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IELTS is one of the major English-language tests in the world. The IELTS test has two modules: Academic and General Training. IELTS One Skill Retake was introduced for computer-delivered tests in 2023, which allows a test taker to retake any one section (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking) of the test. [7]
Pycnanthus angolensis is a species of tree in the nutmeg family, Myristicaceae. It is native to Tropical Africa. [2] Its English language common names include African nutmeg, false nutmeg, boxboard, and cardboard. [3] In Africa it is widely known as ilomba. [4]
Nutmeg is the spice made by grinding the seed of the fragrant nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans) into powder.The spice has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm, slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavor many kinds of baked goods, confections, puddings, potatoes, meats, sausages, sauces, vegetables, and such beverages as eggnog.
Torreya taxifolia, commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar, but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood, is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family, Taxaceae. It is native to only a small glacial refugium in the southeastern United States , at the state border region of northern Florida and southwestern Georgia .
Leycesteria formosa, a shrub sometimes known as flowering nutmeg or Himalaya nutmeg; Monodora myristica a tropical tree sometimes known as calabash nutmeg, African nutmeg or Jamaican nutmeg; Myristica argentea, Papua nutmeg, Guinea nutmeg, Norse nutmeg or Macassar nutmeg; Myristica fragrans, fragrant nutmeg, the usual source of the spice
A nutmeg, also known by dozens of national and regional variations, is a skill used mainly in association football, but also in field hockey, ice hockey, and basketball. The aim is to kick, roll, dribble, throw, or push the ball (or puck) between an opponent's legs (feet).
Areca nuts 19th century drawing of the Areca palm and its nut Areas of the world where the use of areca nut is common. The areca nut (/ ˈ ær ɪ k ə / or / ə ˈ r iː k ə /) or betel nut is the fruit of the areca palm (Areca catechu).
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis is a 2021 non-fiction book by Amitav Ghosh. It discusses colonialism and environmental issues with particular focus on the Banda Islands . [ 1 ] It is Ghosh's second non-fiction work to discuss climate change , after The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2016).