Phyllosphere: the above ground surface of the leaves of a plant or parts of a plant, considered as a habitat for microorganisms. (Bullor, L., Braude, H., Monzón, J., Cotes Prado, A. M., Casavola, V., Carbajal Morón., N. & Risopoulos, J.2024. Bioinputs: Investment opportunities in Latin America. Directions in investment No. 9. Rome, FAO. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc9060en)
Often called plasticizers, these chemicals make hundreds of products more durable, such as personal-care products, food packaging, toys, and flooring. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2024. Environmental Health Sciences Glossary https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/glossary)
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. (Wikipedia. 2025. Physician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician)
An economic and political system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution, in which the goal is to produce profit (Elwell, F. 2013. Glossary of Sociology. In Sociocultural Systems. Principles of Structure and Change. https://read.aupress.ca/read/sociocultural-systems-principles-of-structure-and-change/section/b9d25a9e-9550-4871-a7f1-59f5add30d2f)
Dry beans are cultivated all over the world and used primarily for human consumption. Only species of Phaseolus should be included, although several countries also include certain types of beans commonly classified as Vigna (angularis, mungo, radiata, aconitifolia).
Pilot projects and preparatory actions are experimental initiatives designed to test the feasibility of new actions and prepare new programmes. (European Education and Culture Executive Agency. 2025. Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs) https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/grants/2021-2027/pilot-projects-and-preparatory-actions-pppas_en)
A light-colored, low-density, frothy volcanic rock, usually of dacite or rhyolite composition, formed by the expansion of gas bubbles in erupting lava. (U. S. Geological Survey, 2009. Glossary. Living with a Volcano in Your Backyard–An Educator's Guide https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/19/downloads/Appendixes/V_Glossary.pdf)
