Encyclopedia - Vegetable: Encyclopedia - Vegetable
Vegetable is a culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fruits: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fruits - Temperate Fruits
Fruits of temperate climates are almost universally borne on trees or woody shrubs or lianas. They will not grow adequately in the tropic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fruits: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fruits - Mediterranean And Subtropical Fruits
Fruits in this category are not hardy to extreme cold, as the preceding temperate fruits are, yet tolerate some frost and may have a mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desert: Encyclopedia - Desert
In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation - less than 250 mm per year. Deserts have a reput...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pear: Encyclopedia - Pear
About 30 species, including: Pyrus amygdaliformis Pyrus austriaca Pyrus balansae Pyrus betulifolia Pyrus bourgaeana Pyrus bretschneideri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pumpkin: Encyclopedia - Pumpkin
A pumpkin is a vegetable, most commonly orange in colour when ripe, that grows as a fruit (gourd) from a trailing vine of the genus Cucur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botany: Encyclopedia - Botany
Botany is the scientific study of plant life. As a branch of biology, it is also sometimes referred to as plant science(s) or plant biolo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horseradish: Encyclopedia - Horseradish
Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoracia) is a perennial plant of the Brassicaceae family, which includes mustard and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant
Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. They compri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Forest: Encyclopedia - Forest
A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, a wooded area set aside for hunting). These plant communities cover l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catalog: Encyclopedia - Catalog
A catalog (or catalogue) is an organized, detailed, descriptive list of items arranged systematically. It may also refer to a list of ite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiesel: Encyclopedia - Biodiesel
Biodiesel is fuel made from renewable resources such as vegetable oils or animal fats. It is biodegradable and non-toxic, and has signifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation: Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation
Cannabis cultivation is the cultivation of the cannabis plant. Species of cannabis include C. Sativa, C. Indica, C. Ruderalis, and "C. Hy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leek Vegetable: Encyclopedia Ii - Leek Vegetable - Cuisine
Leeks are generally considered to have a finer flavor than the common onion. They are an essential ingredient of cock-a-leekie soup and o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leek Vegetable: Encyclopedia Ii - Leek Vegetable - History
Leeks were prized by the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, who distributed the vegetable across Europe. The leek is one of the natio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desert: Encyclopedia Ii - Desert - List Of Deserts
Desert - Americas. Atacama desert in Chile Mojave, Great Basin, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan See also: List of North American deserts Des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desert: Encyclopedia Ii - Desert - Mineral Resources
Some mineral deposits are formed, improved, or preserved by geologic processes that occur in arid lands as a consequence of climate. Grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desert: Encyclopedia Ii - Desert - Desert Features
Sand covers only about 20 percent of Earth's deserts. Most of the sand is in sand sheets and sand seas—vast regions of undulating dunes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pumpkin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pumpkin - Pumpkins And Squashes
The name "squash" is applied in America to this and other species of the genus Cucurbita. The name is adapted from an American Indian wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chayote: Encyclopedia Ii - Chayote - Alternate Names
Chayote, pronounced chy-O-tay, is the Spanish name (from Nahuatl hitzayotli) used in many parts of Latin America and the rest of the worl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pumpkin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pumpkin - Cultivation
Pumpkins have historically been pollinated by the native squash bee Peponapis pruinosa, but this bee has declined, probably due to pestic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pumpkin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pumpkin - Cooking
When ripe, the pumpkin can be boiled, baked and roasted, or made into various kinds of pie, alone or mixed with other fruit; while small ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pumpkin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pumpkin - Pumpkin Seeds
The hulless or semi-hulless seeds of pumpkins are eaten as a snack, similar to the sunflower seed. In Latin America these are often green...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chayote: Encyclopedia Ii - Chayote - Culinary And Medicinal Uses
Although most people are familiar only with the fruit, which in culinary terms is a vegetable, the root, stem, seeds, and leaves are all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fruits: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fruits - Herbaceous Annuals Fruits
List of fruits - Melons and other members of Cucurbitaceae or Solanaceae family. Some exceptions to the statement that temperate fruits...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Common Indo-european Roots: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Common Indo-european Roots - Abbreviations Used In The Rest Of This Document
Albanian Al - Albanian (Tosk/Gheg) Anatolian H - Hittite, Ly - Lycian Armenian A - Armenian (Old Armenian/Eastern/Western) Baltic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desert: Encyclopedia Ii - Desert - Desert Features
