berry...The skin care business is trending...Revlon Inc.'s new ColorStay expansion...quickly to such product launches as...the ... |