(n.) An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cells from immature stamen hairs of the spiderwort plant Tradescantia virginiana cv.
(2) The normally predictable duration of metaphase in stamen hair cells from the spiderwort, Tradescantia virginiana, is shortened significantly by treatment during prometaphase with either ruthenium red or Bay K-8644.
(3) Stamen hair cells from the spiderwort plant, Tradescantia virginiana, exhibit remarkably predictable metaphase transit times, making them uniquely suitable for temporal studies on mitotic regulation.
(4) We have treated stamen hair cells of the spiderwort plant, Tradescantia virginiana, with a solution of quin2 (50 microM) or its acetoxymethyl ester, quin2-AM (50 microM) and have retarded the normally predictable rate of progression through metaphase.
Woodland
Definition:
(n.) Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.
(a.) Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.
Example Sentences:
(1) 100 BC to AD 250) sites, suggesting a Middle to Late Woodland change in population structure that lowered levels of morphological variation.
(2) Celebrity woodlanders Tax breaks and tree-hugging already draw the wealthy and well-known to buy British forests.
(3) In the woodlands between Moravia, Lower Austria and Bohemia, mentioned by Ptolemaios under the Celtic name "Gabreta" (wild goats' wood, cf.
(4) The 12 additional arthropod species recorded from the woodland mice consisted of 1 nidicolous beetle, Leptinus orientamericanus; 1 bot, Cuterebra fontinella; 3 fleas, Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes, Orchopeas leucopus and Peromyscopsylla scotti; 1 tick, Dermacentor variabilis; 2 mesostigmatid mites, Androlaelaps fahrenholzi and Ornithonyssus bacoti; 3 chiggers, Comatacarus americanus, Euschoengastia peromysci, and Leptotrombidium peromysci; and 1 undescribed pygmephorid mite of the genus Pygmephorus.
(5) Seven months later the upper half of his torso was found buried in woodland in West Sussex.
(6) In an area where California encephalitis is endemic, 10 of 19 small woodland animals (53%), which are the natural hosts of A. triseriatus, had hemagglutination-inhibiting and neutralizing antibodies to La Crosse virus.
(7) "We've got to be tough and robust in saying to people you are not in a downtrodden village or woodland, because many of them don't even live in areas where there are toilets or refuse collection facilities," he said.
(8) They will still be an important part of British woodlands, but we will be favouring the broadleaved trees in many areas," said Peter Brett, operations manager for the Forestry Commission in Dorset.
(9) He said: "Britain is not producing graduates with the expertise needed to identify and control plant diseases in our farms and woodlands."
(10) A handsome pair of strippedback brick apartment buildings will frame a forthcoming bridge across the river, leading to a woodland park beyond.
(11) • One mile from the A646 between Halifax and Hebden Bridge mrsfifties Puzzlewood, Gloucestershire Photograph: Alamy One of the most magical woodland walks I have come across.
(12) Stewart Snape, of its plant health service, said: "We know there could be OPM [oak processionary moth] in the woodland because we found a nest in it last year.
(13) The vast majority of the public oppose the government's plan to sell off all or part of the publicly owned forests and woodland in England.
(14) At the Woodland Pytchley Hunt, an experienced nanny will be on hand to accompany small children today, and at the Surrey Union a prize of £20 was offered for the "best turned out under 16 year old".
(15) The panel has been asked to look at all areas of forestry in England, including increasing woodland cover, public access, protection of wildlife, the Forestry Commission and the public forest estate.
(16) Sue Holden, chief executive at the Woodland Trust, welcomed the report and Paterson's promise on the register, but said more funding was needed if plant health was to reach parity with animal health.
(17) I like the challenges that come with those that thrive in such adverse conditions, and there are plenty: woodland species that make the most of what little sunlight hits the leaf litter; ferns that like dripping cave mouths and cliff faces cast in gloom; and small shrubs that eke out a living under bigger things, such as butcher’s broom ( Ruscus aculeatus ) and fragrant sweet box ( sarcoccoca ).
(18) The goddess Diana and her nymphs are bathing in a woodland pool when the hunter Actaeon chances by.
(19) When you come to a crossroads with the main drive ahead of you, head straight for a short distance and then take the marked path through the woodland on the right.
(20) The original version incorrectly described a Woodland Trust wood in Suffolk as new.