Sand covers only about 20 percent of Earth's deserts. Most of the sand is in sand sheets and sand seas—vast regions of undulating dunes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desert: Encyclopedia Ii - Desert - Types Of Desert
Most classifications rely on some combination of the number of days of rainfall, the total amount of annual rainfall, temperature, humidi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Protected Designation Of Origin: Encyclopedia Ii - British Protected Designation Of Origin - List Of Foods
British Protected designation of origin - Beer. Newcastle Brown Ale (Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)) Kentish ale (PGI) Kentis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Vegetation Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - National Vegetation Classification - Communities By Category
There are 286 communities in total. They are grouped into the following major categories: Woodland and scrub communities (25 communities...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Common Indo-european Roots: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Common Indo-european Roots - Nouns
List of common Indo-European roots - Kinship. manu- (person): S manus-, I man-us, E mann/man, R muž, B žmonės/, N mânša nō-m.n (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botany: Encyclopedia Ii - Botany - Scope And Importance Of Botany
As with other life forms in biology, plant life can be studied from different perspectives, from the molecular, genetic and biochemical l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horseradish: Encyclopedia Ii - Horseradish - History
Horseradish was cultivated in antiquity. Cato discusses the plant in his treatises on agriculture, and a mural in Pompeii showing the pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botany: Encyclopedia Ii - Botany - History
Botany - Early botany before 1945. Among the earliest of botanical works, written around 300 B.C., are two large treatises by Theophras...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Jamaica: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jamaica - Geology And Landforms
Jamaica and the other islands of the Antilles evolved from an arc of ancient volcanoes that rose from the sea billions of years ago. Duri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Jamaica: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jamaica - Coasts
The coastline of Jamaica is one of many contrasts. The northeast shore is severely eroded by the ocean. There are many small inlets in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Jamaica: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Jamaica - Climate
Two types of climate are found on Jamaica. An upland tropical climate prevails on the windward side of the mountains, whereas a semiarid ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - History
The botanical term "Angiosperm" (Greek: αγγειον, receptacle, and σπερμα, seed) was coined in the form Angiospermae by Paul H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - Origins
The trend of the evolution of the plant kingdom has been in the direction of the establishment of a vegetation of fixed habit and adapted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - Classification
The flowering plants are usually treated as a division. As this is a group above the rank of family there is a free choice of name: Art 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - Vegetative Organs
As in Gymnosperms, branching is monopodial; dichotomy or the forking of the growing point into two equivalent branches which replace the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - The Flower Fruit And Seed
The characteristic feature of angiosperms is the flower, which shows remarkable variation in form and elaboration, and provides the most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - Economic Importance
Flowering plants provide a very high percentage of the base food for human use, whether directly or through livestock feed. Of all the fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Forest - Forest Management
The scientific study of forests is referred to as forest ecology, while the management of forests is often referred to as forestry, often...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - The Flower, Fruit, And Seed
The characteristic feature of angiosperms is the flower, which shows remarkable variation in form and elaboration, and provides the most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tai Mo Shan: Encyclopedia Ii - Tai Mo Shan - Geology
Tai Mo Shan is made up entirely of volcanic rocks. To the northwest, the west and the south of the peak, the valleys contain large deposi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tai Mo Shan: Encyclopedia Ii - Tai Mo Shan - Vegetation
There are forest plantations in the south-eastern part of the Park. Limited by climatic and geographic factors, these plantations end at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tai Mo Shan: Encyclopedia Ii - Tai Mo Shan - Places Of Interest
A series of barbecue and picnic sites are provided along Route Twisk, the Shek Kong - Pat Heung catchwater and the Tuen Mun catchwater. T...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vegetable Kingdom: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vegetable Kingdom
Vegetable Kingdom In the vegetable stage of the monad's evolution, the faculty of apperception begins to be clearly manifested, which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mnemonics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mnemonics - Medicine
Note: medical students have developed far too many medical mnemonics over the years to list; only a sample is given here: The cranial ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cajun Cuisine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cajun Cuisine - Cajun Ingredients
The following is a partial list of ingredients used in Cajun cuisine and some of the staple ingredients of the Acadian food culture. Caj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Recipes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Recipes - Recipes By Category
