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unusual facts about seeds



19th-century French art

The Romantic tendencies continued throughout the century: both idealized landscape painting and Naturalism have their seeds in Romanticism: both Gustave Courbet and the Barbizon school are logical developments, as is too the late 19th century Symbolism of such painters at Gustave Moreau (the professor of Matisse and Rouault) or Odilon Redon.

2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia

Others top seeds competing were Miami Masters champion Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia Open winner David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, and James Blake.

Adler Seeds

After a fire at its seed facility, Adler Seeds sold its facility and farm ground to Beck's Hybrids, based in Atlanta, Indiana, in 2009.

Aesculus

Aesculus seeds were traditionally eaten, after leaching, by the Jōmon people of Japan over about four millennia, until 300 AD.

Besana

Initially with almonds from Puglia and Sicily region (Italy) and in the early 60’s with Brazil nuts, Pecan nuts, dried fruit, seeds, pistachios, pine kernels, Macadamia nuts and finally the snack lines.

Brassica nigra

In Ethiopia, where it is cultivated as a vegetable in Gondar, Harar and Shewa, the shoots and leaves are consumed cooked and the seeds used as a spice.

C17H26O3

Paradol, the active flavor constituent of the seeds of Guinea pepper

Caquetá Seedeater

As other Sporophila seedeaters, it mainly feeds on seeds, but has also been recorded feeding on stems, leaves and fruits (e.g. Cecropia).

Carex pilulifera

These stalks bend as the seeds ripen, and the seeds are collected and dispersed by ants of the species Myrmica ruginodis.

Ceanothus cuneatus

Harvester ants have been known to cache the seeds, which can lie dormant for a long time since fire is required for germination.

Clement of Ireland

Though St. Clement is no longer claimed as founder of the University of Paris, the fact remains that this remarkable Scots-Irish scholar planted the seeds of learning at Paris.

Cnidoscolus texanus

The fruits are prickly 3-seeded capsules and the seeds are consumed by Rio Grande Wild Turkeys and Mourning Doves.

Corydalis nobilis

Both Lamprocampnos and Corydalis are members of the Papaveraceae family, with seeds having an attached elaiosome that makes them attractive to ants, which disperse the seeds.

Council of the European Union

It considers matters concerning the Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries Policy, forestry, organic farming, food and feed safety, seeds, pesticides, and fisheries.

Cursor grass mouse

Their primary diet consists of small arthropods, especially Hymenoptera, beetles, and spiders; this is supplemented by seeds of Cecropia and other plants.

David Sunflower Seeds

As the “Official Sunflower Seed of the Babe Ruth League,” DAVID provides free scorebooks and safety tips to each team in the league, awards to All-Star players, and DAVID Sunflower Seeds to be sold at concession stands.

Depressaria ululana

The larvae feed on the flowers and unripe seeds of Bunium persicum.

Dobera glabra

It is well known to the local Konso people (who call it karsata) for growing new shoots, flowers, and seeds during dry weather.

Douhua

It is usually served either with a clear sweet syrup alone, with ginkgo seeds suspended in the syrup, or in a sugar syrup infused with pandan.

Emily Jane White

White appears on the song "Seeds" from the 2010 album Fall of Spring by Lonely Drifter Karen.

Genesis I

Bigelow also placed a life-sciences experiment on board, which contains four Madagascar hissing cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa) and approximately 20 so-called Mexican jumping beans, which are seeds containing the live larva of the moth Cydia deshaisiana.

Gray snub-nosed monkey

It feeds on a variety of young leaves, leaf and flower buds, bark, fruits, certain petioles (e.g. Fagus longipetiolata), seeds (e.g. Prunus spp. and Sorbus spp.), and insect larvae.

Hidetaka Suehiro

His most notable directing role was on Deadly Premonition (named Red Seeds Profile in Japan) for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which gained him attention from many videogame websites and magazines.

Higenamine

Higenamine (norcoclaurine) is a chemical compound found in a variety of plants including Nandina domestica (fruit), Aconitum carmichaelii (root), Asarum heterotropioides, Galium divaricatum (stem and vine), Annona squamosa, and Nelumbo nucifera (lotus seeds).

