(Irish / English) From the green field / light brown; a warm sandy color Tawney, Tawni, Tawnie, Tawnee, Tawnia, Tawnya, Tawniya, Tawnea
Various species including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, PhyllostachysDescription: Bamboos are woody grasses that grow up to 15 meters tall. The leaves are grasslike and the stems are the familiar bamboo used in furniture and fishing poles.Habitat and Distribution: Look for bamboo in warm, moist regions in open or jungle country, in lowland, or on mountains. Bamboos are native to the Far East (Temperate and Tropical zones) but have bean widely planted around the world.Edible Parts: The young shoots of almost all species are edible raw or cooked. Raw shoots have a slightly bitter taste that is removed by boiling. To prepare, remove the tough protective sheath that is coated with tawny or red hairs. The seed grain of the flowering bamboo is also edible. Boil the seeds like rice or pulverize them, mix with water, and make into cakes.Other Uses: Use the mature bamboo to build structures or to make containers, ladles, spoons, and various other cooking utensils. Also use bamboo to make tools and weapons. You can make a strong bow by splitting the bamboo and putting several pieces together.CAUTIONGreen bamboo may explode in a fire. Green bamboo has an internal membrane you must remove before using it as a food or water container.... bamboo
Hemerocallis fulvaDescription: This plant has unspotted, tawny blossoms that open for 1 day only. It has long, swordlike, green basal leaves. Its root is a mass of swollen and elongated tubers.Habitat and Distribution: Daylilies are found worldwide in Tropic and Temperate Zones. They are grown as a vegetable in the Orient and as an ornamental plant elsewhere.Edible Parts: The young green leaves are edible raw or cooked. Tubers are also edi ble raw or cooked. You can eat its flowers raw, but they taste better cooked. You can also fry the flowers for storage.CAUTIONEating excessive amounts of raw flowers may cause diarrhea.... daylily
n. a condition in which the liver responds to liver cell (*hepatocyte) injury or death by replacing damaged tissue with interlacing strands of fibrous tissue and nodules of regenerating cells. The liver becomes tawny and characteristically knobbly in appearance (due to the nodules). Causes include chronic *alcoholism (alcoholic cirrhosis), viral *hepatitis, *nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), chronic obstruction of the common bile duct (secondary biliary cirrhosis), autoimmune diseases (chronic autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis), sclerosing *cholangitis, and chronic heart failure (cardiac cirrhosis). In a small minority of cases no cause is found (cryptogenic cirrhosis). Complications include *portal hypertension, *ascites, *hepatic encephalopathy, and *hepatoma. Cirrhosis is irreversible. The withdrawal or treatment of causative factors prevents further deterioration of liver function. Liver transplantation may be considered when liver failure has become established. Complete abstinence from alcohol should be recommended to those patients with cirrhosis secondary to alcoholic liver disease. —cirrhotic adj.... cirrhosis
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