Category: B

  • Bog

    An area of waterlogged acid peat, usually with vegetation composed of Sphagnum moss species (which form the bulk of the peat) and of sedges, low shrubs of the Heath family etc.  

  • Brand-name drugs

    Drugs named by the manufacturing pharmaceutical company and protected by a patent. Brand-name drugs are more expensive than generic drugs but no more effective. An over-the-counter drug.  

  • Beta receptors

    “Targets” on various cells that, when stimulated by epinephrine and norepinephrine (or similar substances), cause a number of responses, including those related to an increased rate and strength of heart muscle contraction, which can increase blood pressure. Post-junctional receptor site that responds primarily to epinephrine which is divided into beta-1 and beta-2 types based on…

  • Bur

    A spiny or prickly fruit or seed.  

  • Brevipes

    Short-stalked.  

  • Bracteatus

    Bracteatus

    Bearing bracts.    

  • Biflorus

    Double-flowered.  

  • Barbatus

    Bearded or barbed.  

  • Button mushroom

    Button mushroom

    The young unopened fruit body, with the veil intact and covering the gills, and the cap not yet expanded.  

  • Bruising

    Changing color when handled, rubbed, or otherwise injured. An area of bruises.