Pachyrhizus erosus Urb. Pachyrhizus erosus, commonly known as jicama (/ Ë h Éª k É m É / or / dÊ Éª Ë k ÉË m É /; Spanish jÃ­cama [Ëxikama] (help Â· info); from Nahuatl xÄ«camatl, [ÊiËËkamatÉ¬]), Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip, is the name of a native Mexican vine, although the name most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root.
Specific gravity, in the context of clinical pathology, is a urinalysis parameter commonly used in the evaluation of kidney function and can aid in the diagnosis of various renal diseases. For background on kidney function, see Renal function.
Beer brewed after a 13th-century recipe using gruit herbs. Gruit (alternately grut or gruyt) is an old-fashioned herb mixture used for bittering and flavoring beer, popular before the extensive use of hops. Gruit or grut ale may also refer to the beverage produced using gruit. Gruit was a combination of herbs, commonly including sweet gale (Myrica gale), mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), horehound (Marrubium vulgare), and heather (Calluna vulgaris).