Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Gray or cellular nerve-tissue, as distinguished from white or fibrous nerve-tissue; the gray substance of the brain and spinal cord.
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- noun anatomy The
grey matter of thebrain
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Examples
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The supracallosal gyrus is prolonged around the splenium of the corpus callosum as a delicate lamina, the fasciola cinerea, which is continuous below with the fascia dentata hippocampi.
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The birds include ten species of herons including grey heron Ardea cinerea, goliath heron A. goliath and yellow-billed egret Egretta intermedia, hammerkop Scopus umbretta, four of the six West African species of stork, ducks, five of the six West African species of vulture, hawks, plovers and francolins and black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus.
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In 2008, for example, his pinot in the Russian River Valley suffered from a rot known as botrytis cinerea.
Wine: A 'Sideways' look at pinot noir Dave McIntyre 2011
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During the late-autumn nights when the weather is dry and warm, the coolness of the water produces a mist that enables the grapes to develop a fungal growth, known as noble rot or Botrytis cinerea.
The Delights of Sweet Wine Will Lyons 2010
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From then on there followed a long period characterized by morning mists and warm afternoons that caused the rapid development of Botrytis cinerea on grapes that had already recorded a high concentration of sugar.
The Delights of Sweet Wine Will Lyons 2010
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It has mats of water lily Nymphaea alba and bushes of goat willow Salix caprea, grey willow S. cinerea and purple osier S. purpurea.
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The very growing conditions that make grape growing on Long Island challenging can also at times give rise to Botrytis cinerea, the mold responsible for perhaps the world's best dessert wines -- Sauternes.
LENNDEVOURS: 2007
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The very growing conditions that make grape growing on Long Island challenging can also at times give rise to Botrytis cinerea, the mold responsible for perhaps the world's best dessert wines -- Sauternes.
WTN: Jamesport Vineyards 2004 Late Harvest Riesling (North Fork of Long Island) 2007
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Brushwood associations on the peat soils are composed mainly of grey willow Salix cinerea, dwarf birch Betula humilis and Pinus silvestris.
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Two species normally associated with mangroves, mangrove flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra and mangrove whistler Pachycephala cinerea, are notable as having persisted on the islands despite the loss of favored habitat.
Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009
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