1 A fallen coast redwood will often send up new shoots, growing new trees off of its trunk. This is called a candelabra tree.  Redwoods and giant sequoias were used to build many of the original buildings in San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento in the latter 1800s.
gossypol. n. 1. (Biochemistry) a toxic crystalline pigment that is a constituent of cottonseed oil. [C19: from Modern Latin gossypium cotton plant + -ol 1 ].
Also known as narghile, argileh, shisha, hubble-bubble, shisha, or goza, a hookah is a water pipe that is used to smoke flavored and sweetened tobacco. The hookah pipe houses separate chambers for the tobacco and water. One or more flexible tubing stems allow consumers to inhale the tobacco smoke. Hookah tobacco is often flavored with molasses, fruit pulp, or honey and has had additional flavor added, such as coconut, fruit flavors, mint or coffee.