It was a curious sort of a feast, I reflected, in appearance indeed, an entertainment of the Barmecide stamp, for there was absolutely nothing to eat.

Maize streak virus, an endemic pathogen of native African grasses, was then carried to maize plants by viruliferous leafhoppers.

There has even been a claim from the unrecognised state of Westarctica, whatever that might be.

Intercellular and intracellular deposition of corrosion products is referred to as metallosis.