These woods, when burning or smoking, can add harmful tar and resins to the food. Only hardwoods should be used for smoking and grilling, such as oak, pecan, hickory, maple, cherry, alder, apple, or mesquite, depending on the type of meat being cooked. Heroin is derived from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, which means the poppy that brings sleep. An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows. A pound of corn consists of approximately 1,300 kernels.
Corn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
The tree dictated on the Lebanese flag is a Cedar. The telegraph plant of Asia has leaves that flutter constantly, even when there is no breeze.