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  2. Ruscus aculeatus - Wikipedia

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    [3] Ruscus aculeatus occurs in woodlands and hedgerows, where it is tolerant of deep shade, and also on coastal cliffs. Likely due to its attractive winter/spring color, Ruscus aculeatus has become a fairly common landscape plant. [3] It is also widely planted in gardens, and has spread as a garden escapee in many areas outside its native range ...

  3. Ruscus - Wikipedia

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    Ruscus hypoglossum Central and Southeast Europe, Turkey. Ruscus hypophyllum (spineless butcher's broom). Iberia, northwest Africa. Used in the floral trade as foliage. Ruscus hyrcanus Woronow An endemic and relict bush in the Talish Mountains, Azerbaijan. Protected in the Hirkan national Park. [citation needed] Ruscus x microglossus Southern ...

  4. Phylloclade - Wikipedia

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    Another definition uses "phylloclade" to refer a portion of a leaf-like stem or branch with multiple nodes and internodes, and "cladode" for a single internode of a phylloclade. [ 4 ] Although phylloclades are usually interpreted as modified branches, developmental studies have shown that they are intermediate between leaves and branches as ...

  5. Weight loss - Wikipedia

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    Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...

  6. Christmasberry - Wikipedia

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    Ruscus aculeatus cultivar 'Christmas Berry' Schinus terebinthifolia (Brazilian pepper, family Anacardiaceae), native to South America but introduced and invasive in many tropical and subtropical areas

  7. Ruscus hypoglossum - Wikipedia

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    Ruscus hypoglossum is a small evergreen shrub with a native range from Italy north to Austria and Slovakia and east to Turkey and Crimea. [1] Common names include spineless butcher's-broom, [2] mouse thorn and horse tongue lily. The species name comes from two Greek words ὑπό (hypo) and γλῶσσα (glōssa) meaning under and tongue.

  8. Body fat percentage - Wikipedia

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    The instructions for use of instruments typically recommended not making measurements soon after drinking or eating or exercising, or when dehydrated. Instruments require details such as sex and age to be entered, and use formulae taking these into account; for example, men and women store fat differently around the abdomen and thigh region.

  9. Herbal medicine - Wikipedia

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    The use of herbal remedies is more prevalent in people with chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, and end-stage kidney disease. [22] [23] [24] Multiple factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, education and social class are also shown to have associations with the prevalence of herbal remedy use. [25]