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Folding tables are used in homes, schools, churches, and other buildings that have rooms intended for various functions. Folding tables can be used for sit-down activities, and then easily removed and stored out of the way when open space is needed. Wooden folding tables are also sometimes used as weapons in professional wrestling.
Stylophorum diphyllum, commonly called the celandine poppy [1] or wood poppy, [2] is an herbaceous plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in the eastern United States and Ontario. [3] Its typical natural habitat is moist forests over calcareous rock, particularly in ravines. [4] [5]
Eschscholzia minutiflora is a species of poppy known by the common name pygmy poppy. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This wildflower is an annual herb growing from a patch of segmented leaves with divided, rounded leaflets. The thin, erect or nodding stems may be very short or up to 35 ...
Construction of traditional wooden Chinese furniture is based primarily of solid wood pieces connected solely using woodworking joints, and rarely using glue or metallic nails. The reason was that the nails and glues used did not stand up well to the vastly fluctuating temperatures and humid weather conditions in most of Central and Southeast ...
When these flowers are grown on a hillside, they can act as a soil binder and prevent erosion. [5] Matilija poppies were reportedly used medicinally by the Chumash to treat skin and gum problems, and stomach aches. [13] Matilija poppy at Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco. The two species are: Romneya coulteri Harv. – Coulter's Matilija poppy
Poppyhead carved as a stylised fleur-de-lys in St Peter's Church, Neatishead. Poppyhead is a form of carving of the top of the end of a bench or a choir stall. [1] Its name is unrelated to the poppy flower.
A typical modern folding chair. A folding chair is a type of folding furniture, a light, portable chair that folds flat or to a smaller size. Many modern styles of folding chairs can be stored in a stack, in a row, or on a cart. They may be combined with a folding table.
The stems contain a milky latex that may cause skin irritation, and the latex in the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) contains several narcotic alkaloids, including morphine and codeine. The alkaloid rhoeadine, derived from the flowers of the corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas), is used as a mild sedative.