(n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
Example Sentences:
(1) With respect to its primary specificity, as well as its pH-dependence there was a resemblance with chymotrypsin, although the rate of hydrolysis of Agave protease is much lower.
(2) A menu entitled tacos prehispánicos offers a far-reaching conflagration of edible insects, such as sautéed grasshoppers, gusanos de maguey (grubs found in agave plants), and crispy fried black beetles called cocopaches .
(3) The toxin in Kleingrass has been suspected of being a steroidal saponin as Kleingrass produced characteristic birefringent crystals similar to those produced by saponin-containing plants such as Agave lecheguilla and Tribulus terrestris.
(4) The findings of these trials are consistent with reports from abroad that ovine hepatogenous photosensitization, caused by Agave lechuguilla and Narthecium ossifragum, can be induced with crude saponins from the respective plants.
(5) Agave protease could hydrolyze a variety of protein substrates although it did have a restricted specificity.
(6) Forget tequila and mezcal, Mexico’s oldest alcoholic drink is pulque , made from the fermented sap of an agave plant.
(7) Crude extracts of Agave americana contain two utero-active compounds.
(8) A new protease was isolated from an extract of leaves of Agave americana variegata.
(9) 1.3':5'-Cyclic AMP was extensively purified from Kalanchoe daigremontiana and Agave americana by neutral alumina and anion- and cation-exchange column chromatography.
(10) Emphasis in this review is on principles of wide biological applicability, with specific examples being chosen from research on agaves and cacti.
(11) THE COOL KIDS Lux Central Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Arya Daryani In other cities, Lux Central would be too cool for school; here, it may have all the hipster hallmarks – permanent semi-darkness, tattooed staff, designer brews, aged mescal cocktails dotted with jewels of agave – but it’s impossible to remain chill in the face of its pancake breakfasts (from $9), steak’n’eggs lunches and fabulous in-house bakery.
(12) The larvicidal properties of 34 plant extracts were tested against Aedes fluviatilis (Lutz) (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae, at 100, 10 and 1 ppm concentrations; 26.6% of the extracts enhanced larval mortality (alpha = 0.05) at 100 ppm (Anacardium occidentale, Agave americana, Allium sativum, Coriandrum sativum, Nerium oleander, Spatodea campanulata, Tibouchina scrobiculata and Vernonia salzmanni).
(13) The lush estate occupies a 200-acre desert oasis landscaped with cactus gardens, agaves and aloes to evoke an impressionist painting.
(14) Lesions of Panicum coloratum-associated disease are similar to those associated with photosensitization induced by Tribulus terrestris, Agave lecheguilla, and Nolina texana.
(15) I opt for the buttery Brazilian Agua Preta latte with a shot of agave syrup.
(16) Two new steroidal glycosides, agaveside A and B, isolated from the fruits of Agave cantala were characterized as 3 beta-O-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----2),beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----3), beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----3)-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----3)-beta-D- galactopyranosyl-(1----2)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl]-(25R)-5 alpha-spirostane and 3 beta-O-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----2), beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----3)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----3)- [beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1----2)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl]-(25R)-5 alpha-spirostane.
(17) Rosie Reynolds, The Cook Team Serves 4 1 tbsp vegetable oil 2 garlic cloves, sliced 4cm piece ginger, peeled and shredded 3 courgettes, chopped 1 tbsp caster sugar 1 tbsp cider vinegar For the noodles 250g medium rice noodles 4 tbsp tahini 2 tbsp agave syrup 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds 4 spring onions, shredded 1 Cook the rice noodles according to packet instructions until just tender.
(18) A new steroidal glycoside, agaveside D, isolated from the fruits of Agave cantala was characterized as 3 beta-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1----2),beta-D-glycopyranosyl- (1----3)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl[beta-D-xylopyransoyl-(1----4)-alpha -L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1----2)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-25R-5 alpha-spirostane on the basis of chemical degradation and spectrometry.
(19) Tolerances to low and high temperatures, such as the ability of agaves and cacti to tolerate extremely high tissue temperatures of 70 degrees C, are discussed from both cellular and ecological perspectives.
(20) 2 Combine the tahini with the agave syrup and soy sauce.
Honey
Definition:
(n.) A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
(n.) Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.
(v. i.) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
(v. t.) To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
Example Sentences:
(1) Differential and sucrose gradient centrifugation of honey bee thoraces, disrupted by gentle methods and using mannitol-triethanolamine-EDTA buffer at pH 6.5, showed that in the honey bee thorax 92-94.8% of the trehalase was mitochondrial.
(2) The elution curves of the individual honeys were very similar.
(3) Pure honey bee cytochrome c was isolated from workers and used to produce antibodies in rabbits.
(4) Skin tests to seasonal outdoor aeroallergens were negative, as were inhalation challenges with two insecticides used inside the building during the honey pack.
(5) The typical synanthropic species Glycyphagus domesticus is totally absent from dwellings but occurs in 90% of honey-bee hives.
(6) The Refugee Council expressed “grave concerns” as the Home Office minister James Brokenshire defended plans to remove automatic benefits from families who did not win asylum as a way of signalling that the UK was not “a land of milk and honey”.
(7) Domestic and imported honey samples (115) contained 2.00% maltose and 0.71% isomaltose.
(8) Honey bee mitochondrial trehalase was significantly activated by Lubrol WX treatment (30.0-fold), by high pH treatment (20.8-fold), and by a treatment consisting of 10 passes through a French press (37.9-fold) but not by the other treatments tried (salt, proteases, Waring blender, and sonication), despite the fact that these treatments also disrupted the mitochondria significantly.
(9) He looks younger than even the freshest-faced incarnation: skin smooth and honeyed, sipping an almond milk cocktail in one of London's few raw-food vegan restaurants ("I plan to live into my hundreds").
(10) Unilateral microinjections of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), acetylcholine (ACh) and related substances into central parts of the brain of the honey bee elicit a quantifiable circling behavior.
(11) At present, the sweetening carbohydrates have a share of about 49% of the total-carbohydrate-consumption, from which 24% is sugar in its conventional form; a further 3% comes from fruits and vegetables; 5% of the carbohydrates are lactose, 15.5% are monosaccharides, from which 12% are derived from vegetable foodstuffs and honey.
(12) Six years ago, officials dismissed as ridiculous allegations that he had shot a drunken Russian bear that had been plied with honey and vodka.
(13) The British foreign secretary flatly admits that it was Jolie's film, Land of Blood and Honey , that inspired his commitment to the cause.
(14) These monoclonal antibodies were more suitable than polyclonal rabbit anti-human IgG antibody in Phadebas RAST for honey bee venom-specific IgG antibody.
(15) A publisher has claimed that Apple has removed Salwa Al Neimi's erotic novel The Proof of the Honey from the iTunes store because its cover – which features part of a woman's naked back and bottom – is "inappropriate".
(16) while hydrated colocynithin was more toxic to housefly than honey bee, cotton leafworm was less affected with both toxicants.
(17) Shelagh Delaney's A Taste Of Honey (1959) was "about as true to Lancashire as anything ever written by Ivor Novello about Ruritania," though no one believed that Shulman had set foot in that county, or understood his reason for being such a loud and assiduous notetaker at opening nights.
(18) It is concluded that: 1) honey and bread produce similar degrees of hyperglycemia in type II diabetics.
(19) Studies have been made on thermal regulation in the nests of families of the honey bee Apis mellifera, wasp Dolihovespula silvestris and bumblebees Bombus terrestris, B. agrorum and B. lapidaris during their maximum development.
(20) In addition, the procedure detects the presence in honey of all starch-derived sugar sirups tested thus far, regardless of the plant source.