(n.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.
(n.) A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.
Example Sentences:
(1) 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.
(2) Treatment of tall peas with the growth retardant AMO-1618 reduces growth and oxidase activity.
(3) An element located between 60 bases and 137 bases upstream from the poly(A) addition sites in a pea rbcS gene was needed for functioning of these sites.
(4) Microsomal membrane preparations from growing regions of etiolated pea stems catalyzed the transfer of [14C]fucosyl units from GDP-[U-14C]-L-fucose into exogenously added xyloglucan acceptors, as well as into endogenous xyloglucan.
(5) The smoky density of the mackerel was nicely offset by the pointed black olive tapenade and the fresh, zingy flavours present in little tangles of tomato, shallot, red pepper and spring onion, a layer of pea shoots and red chard, and the generous dressing of grassy olive oil.
(6) Substitution of para-ethoxyamphetamine (PEA), para-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), or saline produced similar results; in all cases responding decreased substantially.
(7) One type of competitive interaction among rhizobia is that between nonnodulating and nodulating strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum on primitive pea genotypes.
(8) AMPH, TYR, PEA and OCT had qualitatively similar effects on endogenous DA and [3H]DA release.
(9) Positive cDNA clones isolated from both a pea leaf and embryo lambda gt11 expression library using an antibody raised against the purified lipoamide dehydrogenase proved to be the product of a single gene.
(10) The pea lectin disappeared slowlier from the intestinal contents than did the three other radiolabelled proteins (2 h) which gave the highest radioactive materials in the livers.
(11) Several biochemical abnormalities are associated with the deficiency of AP activity, e.g., increased urinary excretion of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) and phosphoethanolamine (PEA).
(12) Photosynthetic carbon assimilation and associated CO(2)-dependent O(2) evolution by chloroplasts isolated from pea shoots and spinach leaves is almost completely inhibited by 10mm-dl-glyceraldehyde.
(13) Mepyramine antagonized the effects of 2-MH, PEA and H, and partially antagonized the depression induced by 4-MH.
(14) In comparing amphetamine-induced stereotypy with PEA-induced stereotypy, we found that the alpha-adrenergic blocking agents phentolamine and phenoxybenzamine selectively antagonize PEA stereotypy, whereas the beta-adrenergic blocking agent propranolol fails to alter significantly stereotypies evoked by PEA or amphetamine administration.
(15) From Pakistan to Bangladesh, from Sri Lanka to the West Indies, red lentils, green lentils, split peas, mung beans, kidney beans, chick peas and others are being turned into dhals.
(16) Both PMA and PEA had effects on response rate which were similar to those of amphetamine, although PMA had slightly greater rate-decreasing effects than the other two compounds.
(17) The results showed that the pea ctDNA circular dimers consisted of two monomer length units integrated in tandem repeat.
(18) The effects of 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) and L-tyrosine on the efflux of free and conjugated DA, 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid from slices from striatum in rats were studied under quiescent conditions and during release evoked by 40 mM K+ or by 5 X 10(-5) M phenylethylamine (PEA).
(19) The processes were stimulated in a digital computer (taking pea purée canned in cans 307 x 409 as the product analyzed).
(20) [14C]Fucose-labeled XG nonasaccharide was synthesized by pea fucosyltransferase and shown to be incorporated into polymeric XG in the presence of seed XG-ase without the net production of new reducing chain ends, even while the loss of XG viscosity and XG depolymerization were enhanced.
Zaman
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Friend and local councillor for the Halliwell ward in Bolton , Councillor Akhtar Zaman, said he had seen Akram only days before his death.
(2) The head of a worldwide movement dedicated to interfaith dialogue and reconciling Islam with science, Gülen's followers run a network of schools and media outlets including Turkey's biggest selling newspaper, Zaman.
(3) Crowds supporting the Zaman journalists held banners outside the newspaper’s offices saying “The free press cannot be silenced”.
(4) Zaman, however, says that during his 45 years in the city he has encountered only hospitality.
(5) Zaman has not seen his wife and son for four years.
(6) Our priority is to ensure that people affected have adequate humanitarian assistance and we are able to prevent secondary disasters, including outbreak of disease, by providing safe water and critical sanitation support,” says Zubin Zaman, deputy director of Oxfam India.
(7) In March, Zaman and its English-language sister newspaper Today’s Zaman were taken over by state-appointed administrators and it has since taken a strongly pro-government line.
(8) Zaman is considered to be the flagship of the Gülen movement, which has now been declared public enemy number one.
(9) Ömer Taspinar, a columnist for the Turkish daily Today’s Zaman, wrote : “Ankara is concerned the American-led campaign against Isis will achieve two things.
(10) The jury was hung on this alternative charge in relation to Savant, Khan and Zaman, and the Crown Prosecution Service will have to decide whether to proceed with a third trial.
(11) There were fears that he might have left himself open to a conflict of interest with his landlord, local businessman Tahir Zaman, over the low rent.
(12) The primary cyst walls contained numerous broad spatula-like protrusions and the cysts were identified as S. singaporensis Zaman and Colley, 1976.
(13) Sunday’s round of arrests in Turkey , which included the editor-in-chief of Turkey’s largest daily newspaper, Zaman, the head of a TV channel and other journalists, comes as no surprise, as President Erdoğan spoke on Friday of a showdown with government critics.
(14) Although I am not a member of the Gülen movement, Today’s Zaman has been scrupulously fair in allowing me to present my views without editorial interference.
(15) However, “prominent employees of Zaman are likely to have intimate knowledge of the Gülen network and as such could benefit the investigation”, he added.
(16) Cehennemde gibi hissediyorum Hüseyin Alp Aslan Goğulhan Aslan “Yirmi dokuz yıl önce [ilk santral açıldığı zaman] insanlar çok mutluydu” açıklamasını yaparak şöyle devam ediyor: “İnsanlar zengin olacaklarını düşündüler.
(17) On Tuesday evening, the Sindh government changed the brief of the relief and revenue minister Makhdoom Jamiluz Zaman.
(18) I saw him on Wednesday and he was really looking forward to it, smiling and asking me for tips because I went last year,” said Zaman.
(19) 9.56am GMT Syrian troops surrender to Turkey Twenty-nine Syrian government troops have surrendered to Turkey to escape the Free Syrian Army, Today Zaman's Mahir Zeynalov reports .
(20) As I am a regular commentator on Turkish affairs in the Danish and international press – and a frequent contributor to Today’s Zaman, the English-language edition of Zaman – the government’s latest move comes uncomfortably close.