Could the extract from a rare Swiss apple really get rid of your wrinkles?

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not interesting or exciting, not bright or shiny
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dull
A dull, sour apple, almost extinct, living quietly on a rare tree in a remote part of Switzerland.
A dull, sour apple, almost extinct.
very fashionable and expensive
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swanky
It spends its time among beautiful people in swanky department stores.
the length of time for which a person, animal, or thing exists:
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lifespan
It's claimed this ingredient can increase the lifespan of human cells.
to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite:
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reverse
It's claimed this ingredient can reverse skin ageing.
a way of describing something by saying it is much bigger, smaller, worse etc than it actually is [exaggeration]
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hyperbole
I'm used to hyperbole in the beauty world.
komórki macierzyste
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stem cells
Human stem cells can turn into any part of the body.
plant stem cells can be incorporated in skin creams
starting to develop:
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embryonic
relating to an embryo
the law bans the use of embryonic stem cells in cosmetics.
to develop or come from something else
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be derived
The Uttwiler is derived from a rare 18th-century species of apple tree
(to cause) to become weak and dry and decay:
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wither
Grass had withered in the fields.
it could be kept for months without withering.
a piece of writing that is done as part of a course at school or university (essay]
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paper
In a paper published Swiss scientists noted...
tkanka
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tissue
These apples must have especially long-living tissue stem cells.
if sb or sth is ..., X-rays or radioactive beams are passed through them
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irradiated
The human cells were irradiated with UV light,
mieszek włosowy
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hair follicle
hair follicles kept in a solution of Uttwiler continued to grow for 18 days,
hair follicles kept in a solution
a liquid in which a solid or gas has been mixed
Pol. roztwór
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solution
hair follicles kept in a solution
hard
It might sound ..., but I don't care if he's homeless. He's not living with me!
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callous
The patient has a callous spot on her elbow.
scientists cut pieces of the apple, which responded by forming a protective 'callous' made of plant stem cells on the surface.
hodowla
The bacteria were put in a ... for the biologist to identify.
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culture
These cells were grown in a liquid culture
to find out how good something is:
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put to the test
These cells were grown in a liquid culture and put to the test.
to improve the quality of something by adding something else:
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enrich
a cream enriched with 2 per cent PhytoCell-Tec
the very small lines that form in the skin near the eyes of older people
Pol. kurze łapki
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crows feet
a cream reduced crows feet by eight per cent after a fortnight
Pol. asortyment, gama, wachlarz (produktów)
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range
Skincare companies rushed to include it in their ranges.

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