Sentences with phrase «as cactus»

Calder also made large outdoor sculptures from bolted sheet steel for public buildings and spaces — such as Cactus provisoire, 1967, in Trinity College Dublin — and was a noted book illustrator and stage set designer.

Both Loathing games capitalize on a quirky sense of humor that is rife with oddities like a meat - based economy, character skills like «Deploy Snake and «Shootenanny», and enemies such as a cactus - suited goblin.

She spends time tending her Bearded Iris collection as well as her cactus collection.

This movie also stars Paul Rudd as Cactus Bill, and Justin Theroux as Duck.

Also known as the cactus pear, prickly pears are the common name for the fruit of the nopales cactus.

The conservators carefully studied archive photographs to see where small changes had occurred over time, such as cactus spines shifting or bending.

While we love our farmers market, we are also regulars at our local hispanic grocery store for things that you can't quite find in your CSA bag — like nopales (better known as cactus).

Check out these great cocktails that incorporate rare ingredients such as cactus, peppers, and cotton candy apricot.

Plant or tree waters: This includes market share leader coconut, as well as cactus, birch and maple water.

He also points to a big increase in popularity of persimmons, especially the firm and reliably sweet Sharon variety, as well as cactus pears.

One was prickly pear, which is also known as cactus fruit.

«The startling results reflect the vital importance of funding and conducting assessments of the threatened status of all of the species in major groups of plants, such as the cacti,» says Kevin Gaston, from the University of Exeter, who co-led the Global Cactus Assessment.

It helps enormously in the suspension of disbelief that the story is set in Vegas, a place where oddball types are as common as cacti and the unlikeliest things are far more likely to happen.

For example, the ease of movement with the analog stick necessitated the insertion of new obstacles, such as cacti and wood.

The imagery is set in the Western part of the United States, known for its arid and stony landscapes with desert flora, such as cacti and tumbleweeds.

Look out for retro favourites of old, such as cacti and palm plants, roses and narcissi, add a touch of the exotic with elegant orchids, or create an impressive display with bold bonsai.

Not exact matches

Cactus plans to list on the NYSE as «WHD.»

Terminal 1 has gardens featuring cacti and water lilies as well as a rooftop swimming pool.

It's received some 238 bids, with Tucson going so far as to send the company a giant, 21 - foot saguaro cactus while Stonecrest, Georgia, vowed to rename itself Amazon.

Graeme D, Slovenia Hired at Cactus Communications as Editor Work Flexibility: Telecommuting, Freelance

As children, we first mourned the roses in October, the neighbor's night - blooming cactus when we left for school, the rotting tree wrung out by lightning.

Every field is carefully fenced in with paling formed of the mid-ribs of the palmyra - leaf, or by rows of prickly plants, aloes, cactus, euphorbias, and others; and every one is divided into small beds, each containing a different crop; but the most frequent and valuable crops are the ingredients for the preparation of curry; such as onions and chilies, which are exported to all parts of the coast and carried in large quantities into the interior.

It's also referred to as a Pitaya, Strawberry Pear or Mood Flower and is the unusually striking fruit of a cactus — don't worry, there are no thorns or stickers on it!

The Pitaya (as it is know in Mexico, or Fire Dragon Fruit (huǒ lóng guǒ in Mandarin Chinese) as it is known here in Taiwan, is a member of the cactus family.

They come in an amazing variety of flavors such as tuna (the fruit of the prickly pear cactus), tamarind, cajeta or caramel, cucumber with chile, rice, and even elote or corn.

It is difficult to give you a sampling of recipes from this book, as they are all so unique and varied, but here is a short tour: Cactus Blossom & Hearts of Palm Salad Fresh Corn Tamales with Milk Chicken in Masa, Hasteco - Veracruz Style Smoked Oysters, Tapesco Style Hibiscus - Blossom Sherbert Tangerine Mousse.

