See also:GUARANA (so called from the See also:Guaranis, an aboriginal See also:American tribe)
, the plant Paullinia Cupana (or P. sorbilis) of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Sapindaceae, indigenous to the See also:north and See also:west of See also:Brazil
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It has a smooth erect See also:stem; large pinnate alternate leaves, composed of 5 oblong-See also:oval leaflets; narrow panicles of See also:short-stalked See also:flowers; and ovoid or pyriform See also:fruit about as large as a See also:grape, and containing usually one See also:seed only, which is shaped like a See also:minute See also:horse-See also:chestnut
.
What is commonly known as See also:guarana, guarana See also:bread or Brazilian See also:cocoa, is prepared from the seeds as follows
.
In See also:October and See also:November, at which See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time they become ripe, the seeds are removed from their capsules and See also:sun-dried, so as to admit of the ready removal by See also:hand of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white aril; they are next ground in a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:mortar or deep dish of hard See also:sandstone; the See also:powder, moistened by the addition of a small quantity of See also:water, or by exposure to the dews, is then made into a See also:paste with a certain proportion of whole or broken seeds, and worked up sometimes into balls, but usually into rolls not unlike See also:German sausages, 5 to 8 in. in length, and 12 to 16 oz. in See also:weight
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After drying by artificial or See also:solar See also:heat, the guarana is packed between broad leaves in sacks or baskets
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Thus pre-pared, it is of extreme hardness, and has a See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown See also:hue, a See also:bitter astringent See also:taste, and an odour faintly resembling that of roasted See also:coffee
.
An inferior See also:kind, softer and of a lighter See also:colour, is manufactured by admixture of cocoa or See also:cassava
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Rasped or grated into See also:sugar and water, guarana forms a beverage largely consumed in S
.
See also:America
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Its manufacture, originally confined to the Mauhes See also:Indians, has spread into various parts of Brazil
.
The properties of guarana as a See also:nervous stimulant and restorative are due to the presence of what was originally described as a new principle and termed guaranine, but is now known to be identical with See also:caffeine or theme
.
Besides this substance, which is stated to exist in it in the See also:form of tannate, guarana yields on See also:analysis the See also:glucoside saponin, with See also:tannin, See also:starch, See also:- GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in
gum, three volatile See also:oils, and an acrid See also:green fixed oil (See also:Fournier, Journ. de Pharm. vol. xxxix., 1861, p
.
291)
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