(n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
(n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
Example Sentences:
(1) The likes of almond, blackberry and crocus first made way for analogue, block graph and celebrity in the Oxford Junior Dictionary in 2007, with protests at the time around the loss of a host of religious words such as bishop, saint and sin.
(2) The hay was heavily contaminated by autumn crocus (colchicum autumnale)--about 1.48% of total mass.
(3) When the imaging circumstances are such that a high signal level is available, CROCUS imaging can be an effective means of reducing imaging time.
(4) Antitumor activity of saffron (Crocus sativus) extract a commonly used spice in India was studied against intraperitoneally transplanted sarcoma-180 (S-180), Ehrlich ascites Carcinoma (EAC) and Dalton's lymphoma ascites (DLA) tumours in mice.
(5) There are carnations, tulips and a tub of spring crocuses.
(6) It’s a far cry from the streets of San Diego, but for Artur, the early morning trip to Moscow’s Crocus Centre is a pilgrimage like no other.
(7) Bulbs of Crocus sativus variety Cartwrightianus were found to contain both a platelet aggregation inducer and inhibitor.
(8) A concentrated extract of saffron was prepared from the flowers of Crocus sativis.
(9) A circular hike around these seemingly barren peaks reveals unexpected treasures: twisted oak trees, carpets of red and blue anemones in the spring, crocuses and cyclamen, even field mushrooms in the autumn, an ancient temple dedicated to Demeter and an abandoned monastery with beautiful Byzantine frescoes.
(10) Trump did collect a a share of the $14m paid by investors including Aras Agalarov, a Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire property developer and close Putin associate, for bringing Miss Universe to Agalarov’s 7,500-seat Crocus City Hall.
(11) The conjugate reconstruction by off-center under-sampling (CROCUS) method samples only every other phase-encoded line in raw data space and uses the conjugate symmetry of the data to reconstruct a real image.
(12) In September we walked through a carpet of purple crocuses and exuberant thistles.
(13) Extract of saffron (Crocus sativis) has previously been shown to inhibit colony formation and cellular DNA and RNA synthesis by HeLa cells in vitro.
(14) The CROCUS method incorporates a correction technique, similar to that used in other half-Fourier methods, which uses low-resolution phase-shift information obtained from a few extra lines of phase-encoded data.
Larkspur
Definition:
(n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rumen liquor collected sequentially from a fistulated cow dosed with dried Delphinium geyeri did not vary in ability to metabolize larkspur alkaloids.
(2) Sheep were the most susceptible to poisoning by subcutaneous injection of larkspur extract with decreasing susceptibility in hamsters, mice and rats, but sheep had least susceptibility when comparing response to oral (by gavage) doses.
(3) The LD50 for subcutaneous injection and for oral gavage of extract from Delphinium barbeyi, a highly toxic and troublesome rangeland tall larkspur, was compared for mice, hamsters, rats and sheep.
(4) Larkspur consumption is a major source of cattle losses on mountain and high plains rangelands of western North America.
(5) Heifers from one averted group (extinction) were paired with nonaverted controls and offered larkspur.
(6) Larkspur (Delphinium sp) poisoning of range cattle is a serious, recurring problem in the western United States.
(7) Twelve Hereford heifers were infused with larkspur extract (group 1, n = 4), lithium chloride solution (group 2, n = 4), or sodium chloride solution (group 3, n = 4).
(8) Heifers were then taken to larkspur-infested rangeland.
(9) They were further compared in the field to determine whether the indigenous larkspur alkaloids were more effective in maintaining the aversion when conditioned cattle were subjected to the social pressure (social facilitation) of control cattle eating larkspur.
(10) After the control heifers began eating larkspur, the averted heifers started to sample it and the aversion was extinguished in three of four heifers.
(11) Emaciation and temporary illness from sneezeweeds, bitterweed, locoweed, larkspur, lupines, and others may interfere with mating.
(12) When the extinction group sampled larkspur, and LiCl was not infused, the aversion was extinguished rapidly.
(13) A technique was developed for estimating the toxicity for rats of an alcoholic extraction product from larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi Huth).
(14) Research reported herein was undertaken to further evaluate whether differences in ovine and bovine rumen metabolism might explain differences in susceptibility to larkspur intoxication and whether existing metabolic activity can be enhanced by sustained exposure to Delphinium alkaloids.
(15) The route starts at Schofield Pass, 14 miles north-west of town, and follows the east fork of the Crystal river through meadows of waist-high columbine, larkspur and lupin.
(16) Ingestion rate of larkspur by the cow, alkaloid toxicity and concentration in the plant and the kinetics of absorption and excretion interact to determine whether a cow is poisoned.
(17) Larkspur poisoning is a major cause of acute death of cattle on mountain and high plains rangelands of western United States.
(18) All groups were then taken to larkspur-infested rangeland to test the aversion in the field.
(19) We conclude that, of the animals tested, mice would be the best choice for a bioassay of the toxicity of larkspur because of their high susceptibility, rapid response time, and small dose requirement.
(20) The effect of larkspur poisoning can be exacerbated temporarily by exertion.