Términos

Madera de cualquier especie del género Prunus, como ciruelo, cerezo, melocotonero, albaricoquero, endrina, bullace, etc.

Drinking beakers characterised by small masses of glass, often in the form of round blobs or tear-drop shapes, applied to the body primarily for decorative purposes.

Genus containing over 400 species of flowering shrubs and trees, including the cultivated almond, peach, plum, cherry, and apricot. Some classifications separate peaches, almonds, and flowering almonds into the separate genus Amygdalus. However, a recent DNA study concluded that Prunus is monophyletic and is descended from one Eurasian ancestor. The earliest known fossil Prunus dates from the middle Eocene of the Princeton Chert of British Columbia.

Species of small, deciduous, fruit-bearing tree that originated in China but is now cultivated throughout the temperate regions of the world. The scientific name includes a reference to Armenia, where it has been cultivated since ancient times. The common name is derived from an Arabic word, dating to the Moorish occupation of Spain. The tree has also been cultivated in Persia and Egypt since ancient times. Seeds or kernels of the apricot may be substituted for almonds; the oil pressed from these kernels is called "oil of almond"; the Italian liqueur amaretto and amaretti biscotti are flavored with extract of apricot kernels rather than almonds. In Europe, apricots were long considered an aphrodisiac, as mentioned by Shakespeare. A clear, water soluble gum exudes from open cuts in the bark; the gum contains arabinose, galactose, mannose, and glucuronic acid. In modern agriculture, apricot cultivars are usually grafted on plum or peach rootstocks.

Species of medium-sized deciduous Eurasian tree. All parts except the fruit are slightly toxic. The fruit is food for birds and mammals; some also crack open the stones to eat the kernel inside. The leaves provide food for some animals, including the case-bearer moth. The tree exudes a gum from wounds in the bark, by which it seals the wounds to exclude insects and fungal infections.

Species of small cherry tree native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, closely related to the wild cherry (P. avium) but having a fruit that is more acidic. Cultivated sour cherries were apparently selected from wild specimens from around the Caspian and Black Seas; they were popular in Persia and known to the Greeks by the 4th century BCE. The Romans introduced them into Britain by the 1st century CE. In Britain, their cultivation was popular in the time of Henry VIII; by 1640 over 20 named cultivars were recorded. English colonists to Massachusetts brought the sour cherry to America.

Species of small tree or large shrub that probably originated in the region around the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea. According to the earliest writings in which the plum is mentioned, the species is at least 2,000 years old. It has a fruit that is a fleshy drupe of variable size, usually having purple, red, or yellow skin with a dull powdery bloom when ripe, a sweet pulp, and a flattish pointed stone.

Species of small deciduous tree native to the Middle East and South Asia, widely cultivated in Europe, east Africa and California. The fruit and oil from the sweet almond variety are used for food while the oil from the bitter almond variety is used for flavoring. Botanically, the fruit of the almond is not a true nut, but a drupe, consisting of an outer hull and a hard shell with the edible seed inside. Although the tree is grown commercially for its fruit and oils, the wood is also used. The water soluble gum that exudes from wounds on the tree has been mentioned as a watercolor binder. Almond trees are closely related to cherry trees.

Species of small tree or large shrub native to middle and southern Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa. It produces a small thin-fleshed cherry-like drupe, the kernel of which is used in perfumery and as a flavoring that tastes like bitter almond. It is also used in dye-making. The hard wood is used for small objects. The fruits are strung as beads in Africa and Asia. The tree is also used as dwarf stock for grafting branches of cultivated edible cherries.

Small to medium-sized deciduous tree that originated in China and cultivated in warmer climates throughout the world. The scientific name reflects that fact that Europeans formerly thought that the plant was native to Persia. Like other fruit trees from the rose family, peach trees exudes a water soluble gum from damaged locations on its truck and branches. The fruit has yellow or whitish flesh, a delicate aroma, and a skin that is either velvety (peaches) or smooth (nectarines) in different cultivars.

Species of deciduous, fruit-bearing tree of North America, found in forest areas from Ontario to Florida and from the Dakotas to Texas. Valued for dense, close-grain wood and its gum, a water-soluble carbohydrate that has been used as a medium for watercolor paints.

Nacionalidad, estilos y cultura del reino y estado histórico alemán de Prusia, en el norte de Europa.

Nacionalidad, estilo y cultura de los pueblos que habitaban las costas del mar Báltico al este del Vístula hasta el siglo XVII, emparentados lingüísticamente con los lituanos y letones.

Genus containing 1 species, Thorold's deer (white-lipped deer, Przewalskium albirostris).

Genus of five species of South American foxes.

A rare brown or black mineral resembling brookite occurring in volcanic rocks as tabular crystals. It has been identified as an element in the yellow slip of Gallo-Roman marbled ware excavated in Graufensenque, France.

Marcas en metales de baja ley, con un baño de plata y plata americana, que imitan sellos de contraste; los pseudosellos de contraste no son necesarios por ley y no siempre tienen el mismo significado que los verdaderos.

Minerals that have assumed the shapes of the substances they have replaced; such as mineralized textiles in a burial environment formed through the replacement of the organic matrix of fiber with a largely inorganic one.

General term for false or ficticious names or appellations used instead of personal names, place names, and other names. When adopted for personal names, pseudonyms may be used to conceal the real identity of the person, for example, as used by authors and artists.

Genus containing 6 species of coniferous evergreen timber trees native to western North America and eastern Asia. Trees are characterized by having long, flat, spirally arranged needles that grow directly from the branch. Each yellow- or blue-green needle has a short stalk at the base and a grooved upper surface. Winter buds are brown, shiny, and pointed. Uniquely among conifers, the Douglas fir has cones with 3-lobed bracts sticking out between the scales. The cones hang down rather than sticking up as in true firs. Cones mature in one season and retain their scales when they fall.