Like the Rastafarians in Jamaica, who worship the Sacred Herb, and the Native American Churchians, who experience the Holy Cactus as a sacrament, here at the Natural Chilehead Cult we prove our faith by the ritual consumption of all - powerful pungent pod eight times a day.

A new functional and flavorful line of healthy beverages is hitting shelves today as Steaz debuts Cactus Water, a ready - to - drink product loaded with all - natural health benefits and great taste.

Cactus Water has many nutritional properties, giving consumers a product that not only tastes great but has great benefits as well.

«I recommend Steaz Cactus Water to everyone — it's as great for maintaining healthy, beautiful skin as it is for post-workout hydration.

For entertaining, try cutting the scones out with Southwestern cookie cutters such as a saguaro cactus, a chile, or a cowboy boot.

If Wenger signs what is universally accepted by gooners as the necessary numbers and quality in key positions to mount a serious challenge on the PL and CL I will run around the Emirates naked with a cactus up my arsenal..

This weekend make your own amazing cactus stool that also works as an ottoman for your home that is a playful way to add additional seating to your home as done by Oh Oh Blog.

The historic cactus, which is more than 75 years old, disappointed plant lovers last year when it inexplicably failed to flower after being heavily promoted as part of the Park District's 75th anniversary celebration.

Any stuffed cactus works as a pincushion.

During his teens, Clegg worked as a ski instructor in Austria and - bizarrely - picked up a conviction for arson when he and a friend set fire to a greenhouse (which contained a rare cactus) in a drunken prank.

Cactus and yucca surrounded his office on a campus that advertised itself as an arboretum that included the entire 335 - acre campus.

Only later did we learn that some of those critical investments included things like repairs on tennis courts, a study on the mating decisions of cactus bugs, hundreds of thousands of dollars for a plant database, and a $ 535 million loan to a California solar panel maker which, instead of hiring 1,000 new workers, as planned, just laid off 175 instead.

These drugs may be used recreationally to purposefully alter one's consciousness (such as coffee, alcohol or cannabis), as entheogens for spiritual purposes (such as the mescaline - containing peyote cactus or psilocybin - containing mushrooms), and also as medication (such as the use of narcotics in controlling pain, stimulants to treat narcolepsy and attention disorders, as well as anti-depressants and anti-psychotics for treating neurological and psychiatric illnesses).

Sarzetti believes that the bees usually nest elsewhere, possibly in cactuses or cushion plants, and may have been driven to dung as a last resort (Journal of Hymenoptera Research, doi.org/jjp).

«We risk losing iconic charismatic megaflora such as saguaro cactus and joshua trees,» co-author Steven Archer of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said at a press conference.

The endangered wildflower Zapata bladderpod grows exactly where the barriers are proposed to be built, as does the threatened whiskerbush cactus.

The birds use their beaks as tools to crack open the hard and woody outer coverings of seeds, pry insects from twigs, and sip nectar from cactus flowers.

They spotted a stretch of DNA that looked different in species with blunt beaks, such as the large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris), versus species with pointed beaks, such as the large cactus finch (G. conirostris).

The spiders were up to 100 times more abundant on the islands, with as many as 1000 living on a single 2 - metre cactus.

Since these physiological features are shared by both Pereskia groups as well as other cacti, despite their ancient evolutionary split, the team concludes that they must have evolved first, and that the first cacti were «shrubs or small trees with photosynthetic leaves.»

Betalains are made by cactus fruit, flowers such as bougainvillea and certain edible plants — most notably, beets.

Inhibition of transcription (blockade of water) on tumor suppressor genes, such as p21, leads to cell transformation (growth of the cactus - like eremophytes instead of normal plants from the drought).

«The results of this assessment come as a shock to us,» says Barbara Goettsch, lead author of the study and Co-Chair of IUCN's Cactus and Succulent Plant Specialist Group.

Cacti are generally associated with low moisture habitats and may be useful as a model to study the impact of Pleistocene climatic change, for example.»