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.
Pittosporum bicolor is a dense, rounded evergreen shrub or small tree, usually reaching 12 to 15 feet in height and 6 to 15 feet in spread.The foliage is glossy, dark green throughout the year. Fragrant, small, nodding, bell-shaped, maroon-crimson flowers appear mainly in spring.ittosporum bicolor is a dense, rounded evergreen shrub or small tree, usually reaching 12 to 15 feet in height and 6 to 15 feet in spread.