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Cream

Cream

1. The upper fatty layer which forms in milk on standing or which is separated from it by centrifugalization; it contains about the same amount of sugar and protein as milk, but from 12 to 40% more fat.

2. Any whitish viscid fluid resembling cream.

3. A semisolid emulsion of either the oil-in-water or the water-in-oil type, ordinarily intended for topical use.

Origin: L. Cremor, thick juice, broth


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... to identify an unknown from the environment, but am having trouble finding somewhere to start. I have quite a bit of information. Colonies are cream colored. It is gram positive. It grew at high concentrations of sodium chloride (.5%,2%,%5,20%). It grew at 4 degree celsius and 25 degree celsius. ...

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by sunnye
Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:42 am
 
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Sugar Allergy

My friend isn't allowed to eat sugar. Well, obviously she eats some sugars. But she can't have chocolate,cakes, ice cream and stuff. And she can't eat bread and potatoes. Her diet consists mainly of vegetables and fruit, sometimes pasta, meat and fish.

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by JustAnotherStar
Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:31 am
 
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Re: Threats to estuaries

... chopper pilots' salaries. The result: New Orleans flooded and lots of people died that could've been saved. Thank you, Mr. Bush. Your comparing cream corn and peas here. First your talking about estuaries and lack of funding from the government. Then you mention as long as you remember the levee ...

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by MichaelXY
Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:20 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Threats to estuaries
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