Category: T

Acute/pungent.  

To give off or exude watery vapor from the surface of leaves. To breathe across. To emit vapor through the skin or other tissues.  

Having leaf margins that are notched or indented with small, sharp lobes. With smaller projections and indentations alternating along the margin. Furnished with sharp projections on the margin that do not point forward. A leaf or petal with a jagged or serrated margin. Having small lobes or points along the margin (as of a leaf).…

Refers to both petals and sepals when they are indistinguishable from each other (example: tulips). A division of the perianth, used when there is poor differentiation into petals and sepals or when it is unclear which is which. Alternative word for perianth segment. Sepals and petals entirely or nearly alike.  

In lichens, having a simple, flattened thallus.  

Strengthens and restores body systems.  

Molecules that form the base of most constituents of volatile oils. Any of a group of hydrocarbons that are made up of building blocks of isoprene (C5H8) or similar five-carbon units, with a monoterpene made up of two units (example: limonene and pinene ), a sesquiterpene made up of three units (example: humulene, a Hops…

Since the ancient African civilizations at Axum, Kush, Nubia, Khemet, and Egypt, African healers have combined herbal infusions with wine or other alcoholic beverages. (crosscultural, today mostly Jamaica). In the realm of libations, there exists a concoction that harmoniously blends the noble spirits of rum or whisky, infused with the warmth of hot water, sweetened…

An agent that affects a particular body system, bringing energy. Affecting the body as a whole rather than individual organs. Having an effect on overall health or affecting a large area of the body. Systemic drugs, which can be taken orally or intravenously, are generally absorbed in the blood and distributed through much of the…