The traditional method of obtaining the latex is to scratch (" score ") the immature seed pods ( fruits ) by hand ; the latex leaks out and dries to a sticky yellowish residue that is later scraped off.

Coconuts are different from any other fruits because they contain a large quantity of " water " and when immature they are known as tender-nuts or jelly-nuts and may be harvested for drinking.

Detail of Poinsettia flowers and immature fruits

The gherkins sold in pickle mixtures are not C. anguria but rather are small pickled immature fruits of cultivars of the cucumber ( C. sativus ).

Large farmers sell immature fruits to wholesalers of which could help cash flow and reduces risk, whereas medium sized farmers sell fruits directly to local markets or retailers.

File: Urtica dioica. JPG | Detail of immature fruits

Typically, the fully grown but still immature fruits are eaten cooked, but consumption in salads and pickles is also possible.

The fruits are harvested when immature and eaten as a vegetable.

The young shoots, young leaves, flower buds and immature fruits are all edible raw.

Osteoblasts are the immature bone cells, and eventually become entrapped in the bone matrix to become osteocytes-the mature bone cell.

Today much of the forest cover comprises relatively immature agroforestry plantations, in which are used non-native species such as Prosopis juliflora, Leucaena leucocephala and Jatropha curcas.

The recession of the glaciers is so recent ( in geologic terms ) that modern-day drainage patterns are immature and poorly established.

Vaillant in his study of defence mechanisms took as a central example of ' an immature defence ... fantasy-living in a " Walter Mitty " dream world where you imagine you are successful and popular, instead of making real efforts to make friends and succeed at a job '.

All but four of the surviving skins are in summer plumage, and only two of these are immature.

The heme part is synthesized in a series of steps in the mitochondria and the cytosol of immature red blood cells, while the globin protein parts are synthesized by ribosomes in the cytosol.

The hellbender has working lungs, but gill slits are often retained although only immature specimens have true gills ; the hellbender absorbs oxygen from the water through capillaries of its side-frills.

Some goldfish varieties, such as the common goldfish, comet goldfish, and shubunkin have body shapes and coloration that are similar to koi, and can be difficult to tell apart from koi when immature.

In hemimetabolous insects, immature stages are called nymphs.

In holometabolous insects, immature stages are called larvae, and differ markedly from the adults.

* Hobbies, games, and activities that are described as obsessive and " immature ", such as trading cards, comic books, television programs, films, role-playing games and other things relating to fantasy and science fiction.

In vertebrates, landmarks of embryonic neural development include the birth and differentiation of neurons from stem cell precursors, the migration of immature neurons from their birthplaces in the embryo to their final positions, outgrowth of axons from neurons and guidance of the motile growth cone through the embryo towards postsynaptic partners, the generation of synapses between these axons and their postsynaptic partners, and finally the lifelong changes in synapses which are thought to underlie learning and memory.

True Odonata appeared in the Permian and all are effectively amphibious ( aquatic immature stages, and terrestrial adults ), as are all modern odonates.

Immature specimens are known from both females and males, and immature males often have small crests similar to adult females.

Feldspathic sandstones are commonly immature or sub-mature.

They are commonly immature to submature texturally.

The fibroblasts in the newborn Reinke ’ s space are immature, showing an oval shape, and a large nucleus-cytoplasm ratio.

Their VF are uniform, and immature, making their viscoelastic properties most likely unsuitable for phonation.

Famous phrases of Gombrowicz are found in the novel and became common usage in Polish, for instance words such as " upupienie " ( imposing on the individual the role of somebody inferior and immature ) and " gęba " ( a personality or an authentic role imposed on somebody ).

At first, an immature form of the virus particle is produced inside the ER, whose M-protein is not yet cleaved to its mature form and is therefore denoted as prM ( precursor M ) and forms a complex with protein E. The immature particles are processed in the Golgi apparatus by the host protein furin, which cleaves prM to M. This releases E from the complex which can now take its place in the mature, infectious virion.

The seeds are preserved immature ovules of the plant Elkinsia polymorpha.

Many varieties of the same species can be used in many different ways ; for example, C. annuum includes the " bell pepper " variety, which is sold in both its immature green state and its red, yellow or orange ripe state.

The immature, which takes 5 years to mature, is brown with a yellow eye patch.

They have colourful plumage and resemble kingfishers, with green heads, backs and wings, red throats ( absent in immature Puerto Rican, Broad-billed, and Narrow-billed Todies ) with a white and blue-grey stripe on each side, and yellow undertail coverts ; the colour of the rest of the undersides is pale and varies according to species.

The immature fruit is green with dense grey-white pubescence, most of which rubs off before maturity in late autumn when the fruit changes colour to yellow with hard, strongly perfumed flesh.

An immature drake is typically all dark with a white breast and a yellow bill patch.

The males are typically black and yellow or orange, with white markings ; the plumage of females and immature birds is duller.

Winter, female and immature birds all have similarly greenish-yellow uppersides and are a duller yellow below.

The adult male has a bright orange-yellow head ; females and immature birds are duller and have a yellow head.

The immature fruit is dark green with light green stripes, turning yellow and wrinkled as it matures.

An immature bird will have yellow, rather than orange-tinged markings, and grey tips to its black brown feathers.

The creek is also home to a large population of small fish ( Including immature trout and sunfish, crappie, yellow perch and others ).

They are sexually dimorphic with males having reddish-pink to orange, yellow or light gray bodies and black heads, shoulders and limbs ; females and the immature have bodies with scattered spots or contrasting bands of light and dark in shades of gray or yellow.

Eye displays are used in conjunction with postural displays, with the yellow patch fully displayed by dominant birds using threat postures, and immature birds tending to reduce the size of the eye patch when under attack from other members of the coterie.

When the hoppers become gregarious, they change from green-coloured to yellow and black, and the adults change from brown to red ( immature ) or yellow ( mature ).

The sexes were alike ; downy young were black all over, with conspicuously long dark legs and a yellow bill, and immature birds had the entire underside colored pale brown.

The female and immature are olive green above and greenish yellow below.

The sexes are similar, although the female may be a little duller, but immature birds are greenish above and have pale yellow underparts.

All true puffballs are considered edible when immature, but can cause digestive upset if the spores have begun to form, as indicated by the color of the flesh being not pure white ( first yellow, then brown ).

The eye of an adult is usually a vivid orange or red-orange, although immature birds have a yellow eye.

Males also have a yellow patch on their breast and a red cap, both of which are lacking in female and immature birds.

The majority of the Hermit Warbler's head is yellow, and males have a dark black throat, while females have much less black on their throat bib and immature birds have no black throat.