(n.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
Example Sentences:
(1) The experimental result of the quantitative determination of magnolol in Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis and its processed samples by HPLC has shown that the stir-fried sample has the highest content of magnolol among all sample and so does the ginger-fried sample among all ginger-processed samples.
(2) These data not only validate the earlier report of sequence data for a Magnolia species from the same site but also suggest that it may be possible to isolate and sequence DNAs routinely from the Clarkia deposit.
(3) Comparisons of the main characteristics of the plants, Tu-hou-po and Hou-po crude drugs and chemical components showed that Manglietia is taxonomically the closest to Magnolia and contained similar components (tab 1-2 and fig 1).
(4) The extracts of the flower buds of Magnolia salicifolia showed remarkable anti-allergy effects in passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) test.
(5) Variations with regard to salt tolerance were observed in rice varieties, Blue bonnet, IR-8, Jhona-349, and Magnolia.
(6) Two summer-flowering South American magnolia trees attested to the city’s colonial past.
(7) Several ethanol extracts such as Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Magnolia officinalis and Zingiber officinale etc., were found having stronger antioxidative effect.
(8) The drama bounces from Texas to Mississippi on the cusp of the civil war, effects a shotgun wedding of 60s spaghetti western with 70s "slavesploitation" and douses the magnolia in arterial blood.
(9) Charged £2,339 in September 2005 for supply and fitting of "magnolia cavalier cavalace velvet wool carpet with cloud and cumulus underlay".
(10) The molecular mechanism of honokiol, extracted from the bark of Magnolia obovata, was studied using bovine adrenal chromaffin cells as a model system.
(11) (+)-R-Coclaurine (Coc) and (+)-S-reticuline (Ret) are compounds contained in the dried buds of Magnolia salicifolia MAXIM.
(12) The types of flowering branch of Magnolia denudata under high yield conditions were investigated.
(13) Movies like Steel Magnolias or Waiting to Exhale or the all-female The Women wouldn’t have precisely these problems – but it’s still hard to imagine them with a male cast.
(14) Panax notogenseng and Magnolia officinalis were discovered to be sensitive, Prunus mume and Corydalis yanhusuo were moderate sensitive, and Coptis chinensis and Rheum palmatum highly sensitive to HP.
(15) Recently, the age of DNA that can be recovered and sequenced was increased manyfold by the amplification and sequencing of a DNA fragment from a Magnolia fossil obtained from the Miocene Clarkia deposit (17-20 million yr old).
(16) It’s hard to overstate how absurdly beautiful it is: the rhododendron trees are in full bloom, huge creamy magnolia blossoms hang alongside the path and wisps of cloud cling to the peaks.
(17) A compound in the N fraction was identified with authentic magnolol, a major component in Magnolia officinalis.
(18) "I asked her to plant three types of magnolia, and they have started putting them in the centre of the city.
(19) Magnolol is an antiplatelet agent isolated from Chinese herb Magnolia officinalis.
(20) It has a free parking lot reserved for customers from 6pm-6am one block west at Lawrence & Magnolia Street.
Texas
Definition:
(n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) In an exceptionally rare turn, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, a panel appointed by the governor that is almost always hardline on executions, recommended that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison because of his mental illness.
(2) In 2009, a US army major shot 13 dead in Fort Hood, Texas .
(3) A coalition of plaintiffs suing Texas – which includes minority rights groups, voters and Democratic lawmakers – say their experts have estimated 787,000 registered voters lacking one of seven acceptable forms of ID.
(4) They’re putting on a heavy sales job as one would expect,” Texas representative Mac Thornberry, the Republican who chairs the House armed services committee, told reporters upon leaving one of the briefings.
(5) The Mexican-Americans of Starr County, Texas, classified by sex and birthplace, were studied to determine the extent of genetic variation and contributions from ancestral populations such as Spanish, Amerindian and West African.
(6) "The Texas attorney general's office will continue to defend the Texas legislature's decision to prohibit abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving taxpayer dollars through the Women's Health Program."
(7) An Associated Press analysis found no evidence that Texas authorities were investigating threats to pharmacies, though the Oklahoma attorney general said he was examining an alleged bomb threat to a pharmacy in Tulsa .
(8) The Mexican government has said that it “strongly rejects” the scheduled execution in Texas of a Mexican man convicted of killing a police officer .
(9) Abigail Aiken, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said the numbers inevitably underrepresented the demand.
(10) Waco, Texas, will forever be known for the siege that began in February 1993 when agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided a compound owned by the Branch Davidian religious sect to investigate allegations of weapons hoarding.
(11) Crocker had retired from the government in April 2009, becoming dean of the Bush school of government and public service at Texas A&M University.
(12) Michele Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, and Rick Perry, the Texas governor, are both headed to South Carolina for most of the next week.
(13) In this study, the Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test was used as part of a health screening interview of patients attending a South Texas family health clinic.
(14) The majority of Angora goats in the United States are in Texas, although several other states have significant populations.
(15) Yet Texas’s big cities are some of the most diverse in the nation, and last year 7,214 refugees were resettled in the state – more than anywhere else in the country .
(16) The George Bush campaign juggernaut hit the first serious pothole of its cash-fuelled drive to the presidency yesterday, as the Texas governor tried in vain to fend off questions about whether he had used cocaine as a young man.
(17) Seven people have been reported dead in Oklahoma as a result of severe weather that has also badly hit Texas.
(18) 18) Dallas Cowboys Last season: 8-8 Needs: Offensive line, safety, defensive tackle, running back Pick: Kenny Vaccaro, safety, Texas Tony Romo often carries the can for the Cowboys' offensive calamities, but the truth is that not many quarterbacks look great when they are running for their lives.
(19) Texas has obtained a new batch of the drugs it uses to execute death row inmates, allowing the state to continue carrying out death sentences once its existing supply expires at the end of the month.
(20) Some will be here a day, some will be here weeks.” 9.14pm BST Earlier today, Texas governor Rick Perry declared McLennan County a disaster area and said he plans to request federal aid.