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Advocaat (/ ˈ æ d v ə k ɑː / ⓘ AD-və-kah, Dutch: [ɑtfoːˈkaːt] ⓘ) or advocatenborrel is a traditional Dutch alcoholic beverage made from eggs, sugar, and brandy. [1] The rich and creamy drink has a smooth, custard-like consistency. The typical alcohol content is generally between 14% and 20% ABV.
Its fruit, sometimes also referred to as an alligator pear or avocado pear, is botanically a large berry containing a single large seed. [8] Sequencing of its genome showed that the evolution of avocados was shaped by polyploidy events and that commercial varieties have a hybrid origin. [9]
[5] Pliny the Elder writes extensively about agriculture from books XII to XIX; in fact, XVIII is The Natural History of Grain. [6] Crops grown on Roman farms included wheat , barley , millet , pea , broad bean , lentil , flax , sesame , chickpea , hemp , turnip , olives , pear , apples , figs , and plums .
Poster by Henri Privat-Livemont (1901). Bols is a brand name used by Lucas Bols, a Dutch distiller of alcoholic beverages.The brand line consists of vodkas, gins, genevers, advocaats and liqueurs.
Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. It is available from May until August. Mangosteen is called ‘Mangkhud’ in Thai language. Turkey: Sultana Grapes: Vitis vinifera [citation needed] Turkmenistan: Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus [citation needed] United Arab Emirates: Dates: Phoenix ...
Parthenocarpic fruit-set may (or may not) require pollination, but most seedless citrus fruits require a stimulus from pollination to produce fruit. [29] Seedless bananas and grapes are triploids , and seedlessness results from the abortion of the embryonic plant that is produced by fertilization, a phenomenon known as stenospermocarpy , which ...
The acetogenin compounds, which occur in the fruit, seeds, and leaves of many Annonaceae, including soursop (Annona muricata), are neurotoxins and seem to be the cause of a neurodegenerative disease. The disorder is a so-called tauopathy associated with a pathologic accumulation of tau protein in the brain. Experimental results indicate that ...
Mezcal (/ m ɛ ˈ s k æ l / ⓘ, Latin American Spanish: ⓘ), sometimes spelled mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave.. Agaves or magueys are endemic to the Americas and found globally as ornamental plants.