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rubber tree

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Hevea brasiliensis , a member of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) and a native of the Amazon valley. It is the natural source of commercial rubber. The tree may become 60–100 ft ...

homo heidelbergensis

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Homo heidelbergensis is a species of extinct humans that lived in Europe and possibly also in Africa and Asia approximately 600–300 ka (that is, thousand years before the ...

morotopithecus

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Morotopithecus bishopi is a fossil ape species from northeastern Uganda dated to be more than 20.6 million years old. The fossils of Morotopithecus suggest that it was capable ...

rosemary

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Rosmarinus officinalis , a member of the mint family, grown for its highly aromatic leaves and as an ornamental. Rosemary is an evergreen and perennial which can live as long as ...

sugarcane

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Saccharum officinarum , a member of the grass family. This crop originated in New Guinea about 8000–15,000 B.C ., and was later moved by primitive humans westward into Southeast ...

jojoba

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Simmondsia chinensis , the only plant known to produce and store a liquid wax in its seed. The jojoba plant is native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is ...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the horse

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Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium ( Fig. 1 ) that can be found commonly in or on various animal species, including humans. It is an opportunistic pathogen, that ...

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