Homoranthus wilhelmii

The specific epithet commemorates Carl Wilhelmi, a collector of seeds and specimens of the region, who obtained the type collection at Port Lincoln in November of 1854.

Kertu

It has a bank named Allahabad Bank, super specialty government hospital, society for seeds, daak banglow, etc.

Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

Perceived by many as one of the weaker nations in the World Cup, Angola were paired with former colonial masters and Euro 2004 runners-up Portugal, then FIFA World Ranked 4th nation and seeds Mexico, and previous qualifier Iran in Group D.

Malheur Reservation

This was a blow to the Paiutes, because that was an area important to the tribe for wada (Suaeda calceoliformis) seeds.

Mandé creation myth

Then he made two eleusine seeds of different kinds, which the people of Keita call "the egg of the world in two twin parts which were to procreate".

Meyer's Parrot

Seeds of the various leguminous trees of the African woodlands are especially favoured, providing their staple food in some areas.

Michael Harvey

Mick Harvey (Michael John Harvey, born 1958), Australian guitarist and former member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

MoeTar

In 2010 they recorded their debut CD From These Small Seeds with engineer Dan Rathbun (of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Idiot Flesh).

Moringa drouhardii

Neither the seeds (rich in edible oil and floculating proteins) nor the leaves (that can be eaten as green vegetables) are traditionally used in the Atsimo-Andrefana Region (southwestern Madagascar) despite their significant benefits.

Ōasahiko Shrine

The planted seeds were then cultivated by the area's population so they could produce linen called asa, which formed the base of the area's industry.

Organic India

Organic India works directly with marginal farmers in tribal villages, providing seeds, fertilizers, organic certification, and the assumption of risk in case of crop failure.

Paleontology in South Dakota

Only a few plant specimens were discovered, but these included fossil hackberry seeds and petrified wood.

Papaver orientale

Seeds are sown after the potential of frost has passed, the average temperature is approximately 21 °C and when soil has thoroughly warmed.

Purple-rumped Sunbird

The nest is lined with soft fibres from seeds of Calotropis.

Red-capped Parrot

Marri seeds are the preferred diet, but birds also extract seeds from Karri (Eucalyptus marginata), woody pear (Xylomelum), Grevillea, Hakea, and She-oak (Casuarina), as well as insects such as psyllids, and even orchard fruit such as apples and pears.

Seeds for Africa

Seeds for Africa is a British charity that has set up over 800 garden projects across 25 African countries, where it encourages sustainable vegetable gardening by providing indigenous vegetable seeds, agricultural equipment and technical expertise.

Seeds of Diversity

In February 2013, Gretchen Bauta, Canadian philanthropist and daughter of W. Garfield Weston, launched through the W. Garfield Weston Foundation, a program to be administered by USC Canada and Seeds of Diversity.

Sivalarpatti

Red chillies, Sunflower seeds are some of the important cultivated crops in this village and its surrounding areas.

Stone pine

The wing is ineffective for wind dispersal, and the seeds are animal-dispersed, originally mainly by the azure-winged magpie, but in recent history, very largely by humans.

Supercharge Me

Norwood, inspired by Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, ate only raw vegan foods (i.e. uncooked fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds) for thirty days and documented the changes to her health.

The Lyre of Orpheus

Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus, an album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, or the song "The Lyre of Orpheus"

The Naming ceremony of Santror

The deity Thirumal, acting as a Pantaram(a religious person hailing from, and serving the ordinary folk), made the Seven Virgins, who were to give birth to seven boys using seven seeds from seven upper worlds (astral planes or lokas).

Woylie

Although it may eat bulbs, tubers, seeds, insects, and resin of the hakea plant, the bulk of its nutrients are derived from underground fungi which it digs out with its strong foreclaws.

Wrinkles in Time

On April 23, 1992 a scientific team led by astrophysicist George Smoot announced that they had found the primordial "seeds" from which the universe has grown.

Yuval Ron Ensemble

Some notable performances include: the International Sacred Music Festival of Fez (Morocco), International Oud Festival and peace tour (Israel), World Festival of Sacred Music (Los Angeles), headlining the Dalai Lama’s “Seeds of Compassion” benefit concert (Seattle), the International Peace Festival (South Korea), as well as concerts in Mexico, Spain, Turkey, and Poland.


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