Category: B

Diminutive of bract, a mere scale.  

The several blood factors that enable the acid waste products of metabolism to be carried in the alkaline blood without disrupting its chemistry. These include carbolic acid, carbonates, phosphates, blood proteins, and even hemoglobin. You can almost say that the blood is an acid sponge.  

A pinnate compound leaf whose leaflets, in tum, are stems that have pinnate leaflets. Pinnate and the first leaflets again pinnate. Twice pinnate; Describes compound leaves having secondary leaflets that are also pinnate. Doubly pinnate with the pinnae divided into pinnules. Twice pinnate, as in many ferns and such tropical trees as the jacaranda. Twice…

The state of life interdependency that is possible when large and small plants, soil organisms, insects, and fuzzy beasts exist in the ebb and flow created by the natural environment. Cut down the trees once and you lessen the biodiversity drastically. Wait fifty years and cut again and you have a small fraction of the…

The benign buildup in the prostate of “warts” or epithelial neoplasias that can block or interrupt urination, and which are usually concurrent with moderate prostate enlargement, having a dull ache on urination, ejaculation, and/or defecation. The diagnosis is medical, since the same subjective conditions can result from cancer of the prostate. It is common in…

Soft or hard plant or tree resins composed of aromatic acids and oils. These are typically used as stimulating dressings and aromatic expectorants and diuretics. This term is also applied loosely to many plants that may not exude resins but which have a soothing, pitchy scent. (Examples: Balsam Poplar, Yerba Santa.)  

The scientific study of plants.  

A perfumery term referring to a secondary fragrance in a perfume blend.  

Plastic surgery on the eyelids. The surgical procedure to remove excess tissue around the eyes. Any operation to repair or reconstruct the eyelid. It involves either rearrangement of the tissues of the lid or the use of tissue from other sites (e.g. skin or mucous membrane).  

That which promotes the intellectual faculties.