Sentences with phrase «plant named after»

Apiaceae or Umbelliferae, is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or These delectable little cakes are ideal for company — each person can savor his or her own, full of freshly grated carrots, cinnamon, nutmeg and a hint of

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She was actually named after yeast FUNGUS and a plant; Again, I need to do more research, but in order to take a article seriously, you need to address the source first This woman, as educated as she MAY be, (having a degree, and knowing how to use it are two different things) spent her earliest, most developmentally crucial years under the direction of at least one parent who thought NOTHING of saddling their kid with this name.

Besides antioxidants, chocolate also contains other potent plant compounds, including anandamide, named after the Sanskrit word for «bliss,» which is a neurotransmitter in the brain that temporarily blocks feelings of pain and anxiety.

A former Pasco, WA, vegetable processing plant shut down last year after a deadly Listeria outbreak is reopening under new ownership and a new name.

Study after study has shown that a mostly plant - based diet rich in nutrients reduces the risk of cancer, strokes, heart disease, auto - immune diseases, arthritis, diabetes and obesity just to name a few.

The brand was first launched in 1976 and is named after the place where Johann Gramp planted his first vines on the banks of Jacob's Creek in 1847.

Named Strychnos electri, after the Greek word for amber (electron), the flowers represent the first - ever fossils of an asterid, which is a clade of flowering plants that not only later gave us coffee, but also sunflowers, peppers, potatoes, mint.

It is named after Dr. Lloyd T. Evans, a world - renowned Australian plant physiologist who also once served as a member of the IRRI board of trustees.

Go here Photo by Harald Zoschke The Plant This chile was named after...

From the Naga Morich they repeatedly took the seeds from the best plants and pods and after a number of years were happy with the result, and named it the Dorset Naga.

Acknowledgment of the investigation comes just days after federal prosecutors subpoenaed Cuomo's «executive chamber» — the official name of his office — regarding projects involved in the «Buffalo Billion» economic initiative and a proposed power plant in the Hudson Valley.

Colored carotenoid pigments (similar to those in many plants, including the carrots that the compounds are named after) can neutralize damaging ultraviolet light.

There's no word yet on how they'll take their martinis, but a new subgenus of plants has been named Jamesbondia, after the ornithologist namesake for the famed fictional spy, Science Daily reports.

Enzymes are the powerhouses behind biological chemistry, and the fungi discovered by O'Malley's group — like Anaeromyces robustus (named after the gray whale, partially based on how it looks under the microscope)-- have unusual and desirable characteristics, particularly the ability to transform lignocellulose from plants into sugars.

Venus may be far too hostile an environment for plants and animals but it now boasts a crater named after a distinguished botanist and a zoologist.

Now — after a long search turned up a «pathetic, wilted» third specimen — a University of Utah botanist and her colleagues identified the spiny plant as a new, possibly endangered species and named it «from the heart» in Latin because it was found in Valentine, Texas, population 134 in 2010.

The craze was named pteridomania, after the Latin name of the plant group to which ferns belong, Pteridophyta.

Besides antioxidants, chocolate also contains other potent plant compounds, including anandamide, named after the Sanskrit word for «bliss,» which is a neurotransmitter in the brain that temporarily blocks feelings of pain and anxiety.

She names her plants after the women who have come to the center to rebuild their lives.

Despite the frustratingly idiotic naming of this new series (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes comes after Rise of the Plant of the Apes, really?)

After all, it is practically implied in the plant's Latin name.

At one of those places, Milagra Ridge in San Mateo County, Billie (named after blues singer Billie Holiday) was translocated to a hillside site where, according to Merkle, healthy host plants are concentrated.

The aggressive spread of Salvation Jane across former native grasslands gave rise to its other nickname, Patterson's Curse, named after the hapless settler who imported seeds in the 1880s to plant an ornamental flower that would leap the garden fence and run amok.

Guarding the mouth is Fungus Rock, 65m high and named after the medicinal plant that grows there.

Named after the North American flower that once flourished in the area, it ceased operations when the trolley cars stopped service to become used for light freight delivery, celery packing and even the manufacturing plant for water heaters.

The rooms and cottages are named after plants, animals and birds commonly found in the area.

Fierce and feisty as they are beautiful, the beauties also planted mangrove in Barangay Wawa after being treated to a breakfast of native delicacies aboard a floating restaurant that cruised around Caluangan Lake, so named after the soil sank and formed a wide lake after the 1994 Mindoro earthquake.

In Mario Kart 7, huge versions appear in a course named after the species, Piranha Plant Slide.

In the little - known, long - forgotten Northeast LA enclave of Garvanza — once a thriving community along the Arroyo Seco, named after the garbanzo bean plants that used to flourish there — you'll find Judson Studios, where its master craftsmen have actively cut, painted, and assembled glass since 1920.

Linnaea borealis, or Twinflower, was Carl Linnaeus's favorite plant and was named after him.

The Younger Dryas is named after a plant found only in alpine or tundra regions which was found in bog layers from the era in Europe.

In case you don't know TED 2009 is going on in California: TreeHugger's own Graham Hill is in attendance, but one thing which caught my eye from the other side of the country was a slideshow on how to grow you own fresh air, using only three indoor plants: the Areca Palm, Mother - in - Law's Tongue (an unfortunately named plant if there every was one), and the Money Plant: After studying the effects these plants had on air quality for the past 15 years in a building in New Delhi, India it was found that there was a 42 % probability of increasing blood oxygen by 1 % simply by being in the building for one plant if there every was one), and the Money Plant: After studying the effects these plants had on air quality for the past 15 years in a building in New Delhi, India it was found that there was a 42 % probability of increasing blood oxygen by 1 % simply by being in the building for one Plant: After studying the effects these plants had on air quality for the past 15 years in a building in New Delhi, India it was found that there was a 42 % probability of increasing blood oxygen by 1 % simply by being in the building for one hour.

It sounds like science fiction: A genetically modified flax seed — named after an experimental plant in a sci - fi flick — is popping up in

The giant rat - eating plant has been named after David Attenborough.

Judean palm trees would come to serve as one of the kingdom's chief symbols of good fortune; King David named his daughter, Tamar, after the plant's name in Hebrew.

Each style is named after an endangered plant, and everything that goes unused at the factory — from extra denim to loose threads — is recycled into new fabric.

That the place called in these letters patent Cape or Point Comfort is the place now called and known by the name of Old Point Comfort, on the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads, and that immediately after the granting of the letters patent, the corporation proceeded under and by virtue of them to take possession of parts of the territory which they describe and to form settlements, plant a colony, and exercise the powers of government therein, which colony was called and known by the name of the Colony of Virginia.