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peanut

(Science: botany) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.

The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the soil.

Synonym: earthnut, groundnut, and goober.


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Limit of e.coli on dried leaves

... dry environments and motility has nothing to do with their survival in this context. You need merely look at relevant FDA recalls - potato chips, peanut butter, black pepper, nuts, dried noodles, dried milk, dried eggs, dry dog food, etc. As jackbean asked, what is the application? E. coli per ...

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by JorgeLobo
Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:38 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Limit of e.coli on dried leaves
Replies: 4
Views: 2070

Immune response due to egg.

We just simply don't have an antigen against those proteins. It is that simple. Some people are allergic to things like peanuts, casein, whey, etc etc. We are not sure what the stimulus of why their immune system develops antigens against those foods and why those are active. In "healthy" ...

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by daniel.kurz
Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:41 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Immune response due to egg.
Replies: 3
Views: 1133

Brain evolution last 40,000 years

Usually i do not entertain the feeding of the Trolls but I really cannot help myself when it comes to misinformed creationist peanuts like yourself. What a completely and utterly ridiculous statement "the earth is only 6000 years of age" a statement like that only strengthens ...

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by vk4vfx
Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:11 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Brain evolution last 40,000 years
Replies: 4
Views: 4431

Darwin and Racism

Here Here, Even if darwin believed that tuna fish sandwiches are better than peanut butter and jelly it has no bearing on his increadibly useful theory. Attacking him personally (especially after he's dead) is sure evidence that you can't argue with his ideas.

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by BDDVM
Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:40 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Darwin and Racism
Replies: 27
Views: 35542

Natural selection is proven wrong

... race is concerned, natural selection has been greatly altered with advances in medicine. For instance, the rise in the occurrence of children with peanut and other food allergies does not follow a NS model. But, without medical intervention, we'd see natural selection occurring with the unfortunate ...

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by biomom
Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:18 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 247
Views: 576122
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