Términos

Cualquier agente químico que es tóxico para algunas o todas las plantas, en particular las clasificadas como mala hierba. Históricamente una variedad de sustancias se han utilizado incluyendo sales, disulfuro de carbono, bórax, piridina, mercuriales, y el trióxido de arsénico. Después de 1945 surgieron variedades sintéticas, incluyendo: amitrol, picloram, 2,4-D, DDT, atrazina, glifosato, diquat y paraquat. Los herbicidas no siempre se descomponen y han creado peligros ambientales.

Refers to animals that naturally feed exclusively or nearly exclusively on the leaves and other parts of plants. Butterflies and elephants are examples of herbivores.

People who practice healing by the use of herbs.

The activities of moving and tending of sheep, cattle, reindeer, or other domesticated herd animals.

Groups of wild or domestic mammals of one species that remain together, specifically applied to horses, zebra, oxen, antelope, cattle, camels, buffalo, elephants, deer, swine, whales, or certain other species.

Mujer que hereda o que está designada para heredar propiedad o rango, sea por voluntad o ley, tras la muerte del poseedor.

Refiérase generalmente para aquellos que suceden o son designados a suceder en una propiedad o rango, tanto por testamento o ley, por la muerte del dueño antiguo. Úsese específicamente en un contexto legal para aquellos que heredan desde una persona intestada por funcionamiento de la ley.

Style of textiles, particularly floor coverings, handwoven in imperial workshops founded late in the 19th century at Hereke, Turkey, east of Istanbul. Large carpets and prayer rugs with pile of wool or silk were for palace use and for gifts presented by the sultan. Antique carpets of various kinds were copied or patterns were created following Western fashions. Usually a tiny cartouche hidden in the design identifies the carpet's origin.

Conjunto de propiedades o responsabilidades de todos los tipos que una persona deja para su distribución a su muerte.

Theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition to the official or orthodox doctrine of a given church, creed, or religious system.

Fundadores o líderes de herejías o sectas heréticas.

Administrative efforts to preserve and present cultural heritage.

Genus of flowering plant native to wet areas and rain forests.

Species of rainforest tree native to West Africa, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Style of textile, particularly carpets, handmade in any of a group of villages near the town of Heriz, lying east of Tabriz in northwest Iran. Heriz carpets are often room-sized, stout, serviceable, and attractive to markets in Europe and the United States. They are apparently an offshoot of the Tabriz carpets, a country version of city styles. The smooth curves and flowing lines of a sophisticated Tabriz medallion system are translated into hard, geometric angles and broken contours. Repeat patterns occur less frequently, and a jagged vine and rosette border is characteristic.

Esculturas en la forma de una cabeza, busto, o media figura, sostenido, como si surgiera de él, por una pilastra en aumento o estrechandose, y a menudo que exhibe por debajo un falo; originalmente usualmente representando al dios Griego Hermes.

Persona o animal que tiene ambos órganos sexuales; femenino y masculino.

Especie en que están reunidos en el mismo individuo los dos sexos, el masculino y el femenino.