(n.) A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.
Example Sentences:
(1) This reducing effect was not due to the acidic nature of the extract and suggests that Eugenia caryophyllus contains some water soluble substance(s) with anti-choline esterase activity.
(2) The aromatic plants used were taken from the Labiatae family (Thymus vulgaris, Ocimum gratissimum), the Myrtaceae family (Eugenia caryophyllata, Melaleuca viridiflora) and the Compositae (Helichrysum lavanduloides, H. bracteiferum, H. gymnocephalum, Psiadia altissima).
(3) The extract of jaman pulp from fruit of Eugenia jambolana showed hypoplycemic activity.
(4) "There is no energy plan," said María Eugenia Estenssoro, an opposition senator of the Civic Coalition party.
(5) But Maria Eugenia Ruy, an unemployment office worker from the Catalan industrial town of Sabadell, complained: "I don't like nationalists of any kind, whether they are in Catalonia or Madrid.
(6) After the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) seized Kigali from government forces, Eugenia returned to Rwanda.
(7) The results showed that three oils from Thymus vulgaris, Ocimum gratissimum and Eugenia caryophyllata were particularly efficient with a large spectra action.
(8) "The Ukrainian doctors take care of her, but they stay under constant pressure and they always have to follow the instructions coming from above," Eugenia Tymoshenko said.
(9) María Eugenia Estenssoro, a senator with the opposition Coalición Cívica party, believed democracy was at risk.
(10) Bioassay-directed fractionation of clove terpenes from the plant Eugenia caryophyllata has led to the isolation of the following five active known compounds: beta-caryophyllene [1], beta-caryophyllene oxide [2], alpha-humulene [3], alpha-humulene epoxide I [4], and eugenol [5].
(11) "My biggest worry is that my child needs to be schooled and I cannot afford it," Eugenia says.
(12) Eugenia uniflora is widely used in Paraguayan folk medicine.
(13) This dates back to the 1800s, when Queen Maria Cristina began holidaying here and put up regal buildings like the Victoria Eugenia Theatre and the Hotel Maria Cristina (and prompted the name of famed football team Real Sociedad).
(14) The antifertility activity of oleanolic acid (C30H48O3), isolated from the flowers of Eugenia jambolana, was evaluated in male albino rats.
(15) Aguilera has been accused of plagiarising Maria Eugenia Garay’s 2005 novel El túnel del tiempo (The Tunnel of Time) in his 2010 novel for children Karumbita: La patriota (Karumbita: The Patriot), but PEN says that at least six independent experts have found the similarities between the works “ cannot be described as plagiarism ”.
(16) "Her health has become critical," Eugenia Tymoshenko said.
(17) Ten organic chemicals were tested for toxicity to four earthworm species: Allolobophora tuberculata, Eisenia fetida, Eudrilus eugeniae and Perionyx excavatus, using the European Economic Community's (EEC) earthworm artificial soil and contact testing procedure.
(18) Eugenia Lee worked as an international development worker before becoming a social impact ethnographer.
(19) The big picture: Som Pastor (I Am a Shepherd) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rule the world: Miguel, who lives outside the village of Santa Eugenia in Mallorca, is the president of Peasant Children Filmmaker Borja Zausen has found a remarkable way to capture his subject.
(20) In a search for plant products against cancer, the protective effect of two plant products, ursolic acid isolated from Ocimum sanctum and oleanolic acid from Eugenia jumbolana against free radical induced damage was studied.
Stopper
Definition:
(n.) One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
(n.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.
(n.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.
(v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of genetic, phenotypic and physiological criteria, these mutants are divided into four groups: 1) the cytochrome aa3 and b deficient "poky" variants that are defective in mitochondrial ribosomes assembly, 2) the cytochrome aa3 deficient mutants, [mi-3] and [exn-5], that appear to have genetic lesions affecting a component of a regulatory system controlling cytochrome aa3 synthesis, 3) the cytochrome aa3 and b deficient "stopper" mutants with physiological lesions that probably affect mitochondrial protein synthesis, and 4) cni-3, a mutant that is constitutive for an inducible mitochondrial cyanide-insensitive oxidase in spite of having a normal cytochrome mediated electron-transport system.
(2) The cannulation system consists of an injection port 'In Stoppers' as a flow swivel, connected to an injection needle, which is inserted into a polyethylene tube protected by a steel spiral.
(3) The system prevents stoppers from being dislodged by gas-producing anaerobes and keeps the stoppers sterile so that the closed system of transfer can be conveniently utilized.
(4) "I am not sure there was any single policy show-stopper, but they just wanted to go in with the Conservatives in the end.
(5) I’ve always thought, if you like eating it, you should learn to make it, so that you can eat it more often.” The season closes on Wednesday, with a final show-stopper challenge, and the return of all the candidates who have died trying.
(6) Mixed cultures of epithelial cells and fibroblasts, derived from primary cultures of the skin of embryo rats, grown always in rubber-stoppered T-60 flasks, first yielded a transplantable tumor from the 52nd passage, at the end of 13 months of frequently repeated subculture.
(7) Rubber stoppers adsorb (or dissolve) HCN when in contact with this gas.
(8) Rather, the product moisture content increases with time and reaches an apparent equilibrium value characteristic of the product, amount of product, and stopper treatment method ("SV1" much greater than "U" greater than "SV1").
(9) At 72 hr, stoppered Erlenmeyer flasks, which originally contained 1% ethanol, still had a concentration of 0.85%.
(10) The drinking tube is fitted to a rubber stopper at the top of a 250 ml soft polyethylene bottle.
(11) The capacity of stoppers to bind Chinosol physically is expressed quantitatively by a partition coefficient.
(12) The number of particles released from a stopper during sterilization varies considerably between different stoppers and even between different batches of the same stopper.
(13) A comparison of the two groups suggests that the average "spacer" among new acceptors is 24 years old and has 2.6 living children, of whom the youngest is 12.0 months, while the average "stopper" is 34 years old and has 6.2 living children, of whom the youngest is 25.9 months.
(14) The cause of there abnormal values was investigated, and significant interference was observed when blood samples were drawn using evacuated glass tubes sealed with butyl rubber stoppers.
(15) The toxic material originated from zinc compounds that were present in the rubber stopper and plunger of the container and that subsequently leached into the formulation.
(16) Not even when I put a stopper in it and that bottle lasts well over a month.
(17) An extensive bacteriological screening of the staff was negative, but in the ward environment, F. meningosepticum was found around sinks, on rubber stoppers for milk bottles and on "cleaned" teats.
(18) Bill Hamid, Nick Rimando, Adam Kwarasey, Sean Johnson, David Ousted among others are all exceptional shot-stoppers and could certainly command a place at a top European team if they so desired.
(19) Deschamps’ problems lie elsewhere, namely in a back four which – with Kurt Zouma, Raphaël Varane and Jérémy Mathieu injured and Mamadou Sakho not picked because of his initial doping suspension – will miss the presence of a true stopper to play alongside Laurent Koscielny in central defence.
(20) In Expt I, Co2+ concentration increased after drinking, and remained elevated until the stopper was removed.