Piracicaba

American  

[pee-rah-si-kah-bah] / ˌpi rɑ sɪˈkɑ bɑ /

noun

1. a city in SE Brazil, NW of São Paulo.

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Example Sentences

"The detection of antibiotic residues in the water, sediments, and fish of the Piracicaba River shows just how harmful human activities can be. The resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics can lead to the emergence of superbugs in the environment. The research yielded positive results with low-cost environmental solutions and enabled a better understanding of the integrated functioning of aquatic ecosystems and the use of effective natural techniques for impact mitigation," adds Valdemar Luiz Tornisielo, supervisor of Evangelista's research and co-author of the article.

From Science Daily

“Tree planting is often viewed as the simple act of digging a hole,” forest scientists Pedro Brancalion of the University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, and Karen Holl of the University of California, Santa Cruz, noted last year in a review of agroforestry projects in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

From Science Magazine

If you read variety descriptions carefully, you’ll learn about the diversity of traits possible within a single crop, and notice that some broccoli makes one big head, for example, while others are “non-heading,” like Piracicaba, forming a cluster of smaller florets over a number of weeks.

From New York Times

The accident happened beside the Piracicaba River.

From Washington Times

In many places, grazing cattle or growing crops is simply more profitable than allowing trees to come back, notes Pedro Brancalion, a forest expert at the University of São Paulo in Piracicaba, Brazil.

From Science Magazine