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A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry)

The Organization of American States is the world’s oldest regional organization. The OAS brings together all 35 independent states of the Americas and constitutes the main political, juridical, and social governmental forum in the Hemisphere. (https://www.oas.org/en/about/who_we_are.asp)

Hydrographic surveying is the science of measurement and description of features which affect maritime navigation, marine construction, dredging, offshore oil exploration/offshore oil drilling and related activities. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrographic_survey)

In ecology, an oasis is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment that sustains plant life and provides habitat for animals. Surface water and land may be present, or water may only be accessible from wells or underground channels created by humans. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis)

Oats are defined as the grains of Avena sativa and Avena byzantina. (FAO & WHO. 2019. Standard for Oats. Codex Standard, No. CXS 201-1995. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)

Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies in order to collect their honey and other products, to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)

A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium. (MeSH, 2024. Obstetrics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68009774)

Set of jobs whose main tasks and duties are characterised by a high degree of similarity. (International Labour Organization (1998). ILO thesaurus: labour, employment and training terminology. Geneva: ILO. http://www.ilo.org/)

Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. (Wikipedia. 2026. Oceania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania)

An oceanographer studies the ocean. (https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceanographer.html)

Imaginary lines that cross the surface of the Earth, running from north to south, measuring how far east or west of the prime meridian a place is located. Unlike latitude, which has the Equator as a natural starting position, there is no natural starting position for longitude. Therefore, a reference meridian had to be chosen. (FAOTERM)

The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordovician)

SBV is a novel Orthobunyavirus that emerged in Europe in 2011 . The virus was found in malformed lambs, kids and calves, and in dairy cattle with fever, diarrhoea and reduced milk yield. Like the genetically related viruses of the Simbu serogroup, SBV affects ruminants. Infection of cattle, sheep, goats, roe deer, mouflon and bison has been confirmed. (https://www.woah.org/en/disease/schmallenberg-disease/)