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Lamium amplexicaule, commonly known as henbit dead-nettle, [2] is a species of Lamium native to the Old World. The specific name refers to the leaves, which are amplexicaul (clasping the stem). Description
Henbit may refer to: Any of several plant species with the common name "henbit": Lamium amplexicaule, wild flower known as henbit dead-nettle, common henbit, or greater henbit; Lamium album, white henbit or archangel; Lamium confertum, garden henbit; Lamium galeobdolon, yellow henbit or yellow archangel; Lamium maculatum, spotted henbit
Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing domestic livestock. It is estimated that each year, 80 billion land animals are slaughtered for food. [ 4 ] Most animals are slaughtered for food ; however, they may also be slaughtered for other reasons such as for harvesting of pelts , being diseased and unsuitable for ...
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...
Lamium maculatum is a prostrate, spreading herbaceous perennial. [4] This species is very variable in terms of leaf size and shape, hairiness and flower colours. It reaches on average 20–80 centimetres (7.9–31.5 in) in height.
Workers and cattle in a slaughterhouse in 1942. In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (/ ˈ æ b ə t w ɑːr / ⓘ), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food.
Wood pasture, one of the oldest land-use practices in human history, [6] is a historical European land management system in which open woodland provided shelter and forage for grazing animals, particularly sheep and cattle, as well as woodland products such as timber for construction and fuel, coppiced stems for wattle and charcoal making and ...
Bocage near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Bocage (UK: / b ə ˈ k ɑː ʒ /, [1] US: / ˈ b oʊ k ɑː ʒ / BOH-kahzh) is a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture characteristic of parts of northern France, southern England, Ireland, the Netherlands, northern Spain and northern Germany, in regions where pastoral farming is the dominant land use.