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It is distilled from the amyris, a bush which formerly covered the mountains of Gilead.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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We set off on the 19th of March, at a very early hour, for the village of Rastro; thence we were conducted by the Indians to a stream, which, in the time of drought, forms a basin of muddy water, surrounded by fine trees, * the clusia, the amyris, and the mimosa with fragrant flowers.
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In these burning climates the laurineae and amyris* furnish that fine timber for building, which, on the north-west coast of America, on mountains where the thermometer falls in winter to 20° centigrade below zero, we find in the family of the coniferae.
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The greatest part comes from the mararo or caragna, which is an amyris.
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In these burning climates the laurineae and amyris* (* The great white and red cedars of these countries are not the Cedrela odorata, but the Amyris altissima, which is an icica of Aublet.) furnish that fine timber for building, which, on the north-west coast of America, on mountains where the thermometer falls in winter to 20 degrees centigrade below zero, we find in the family of the coniferae.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The greatest part comes from the mararo or caragna, which is an amyris.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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More information about Amyris and its subsidiaries is available at www. amyris.com or www. amyrisbrasil.com.
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More information about Amyris and its subsidiaries is available at www. amyris.com or www. amyrisbrasil.com.
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Biotechnologies is Erin Kinsella, pr (at) amyris (dot) com
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Richard Chin: Tip of the Hat to Stephen Colbert and Malaria Project 2009
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