(n.) A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.
Example Sentences:
(1) We evaluated five enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays from Stony Brook (NY) University Hospital, Cambridge Bioscience (Worcester, Mass), Hillcrest Biologicals (Cypress, Calif), Sigma Diagnostics (St Louis, Mo), and Zeus-Wampole Scientific Inc (Raritan, NJ) and two fluorescent antibody tests (3M [Diagnostic Systems Inc, Santa Clara, Calif] and FIAX [Whittaker M.A.
(2) Flow cytometric analysis revealed that the intensity of fluorescence of the pollen samples treated with the antibody was greater than that of non-treated reference pollen or the antibody treated Hinoki-cypress pollen.
(3) A gun-metal grey speedboat powers across the still Ionian Sea until the cypress trees of the largest private estate in Corfu heave into view and the pilot kills the engine.
(4) The survival of virus present in secondary effluents discharged into a cypress dome was studied.
(5) Minarets stretched alongside cypresses to touch the sky.
(6) The sources of the kits were Hillcrest Biologicals, Cypress, Calif.; Whittaker Bioproducts, Walkersville, Md.
(7) From 1984 to 1986 110 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Big Cypress National Preserve in southern Florida were examined for intestinal coccidial infections.
(8) Infections were restricted to alpine and montane regions in southwestern Alberta (97%) as well as boreal uplands of the Cypress Hills in southeastern Alberta (3%).
(9) Weaving through a forest of cork oaks and pines, the path sometimes disappears into the water, where bald cypress trees poke up like wooden meerkats, a Louisiana mangrove on the west coast of France.
(10) Doddering up to speed, the boat dragged through the oil until the bow suddenly rose up on what, a thousand-year-old cypress stump or one of a million abandoned pipelines?
(11) With this trek you can explore Montalcino and San Gimignano from a decidedly different angle, trotting through terraced vineyards, cypress avenues and extensive woodland.
(12) Who speaks up for the cypress, the fir, the conifer?
(13) A fountain thickly covered in fern and moss drips quietly at the centre, lemons and cypresses scent the air.
(14) A form of pollen allergy, which is uncommon in most parts of the world and in other Mediterranean countries where cypresses are abundant (Italy, Spain, Greece), with the exception of Israel, has become a problem since 1975 in our area.
(15) Simultaneously, the numbers of airborne pollens of Japanese cedar and cypress were counted, and the relation to the SP and VIP concentrations in nasal secretions from the patients with nasal allergy to Japanese cedar pollen was studied.
(16) Adult Dicrocoelium dendriticum were collected from liver of two wapiti, one mule deer, and one white-tailed deer from the Cypress Hills.
(17) When applied to growth data for cypress tree seedlings and two species of waterfowl exposed chronically to low levels of a variety of stressors, these analyses revealed that curve shape was more likely to change in response to stress than were either asymptotic size or growth rate.
(18) All three non-Caucasian groups appear to be more sensitive than the matched Caucasians to cedar, cypress, and juniper.
(19) Infectious puma lentivirus (PLV) was isolated from several Florida panthers, a severely endangered relict puma subspecies inhabiting the Big Cypress Swamp and Everglades ecosystems in southern Florida.
(20) Immunologic and cross-reactivity studies of Cupressaceae antigens in the rabbit, and skin test results from suspected Junifer Cypress pollinosis patients, indicate that a large number of species of the Cupressaceae family are of possible allergenic importance in our mobile population in many areas of the United States and the world.
Juniper
Definition:
(n.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferae.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three ways with cider vinegar • Winter salad dressing Boil two shallots with a few juniper berries and thyme leaves, then reduce 150ml cider vinegar by half and mix with the above.
(2) Tony Juniper, Friends of the Earth director, says that offsetting should be part of a 'hierarchy' of actions, at the top of which are lifestyle changes aimed at reducing domestic emissions (low-energy light bulbs, fewer car journeys, etc) and switching to bio fuels and so on.
(3) Photograph: Alamy Now, among the juniper trees, you can find strip-malls full of crystal shops, aura-reading stations and psychics.
(4) High-profile candidates standing for the Greens include Tony Juniper, the former director of Friends of the Earth, who will fight the Cambridge seat, and Peter Tatchell, who will stand in Oxford East despite being told by his doctor to reduce his workload after suffering mild brain damage during his human rights protests.
(5) Pollen of different species of the Taxodiaceae family (Cryptomeria japonica, Sequoia sempervirens and Metasequoia glyptostroboides) and Japanese juniper (Juniperus rigida) in the Cupressaceae family, which are propagated mainly in the southern region of Okayama Prefecture, were found among the atmospheric pollen.
(6) Tony Juniper, former head of Friends of the Earth and an adviser to the project, said such financing was less controversial than the extension of carbon markets to forests, as is planned as part of a new climate treaty.
(7) Forty (25%) and 30 (18.8%) of the 160 patients reacted positively to an allergen extract from the pollen grains of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) and Japanese juniper, respectively.
(8) Juniper’s got everything going against it.” That includes the female plants’ tendency to catch not the male pollen intended for them, but pollutants that block off their receptors, preventing pollination.
(9) It’s better with the traditional juniper-heavy gins.” You might also argue that Fever-Tree represents everything that some have come to loathe about the new foodie world: an insistence on branding and artisanal ingredients for a product that serves the same purpose it always has, except at many times the price.
(10) Juniper – which by law must be the dominating flavour for a drink to be classed as gin – has been in decline in England for decades, thanks to milder winters, air pollution and hungry rabbits; the conservation charity Plantlife has warned it could be extinct across much of lowland England by 2060.
(11) Juniper speaks and writes on many aspects of sustainability and is the author of several books, including the award winning Parrots of the World, Spix’s Macaw and How Many Light Bulbs Does It Take To Change A Planet?
(12) My vortex tour with Mark Griffon of Sedona Mystical Tours ($135, three hours) – who starts off the morning with a sage cleansing near a stone-circle “medicine wheel” he’s assembled himself in his backyard – is at times uncomfortably intense, as one of the attendees breaks down into sobs during a meditation against a juniper tree called Fred.
(13) It was flavoured with juniper to improve the taste and add medicinal properties.
(14) Traditionally, gin is subtly flavoured with herbs such as cardamom, coriander and juniper, and fruit such as cucumber, lemon and orange peel.
(15) Citrus peel, coriander and juniper should be infused for a week or so; cardamom added for just a day or two.
(16) The prince is working on the book with co-authors Ian Skelly and ex- Friends of the Earth director Tony Juniper .
(17) The results suggest that certain traditional plant treatments for diabetes, namely agrimony, alfalfa, coriander, eucalyptus and juniper, can retard the development of streptozotocin diabetes in mice.
(18) London dry gin, which is made from a fermented grain mash and flavoured with juniper berries, is a staple of the industry and has become a supermarket favourite.
(19) Indeed, it would protect one of the world's most resilient coral reefs and some of the finest coral habitats remaining in the Indian Ocean," said Tony Juniper, green party candidate and campaigner.
(20) Environmentalist Tony Juniper, who was a prominent critic of the merger plan , said: "It is a good day for polar science and very encouraging that argument has won out over dogma."