| WP | weakly positive; wedge pressure; wet pack; wettable powder; whirlpool; white pulp; word processor; w... |
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| W/P | water/powder ratio |
| wp | wettable powder |
| BCYE-α agar | Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract agar with α-ketoglutarate |
| ACE | acetonitrile; acetylcholine esterase; acute cerebral encephalopathy; acute coronary event; adrenocor... |
| cotton-root bark | Dried root bark of Gossypium herbaceum and other species of Gossypium (family Malvaceae). Has been used as an abortifacient and oxytocic. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sassy bark | <botany> The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally. Synonym: mancona bark. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Honduras bark | The dried bark of a species of Picramnia (family Simarubaceae); used as a bitter tonic. Synonym: Honduras bark. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nine-bark | <botany> A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, or Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quillaia bark | <botany> The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called soap bark. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Jesuits' bark | A genus of rubiaceous south american trees that yields the toxic cinchona alkaloids from their bark; quinine, quinidine, chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias. (12 Dec 1998) |
| kurchi bark | The bark of Holarrhena antidysenterica (family Apocynaceae), an Indian tree; used as an astringent and in the treatment of dysentery and amoebiasis. Synonym: kurchi bark. Origin: E. Ind. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lace-bark | <botany> A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lichen lichens on bark | A mutualistic association of a fungus andphotosynthetic organism, either a unicellular alga or a cyanobacterium. Some lichens are used to make natural fabric dyes. (09 Oct 1997) |