Definition of mal

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

Now the thing for us to do is to find ourselves a_couple_of those wonderful flowering currants such_as the red Ribes_sanguineum of our Pacific_Northwest , or otherwise a good sloe tree , or perhaps some nice pussy_willow in bloom , preferably one with male or staminate catkins .

Each male willow catkin is composed of a large_number of small flowers .

After the male and female andrenas have mated , the cycle is repeated .

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

The best way to determine the correct figure ( in captives ) is by direct observation of pairs isolated from birth , a method that produced surprising results : maturing of a male Indian_python in less_than two years , his mate in less_than three ; data on the boa_constrictor about match this .

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

This patient was a 65 - year old white male accountant who entered the New_York_Hospital for his fourth and terminal admission on June 26 , 1959 , because of disabling weakness and general debility .