A good or service in which the benefit received by any one party does not diminish the availability of the benefits to others, and where access to the good cannot be restricted. (TEEB for Agriculture & Food Interim Report. The Economics of Ecosystem & Biodiversity, TEEB, 2015.)
The C horizon (parent material) is below the B Horizon. This layer is little affected by soil-forming processes and they thus have a lack of pedological development. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_horizon)
Rangeland health can be defined as the degree to which the integrity of the physical and ecological processes of the rangeland ecosystems are sustained. (Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management
for Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management for Montana and the Dakotas https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/Miles%20City%20MT%20standards%20for%20rangeland%20health%20guidelines%20for%20grazing.pdf)
A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightvessel)
Thymus transcaucasicus Ronniger is the accepted name of a species in the genus Thymus (family Lamiaceae). (http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-205608)
Hendra virus (HeV) infection is a rare emerging zoonosis (disease that can be transmitted to humans from animals) that causes severe and often fatal disease in both infected horses and humans. The natural host of the virus has been identified as being fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus. (https://www.who.int/health-topics/hendra-virus-disease)
An oval or round fruit with creamy white meat and a yellow-green rind with small rounded spines. It is usually boiled and eaten as a vegetable and resembles potato in flavor. It is a staple food in South Pacific and Malaysian cuisines. (NALT https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12645)
The iris (plural: irides or irises) is a thin, circular structure in the eye, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil and thus the amount of light reaching the retina. Eye color is defined by that of the iris. In optical terms, the pupil is the eye's aperture, while the iris is the diaphragm. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(anatomy))
Environmental management tool for measuring the effects of certain activities on the environment against set criteria or standards. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
Haplotype analysis is the study of a pattern of descent of a set of linked alleles occurring on the same chromosome. (D'Amelio AM Jr, Monroy C, El-Zein R, Etzel CJ. Using haplotype analysis to elucidate significant associations between genes and Hodgkin lymphoma. Leuk Res. 2012 Nov;36(11):1359-64. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2012.07.014. Epub 2012 Aug 14. PMID: 22902050; PMCID: PMC3449215.)
Leontice is a genus of perennial, tuberous herbs belonging to the Berberidaceae family, comprising four species: Leontice leontopetalum, Leontice ewersmanni, Leontice armeniaca, and Leontice incerta. These plants are found primarily in mountainous regions and are widely distributed across parts of Asia, including Turkey, Lebanon, Armenia, Syria, China, and Central Asia. (Ispa, Jannatul & Khan, Monir & Saima, & Amin, Tasfiq & Rahman, Md & Arafat, Md & Ali, Md. Liakot & Mamun, Md. Jahirul & Hossain, Mohammed & Proma, Nawreen. (2025). A Comprehensive Review on the Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemical Diversity, and Pharmacological Activities of the Genus Leontice Medicinal Plants. Natural Product Communications. 20. 10.1177/1934578X251403058.)