List of recipes - Albanian cuisine. Albanian vegetable pie: article, recipe Baked lamb and yogurt: recipe Baked leeks: recipe Bean Jah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trans Fat: Encyclopedia Ii - Trans Fat - Trans Fats Situation
Trans fat - United States. Consumers in the United States can usually find out if a food contains trans fat by looking at the ingredien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Neopets: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Neopets - Quiggle
Quiggles look like frogs with large feet and tiny front legs. (The other frog-like species, the Nimmo, is quite distinct with its long ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Neopets: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Neopets - Chia
Chias are generally playful and friendly little creatures who love to explore. The name Chia may be related to the Chia Pet-like tufts of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiesel: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiesel - History
Transesterification of a vegetable oil was conducted as early as 1853, by scientists E. Duffy and J. Patrick, many years before the first...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiesel: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiesel - Fuel Quality Standards And Properties
Biodiesel is a clear amber-yellow liquid with a viscosity similar to petrodiesel, the industry term for diesel produced from petroleum. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiesel: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiesel - Production
Main article: Biodiesel production Chemically, biodiesel comprises a mix of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids. The most common ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiesel: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiesel - Availability
Biodiesel - Australia. With around 100 million litres (26.5 million US Gallons) annual production capacity, commercial biodiesel produc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiesel: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiesel - Fuel Quality, Standards And Properties
Biodiesel is a clear amber-yellow liquid with a viscosity similar to petrodiesel, the industry term for diesel produced from petroleum. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trees Of Britain And Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Trees Of Britain And Ireland - Issues Of Debate
Trees of Britain and Ireland - Definition of Species. There are a number of different opinions regarding the validity of some species, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trees Of Britain And Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Trees Of Britain And Ireland - List Of Species
Trees of Britain and Ireland - Native trees. Alders Alder (Alnus glutinosa) Ashes Common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) Birches S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Gardening Compared To Farming
In respect to its food producing purpose, gardening is distinguished from farming chiefly by scale and intent. Farming occurs on a larger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Gardening Is Art
Garden design is considered to be an art in most cultures, distinguished from gardening, which generally means garden maintenance. In Jap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Social Aspect
In modern Europe and North America, people often express their political or social views in gardens, intentionally or not. The lawn vs. g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Gardening Compared To Farming
In respect to its food producing purpose, gardening is distinguished from farming chiefly by scale and intent. Farming occurs on a larger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Gardens As Art
Garden design is considered to be an art in most cultures, distinguished from gardening, which generally means garden maintenance. In Jap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardening - Social Aspect
In modern Europe and North America, people often express their political or social views in gardens, intentionally or not. The lawn vs. g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terms For Multiraciality: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terms For Multiraciality - General
List of terms for multiraciality - Non-English language. Ahí te estás (Spanish: "Stay there") Ai no ko (Japan: "child of unlike thin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Neopets: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Neopets - Quiggle
Quiggles look like frogs with large feet and tiny front legs. (The other frog-like species, the Nimmo, is quite distinct with its long ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Neopets: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Neopets - Chia
Chias are generally playful and friendly little creatures who love to explore. The name Chia may be related to the Chia Pet-like tufts of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nectar Source: Encyclopedia Ii - Nectar Source - Northern Nectar Sources For Honeybees
The nectar source in a given area depends on the type of vegetation present and the length of their bloom period. What type of vegetation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giant Sequoia: Encyclopedia Ii - Giant Sequoia - Ecology
The Giant Sequoias are having difficulty reproducing in their original habitat (and very rarely reproduce in cultivation) due to the seed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fen: Encyclopedia Ii - Fen - The Characteristics Of A Fen
The ecological succession begins with fresh water filling a depression in the land surface. However, the subsequent course of development...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Textile: Encyclopedia Ii - Textile - Sources And Types
Textiles can be made from a variety of materials. The following is a partial list of the materials that can be used to make textiles. Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kit Kat: Encyclopedia Ii - Kit Kat - Ingredients
Original Kit Kat ingredients, listed by decreasing weight: UK: Milk chocolate (66%) (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, dried skimmed milk,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Cultivation - Botany
