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In 2021, President Joe Biden awarded Cheatle a Presidential Rank Award for exceptional performance. [9] In August 2022, President Biden announced the appointment of Cheatle as director of the United States Secret Service, [10] and she assumed office on September 17, 2022. [11] She was the second woman to hold the position. [12]
The skin of nectarines lacks the fuzz (fruit-skin trichomes) that peach skin has; a mutation in a single gene (MYB25) is thought to be responsible for the difference between the two. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 2018, China produced 62% of the world total of peaches and nectarines.
The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) [6] is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (). [7] The jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, reaching as much as 55 kg (120 pounds) in weight, 90 cm (35 inches) in length, and 50 cm (20 inches) in diameter.
From a botanical point of view, the strawberry is not a berry but an aggregate accessory fruit, meaning that the fleshy part is derived not from the plant's ovaries but from the receptacle that holds the ovaries. [4] Each apparent "seed" on the outside of the fruit is actually one of the ovaries of the flower, with a seed inside it. [4]
"Skin" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter. It was released through Island Records on January 22, 2021. [1] [2] The song marks her first release with Island after previously being signed to Hollywood Records since 2014. It was written by Carpenter, Tia Scola and its producer Ryan McMahon. "Skin" is a synth-pop ballad.
An aggregate fruit is also called an aggregation, or etaerio; it develops from a single flower that presents numerous simple pistils. [16] Each pistil contains one carpel; together, they form a fruitlet. The ultimate (fruiting) development of the aggregation of pistils is called an aggregate fruit, etaerio fruit, or simply an etaerio.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the English word pumpkin derives from the Ancient Greek word πέπων (romanized pepōn), meaning 'melon'. [6] [7] Under this theory, the term transitioned through the Latin word peponem and the Middle French word pompon to the Early Modern English pompion, which was changed to pumpkin by 17th-century English colonists, shortly after encountering ...
The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. ... Archived from the original on 11 May 2021; von Soden, Wolfram ...