Thursday, July 23, 2015

0723 - Why bananas as we know them might go extinct (and what to do about it)

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/africa/banana-panama-disease/index.html
Vocabulary
1.resilient = Able to recover readily, as from misfortune.
2.cultivar =A race or variety of a plant that has been created or selected intentionally and maintained through cultivation.
3.parlance = any discussion, such as a debate
4.clamp =(a harvested root crop
5.nil=having no value or existence.
6.plant=Any of several varieties of banana,
7.virulent =extremely infective
8.eradicate=To get rid of; eliminate:
9.mitigation = the action of lessening in severity or intensity
10.rigorous=  harsh, severe, or demanding:
11.dominance = the power or right to give orders or make decisions

Expression
1.under threat
2.wiped out
3.get rid of