(n.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
(n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
Example Sentences:
(1) Traditional dietary preparations for diarrhea such as carrot soup and products based on rice have essentially an absorbent power and do not diminish intestinal loss of water and electrolytes.
(2) We also present evidence that Ac elements that excise from the transforming T-DNA early after transformation continue to be mobile in carrot root cultures.
(3) The fibre of carrot and cabbage was similarly composed of nearly equal amounts of neutral and acidic polysaccharides, whereas pea-hull fibre had four times as much neutral as acidic polysaccharides.
(4) Transposon insertion mutants of Agrobacterium rhizogenes were screened to obtain mutant bacteria that failed to bind to carrot suspension culture cells.
(5) The effects of gamma-globulins to brain specific nonhistone chromatin proteins (BSNCP-3.5;-3.6) on conditioned food avoidance behaviour (carrot or apple) was studied in the garden snail.
(6) The numbers of spoilage micro-organisms increased throughout storage at 8 degrees C. Carrots macerated in a Stomacher Lab Blender also showed an antilisterial activity which resulted in a decrease in number of viable bacteria and in sublethal damage.
(7) Three root crops (radishes, carrots, and onions) were grown in two soils, each treated with a mixture of FireMaster BP-6 (PBB) and 14C-PBB to achieve final concentrations of 100 ppm and 100 ppb.
(8) Alimentary behaviour of the snails and reactions of modulator neurones of alimentary behaviour to carrot juice presentation were inhibited in sensitized animals.
(9) Pinwheel inclusions (PWs) were found in cells of callus tissue derived from explants of secondary phloem parenchyma of carrot (Daucus carota) storage root and grown on a basal medium containing zeatin and indoleacetic acid or coconut milk, naphthalene acetic acid, or combinations of these.
(10) Intracellular membrane structures from 16 to 22 nm wide were found in the mycoplasma-like organisms causing carrot yellows.
(11) PriyaKannath via GuardianWitness Makes 2-3 glasses ½ medium beetroot 1 medium carrot 1 celery stalk 1 apple 125g cooked brown rice 1 Peel and roughly chop the beetroot, carrot, celery and apple, and put in a smoothie maker or blender along with the rice and about 300ml water.
(12) Addition of carrot caused a pronounced reduction of serum cholesterol concentration in animals fed all kinds of diets.
(13) Colchicine-resistant plant cell strains have been isolated from cell suspensions of carrot and sycamore.
(14) Two of the epitopes (I and III) are widely conserved in 34 kDa proteins (presumably B-36 homologues) from the various species tested (Chlamydomonas, moss, fern, oat, onion, carrot, and bean).
(15) We have determined that somatic embryos of carrot exhibit a number of interesting and unusual properties when exposed to heat shock at different times in their development.
(16) Highest Mg concentration in whole intermoult, 7th growth-stage Porcellio spinicornis, exposed for 7 days to various Mg [367.39 ppb (carrot powder-control), 217.6 ppb (apple powder-control), 100, 150, 500, and 1000 ppm Mg, as well as two mixtures containing 500 ppm Mn + 150 ppm Mg and 500 ppm Mg + 500 ppm Mn)], and Mn concentrations [97.9 ppb (carrot powder-control), 2.0 ppb (apple powder-control), 100, 150, 500 and 1000 ppm)], was observed in males feeding on 500 ppm Mn + 150 ppm Mg, and lowest in females on 500 ppm dietary Mg.
(17) Fermentative efficiency as indicated by gas production was 2.6 times greater on a carrot diet than on sweet potato.
(18) The results indicated that the optimal cropping pattern for the minimum-cost diets for auto consumption include traditional foods (corn, beans, broad bean, wheat, potato), non-traditional foods (carrots, broccoli, beets) and foods of animal origin (milk, eggs).
(19) Carrot and tobacco H3.1 appear identical to the Arabidopsis H3.1 histone variant.
(20) The analysis of beta-glucuronidase activities in the transformed carrot calli showed that 240 bp of the upstream sequence, including all three TATA boxes, led to low but detectable beta-glucuronidase expression; however, the larger construct, which included the putative Sp1-binding sequence and the (TATA)n stretches, led to an approximately 6-fold higher beta-glucuronidase expression.
Minotaur
Definition:
(n.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete.
Example Sentences:
(1) In his recent book The Global Minotaur , Varoufakis claims that the notion of a surplus recycling mechanism is simple in theory and revolutionary in its implications.
(2) An Air Force Minotaur V rocket provided the ride from Nasa's Wallops flight facility.
(3) Picasso portrays himself in the 30s as the minotaur, the monster in the labyrinth.
(4) Ticket prices too, have changed – for most shows they climb into three figures, but for operas such as the recent revival of Birtwistle's The Minotaur , which sold out, prices ranged from £3 to £65, and the same is true of next week's UK premiere of George Benjamin's Written on Skin .
(5) Then Theseus arrived, posing as a victim but on a mission to slay the Minotaur.
(6) The Ladee spacecraft, which is charged with studying the lunar atmosphere and dust, soared aboard an unmanned Minotaur rocket a little before midnight.
(7) According to legend, Theseus once slew the Minotaur in the ruins next door, and should the truth out itself, the Bayer family perhaps fear a repeat.
(8) Shamefully few new operas are staged at Covent Garden, but two works it commissioned were winners: Thomas Adès's The Tempest in 2004; and Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur, premiered last year.
(9) The idea of a vengeful state that sends young people to be slaughtered came from Theseus and the Minotaur, while the games themselves are modelled on the gladiatorial contests of ancient Rome.
(10) They are closing the gates that should be open.” Alan Gibbons, one of the march’s organisers and the author of Shadow of the Minotaur and other children’s books, said: “Libraries are places of learning and opportunity.
(11) Yet the opposite position on the sexualised culture – that nothing's changed, that porn is still a minority product that you need the nuts of a minotaur to get your hands on – that is not true either.
(12) Nominations in the opera categories are shared between the Royal Opera and the English National Opera, with Covent Garden's Don Carlo and The Minotaur competing in the best new opera category against the Coliseum's Partenope and I Pagliacci.
(13) Nasa chose Wallops for Ladee because of the Minotaur V rocket, comprised of converted intercontinental ballistic missile motors belonging to the Air Force.