Its seed is the castor bean which, despite its name, is not a true bean.

Its loss to the seed industry has resulted in changes to cultural practices, with increased reliance on soil steam sterilization, mechanical rogueing, and fallow seasons.

Its seed exchange programme, originally initiated with the Leiden Botanical Garden, led to cotton being planted for the first time in the Colony of Georgia.

Its astringent blue-black seed cones, commonly known as " Juniper berries ", are too bitter to eat raw and are usually sold dried and used to flavour meats, sauces, and stuffings.

Its cover had " a graphic drawing of the offending flaccid appendage draped over a sesame seed bun with lashings of bloody sauce.

Its fleshy seed pods are inflated, allowing them to be dispersed by flood water.

Its fruits can remain buoyant for 7 – 9 days, an important advantage for dispersing seed long distances in stream and river environments.

Its seed pods, resembling tiny pea pods, are not suitable for consumption because of toxins they contain.

Its distinctive butterfly-shaped leaf and thin, flimsy seed pod make it easy to identify.

Its seed, chiefly used as caged-bird feed, is a valuable source of protein.

Its beginning, the original seed, was in a vague project entitled Petites Epopées (" Little Epics "), which features in the notes and jottings of Hugo from 1848, and which gives no indication of so vast an ambition.

Its many uses have earned black cumin seed the Arabic approbation Habbatul barakah, meaning the " seed of blessing ".

Its flowers are not scented, and its seed pods are smooth rather than velvety.

Its larvae parasitize the seed heads of the plant feeding solely upon fertile seed heads.

Its seed, which is edible but similarly bitter, nutty-flavored, and rich in fat and protein, is eaten whole or used as an oilseed.

Its seed production is poor when it is grown outside of the equatorial region, so cultivation in other places is not always economically worthwhile ; however, further studies in the breeding of this species to generate more productive varieties may show promise.

Its popularity may have become less in more modern times, but hardy and colourful varieties, such as ' Princess Marina ', have ensured that this plant still regularly appears in seed catalogues and garden centres.

Its name means, from Greek " four seed " ( tetra meaning " four " and kokkos, " kernel, grain ").

Its trumpet-shaped, purple flowers develop into 5 to 7 cm long pods containing numerous small, reddish-brown seeds.

Its appeal from ballots to bullets at Fort Sumter ended by costing the Southerners their right to have slaves -- a right that was even less compatible with the sovereignty of man.

Its dangerous effects have been downgraded to the public by some who believe national security requires further testing.

Its usage is mostly restricted to engravings on stone and jewelry, although inscriptions have also been found on bone and wood.

Its front feet have five toes apiece, unlike other the related hyenas that have four toes.

Its symbol Ac is also used in abbreviations of other compounds that have nothing to do with actinium, such as acetyl, acetate and sometimes acetaldehyde.

Its pearls have also been collected for centuries.

Its coastal acquisition may have been one reason yellow amber came to be designated by the same term as ambergris.

Its most important source of revenue, the textile industries, have been dead for almost half a century now.

Its invention is credited to the Celts, the Romans were thought to have adopted their design.

Also, George Soros, Joseph E. Stiglitz ( another Economic Sciences Nobel prize winner, formerly of the World Bank, author of Globalization and Its Discontents ) and David Korten have made arguments for drastically improving transparency, for debt relief, land reform, and restructuring corporate accountability systems.

Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones ; food material after all the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin ; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract ; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts.

Its name implies associations dating back to the time of Columba and, although undocumented before the 12th century, it may have served the monks of the Columban family as an ' Iona of the east ' from early times.

Its development is likely to have been closely connected with the development of human language, which ( whether spoken or written ) appears to both involve and facilitate abstract thinking.

Its F-15 Eagle fighter planes have no similar capability at extremely long ranges.

Its urban settings and historical legacy have made it a popular location for international film productions.

Its phonology includes archaisms ( unstressed and internal, where other dialects have and ) and innovations ( for before and after front-tongue vowels ).

Its partners include some of the biggest players in the worlds of computing, communications, and consumer electronics, and it's loaded with top-notch engineers who have been given a clean slate to reinvent traditional approaches to ubiquitous worldwide communications.

Its unconventional unfolding of plot ( exemplified in its mathematical layout of dialogue ) and its stress on perception have analogs in De Palma's filmmaking.

Its iconic characters such as Dennis the Menace, Roger the Dodger, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, Calamity James, Ball Boy, Ivy the Terrible and Billy Whizz have become known to generations of British children.

Its superb genetic amenability and relatively large size have provided the powerful tools required to investigate a bacterium from all possible aspects.

Its strategic location and excellent infrastructure, with the largest airport in Scandinavia, Kastrup, located 14 minutes by train from the city centre, have made it a regional hub and a popular location for regional headquarters and conventions.

Its unique relief carvings have a naive dynamic quality that contrast with the rigidity of the figures typical of some other periods.

Its historic ties, its long military presence as well as its economic influence have also given it a political influence.

Its rhythm requires Capoeiristas to have a game that is slower and more strategical.