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Oh yes, this is an exquisite word, compressing a thrilling and scary relationship moment. It’s that delicious, cusp-y moment of imminent seduction. Neither of you has mustered the courage to make a move, yet. Hands haven’t been placed on knees; you’ve not kissed. Yuanfen (Chinese): A relationship by fate or destiny. From what I glean, in common usage yuanfen means the "binding force" that links two people together in any relationship. Ya’aburnee (Arabic): “You bury me.”
Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America. Index | Search | Home | Table of Contents Small, E. and D. Marcus. 2002. Hemp: A new crop with new uses for North America. p. 284–326. In: J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.), Trends in new crops and new uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA. Ernest Small and David Marcus *This paper was considerably improved by criticism provided by A. “Hemp” refers primarily to Cannabis sativa L.
Probably indigenous to temperate Asia, C. sativa is the most widely cited example of a “camp follower.” Hemp, grown under license mostly in Canada, is the most publicized “new” crop in North America. Cannabis sativa is extremely unusual in the diversity of products for which it is or can be cultivated. Table 1. Table 2. Fig. 1. Cannabis sativa is an annual wind-pollinated plant, normally dioecious and dimorphic, although sometimes monoecious (mostly in several modern European fiber cultivars). Fig. 2. Fig. 5. Highly selected forms of the fiber cultigen possess features maximizing fiber production. Table 3. Peg Gardner Blackley.
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