Cannabis is a member of the family Cannabinacea, along with hops. Cannabis is an annual and usually dioecious, which means it has separat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Cultivation - Traditional Indoor Cultivation
This section covers the traditional method of cultivating medicinal or recreational marijuana indoors, wherein the plants are grown in a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Cultivation - Traditional Outdoor Cultivation Techniques
When cultivated outdoors, the chosen areas are those which receive twelve hours or more of sunlight in a given day. Northern locations ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Cultivation - Harvest And Processing
Cannabis cultivation - Ideal harvest timing. Buds are typically harvested when fully ripe. Generally, ripeness is defined as when the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Cultivation - Alternative Cultivation Techniques
Cannabis cultivation - Hydroponic cultivation. Main articles: Hydroponics, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}} ... See also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Cultivation - Genetics And Breeding
An important factor in extreme efficiency cannabis cultivation is selecting the best genetics for one's crop. This is frequently done by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Cultivation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Cultivation - Detection And The Law
As cannabis and its cultivation is illegal in most parts of the world, considerable resources are committed to the interdiction of cultiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christiansborg Palace: Encyclopedia Ii - Christiansborg Palace - Former Palaces On The Site
Slotsholmen has also been the location of the medieval castle castle of Bishop Absalon, as well as two previous palaces. Both were also k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christiansborg Palace: Encyclopedia Ii - Christiansborg Palace - Current Palace
The palace now houses the Royal Reception Rooms, the Queen's Library, the audience chambers, the Sovereign in Council rooms, the Chapel, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christiansborg Palace: Encyclopedia Ii - Christiansborg Palace - The Marble Bridge And The Pavilions
In Häusser's original project from the first Christiansborg, the two wings of the palace were linked by a gatehouse at the Frederiksholm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christiansborg Palace: Encyclopedia Ii - Christiansborg Palace - King Christian Ix's Equestrian Statue On The Riding Ground Complex
A collection was started for the construction of a monument to King Christian IX shortly after his death in 1906. The following year four...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christiansborg Palace: Encyclopedia Ii - Christiansborg Palace - The Royal Library Gardens
Immediately adjacent to Christiansborg Palace, located on Slotsholmen in the middle of Copenhagen's political, literary and financial are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Augustus National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Augustus National Park - Comparisons With Uluru/ayers Rock
For many years, Uluru/Ayers Rock was listed in record books as the world's largest monolith. This is wrong on two counts. Uluru is not a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All India Trade Union Congress: Encyclopedia Ii - All India Trade Union Congress - Affiliates
partial list: Andhra Pradesh Auto Rickshaw Drivers and Workers Federation A.P. Mica Mine Workers Union Calcutta Hawkers' Men Union Feder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Italian Market Philadelphia: Encyclopedia Ii - Italian Market Philadelphia - The Look
The Italian Market is considered to be an "outdoor" market. The market consists of shops which are usually on the ground floor of the tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Bountyheads In Cowboy Bebop: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Bountyheads In Cowboy Bebop - Giraffe
"Giraffe" used to run the Self Defense Squad with a man named "Zebra", that is, until a mysterious boy named Wen came into the picture. Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Star Wars Planets R-s: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Star Wars Planets R-s - Rhen Var
Rhen Var has a frozen surface similar to that of Hoth, being covered with snow and ice. Ancient Jedi monuments are buried beneath the sur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jello Biafra: Encyclopedia Ii - Jello Biafra - Discography
A short list of original albums only; for a detailed list including compilations, singles, EPs, videos and more, see the Jello Biafra dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Europe - Biodiversity
Having lived side-by-side with agricultural peoples for millennia, Europe's animals and plants have been profoundly affected by the prese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Organic Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Organic Gardening - Soil Fertility
(see also list of Soil fertility topics) Soil fertility is enriched by the addition green manures, minerals and humus. Minerals are obtai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dietary Fiber: Encyclopedia Ii - Dietary Fiber - Uses
There are two principal types of dietary fiber: soluble and insoluble. Insoluble fiber is simply bulk that changes little as it passes th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monosodium Glutamate: Encyclopedia Ii - Monosodium Glutamate - Government Agency Classification
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lists monosodium glutamate as "generally recognized as safe", along with such substa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dietary Fiber: Encyclopedia Ii - Dietary Fiber - Uses
There are two principal types of dietary fiber: soluble and insoluble. Insoluble fiber is simply bulk that changes little as it passes th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Federal Food Drug And Cosmetic Act: Encyclopedia Ii - Federal Food Drug And Cosmetic Act - Food Coloring
The FD&C is perhaps best known by the consumer because of its use in the naming of food coloring additives, such as "FD&C Yellow ...   » Read the article