shivering. involuntary shaking of the body, as with cold. It is caused by contraction or twitching of the muscles, and is a physiologic method of heat production in humans and other mammals. As a form of aerobic skeletal muscle activity, vigorous shivering uses about as much energy as riding a bicycle or shoveling snow.
Pittosporum ( / p Éª Ë t É s p Éµ r Ém / or / Ë p Éª t Éµ Ë s p ÉÉr Ém /) [1] is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. The genus is probably Gondwanan in origin; its present range extends from Australasia, Oceania, eastern Asia and some parts of Africa.
Cladosporium. A genus of fungi having dematiaceous or dark-colored conidiophores with oval or round spores, commonly isolated in soil or plant residues. [G. klados, a branch, + sporos, seed]. /CladÂ·oÂ·spoÂ·riÂ·um/ (-sporÂ´e-um) a genus of imperfect fungi.