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Postprandial somnolence (colloquially known as food coma, after-dinner dip, or "the itis") is a normal state of drowsiness or lassitude following a meal. Postprandial somnolence has two components: a general state of low energy related to activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in response to mass in the gastrointestinal tract , and a ...
Eurois nigra, the great black dart moth, ... Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4] References
Iris chrysographes is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial with creeping rhizomes.The leaves are linear and greyish green, and up to 70 cm (28 in) long. The hollow flowering stems, 25–30 cm (9.8–11.8 in) long, bear slightly scented flowers in early summer.
Micropterus is a genus of North American freshwater fish collectively known as the black bass, which belong to the sunfish family Centrarchidae of order Centrarchiformes. They are sometimes erroneously called "black trout", but the name trout more correctly refers to certain potamodromous members of the family Salmonidae (order Salmoniformes ).
Vincetoxicum nigrum, a species in the family Apocynaceae, also known as black swallow-wort, [2] Louise's swallow-wort, [3] or black dog-strangling vine, [4] is a species of plant that is native to Europe and is found primarily in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain. [5]
Iris nigricans, the black iris is the national flower of Jordan. [56] Iris bismarckiana, the Nazareth Iris, is the symbol of the city of Upper Nazareth. [57] [58]
Black literature is far too expansive to cover in just a month, especially if you look back through history at the works of luminaries like Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Nikki ...
For example, instead of blue as in humans, autosomal recessive eye color in the skink species Corucia zebrata is black, and the autosomal dominant color is yellow-green. [ 101 ] As the perception of color depends on viewing conditions (e.g., the amount and kind of illumination, as well as the hue of the surrounding environment), so does the ...