useful plant

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It is a very useful plant that can be prepared in many different ways.
这是一种非常有用的、可以用许多不同方法来制备的作物。
Scientists have calculated that globally the ratio between the amounts of useful plant food used to produce meat is about 5 to 1.
科学家们计算出全球用于生产肉食的植物性食物数量比例达到5比1。
This is also a very useful plant for shady gardens and looks quite at home in large groups beneath trees, where they do not seem to mind competition from tree roots, provided the soil is good.
这也是一个非常有用的植物成荫的花园，并期待在主场相当树底下，他们似乎并不介意从树根大集团的竞争，提供良好的土壤。
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So, a natural product is something that is made by nature, and often natural products, whether it comes from a plant or a marine organism have some really good, useful properties. And so, one particular compound has anti-tumor properties. So, again, along this line of cancer research.
天然产物是在自然界中生成的,通常一个天然产物，不管是来自植物或者海洋生物,都有些非常好非常实用的性质，其中的一个特殊的化合物,可以治疗癌症,再一次我们又来到癌症研究上。
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