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... that latin For sake of consistency, the scientific names for plants and animals are written in latin -- not that the Romans called them these names, really, but more like a writing that *looks* latin. In many cases, a person's name or the region in which a plant was discovered is simply tweaked until it looks latin enough. Some of these ...
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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Almonds - Herb Profile and Information
... name and its more modern form came through the French amande, derived from the late Latin amandela, in turn a form of the Greek amygdalus, the meaning of which is obscure ... and juiceless, of a dingy green tinged with dull red, so that when growing it looks not unlike an unripe apricot. When fully ripe, this green covering dries and splits, and ...
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Echinocereus poselgeri
... "porcupine or hedgehog", "sea urchin” referring to the spines that cover the plant,. and the Latin word “Cereus” meaning "large wax candle" (the name of a columnar cactus genus) ( The ... , pulp white Seeds: Black 1,5mm Phenology: Blossoming time: Late Spring/Early Summer Notes: Apparently looks like some Peniocereus species, however the flowers, fruits, and seeds of E. poselgeri are characteristic ...
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Jade plant varieties - Cacti & Succulents Forum - GardenWeb
... of right now. I have one that I may name 'Splatter' because it looks as if white paint spilled all over the floor. I will not ... s Compacata' is really Crassula jade agentea A very old name. They all had latin names at one time, until Johnson wanted to give them cute names so ... I did see Gollum the other day and also a miniature jade that looks just like the common one only a fraction of the size...I ...
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Two plants with the same name? What? - Lucky Bamboo Forum - GardenWeb
... can have different common names, to be sure of what you have you need the latin name. Latin names have a genus and a species name, the genus name refers to a ... specific plant, if you look around you can likely find Lucky Bamboo in water that looks just like your ribbon plant and find plants growing in soil and labelled Dracena that ...
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"Vegetables and Fruits" Books: Titles Beginning With D
... look for used copies of that title by clicking on the used-book link, which looks like this: or search Abebooks for this book used Note: Those Abebooks used-book searches ... Doing Business with the Dictators: A Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944 (Latin American Silhouettes) Paul J. Dosal Hardcover: 28 July, 1993 (SR Books) US$72.00 (Usually ...
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Broccoli
... recommendation here. Other recent curiosities, such as "broccoflower" (a broccoli/cauliflower cross) and Romanesco, which looks like the same idea, are of zero interest to us: we have store-bought some ... broccoli "the five green fingers of Jupiter"); unsurprisingly, the name broccoli thus comes from the Latin bracchium--"strong arm or branch." Catherine de Medici of Tuscany is said to have first ...
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A Little About Japanese Hosta Names
... picture by a famous Ukiyoe artist Hiroshige can show you what a pillar capping "giboshi" looks like. Hostas are native to eastern Asian counties including Japan, Korea and China, especially more ... 'Aureomarginata' in western countries. By the way, "aureo" means yellow, and "marginata" means margined in Latin, don't they? We can't say its western name is creative, either. Likewise, Ohatsuki ...
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Latin America news
... Looks Toward Reforms in Ecuador Associated Press Nov 27 2006 11:04PM GMT Ecuadoran becomes latest Latin American leftist voted to office Yahoo! Asia Nov 27 2006 11:02PM GMT NEWSMAKER-Ecuador's Correa, once outsider, now front-runner Reuters Nov 27 2006 11:02PM GMT Correa looks ... IranNews IrelandNews IsraelNews ItalyNews JapanNews KoreaNews Latin America news LondonNews MexicoNews MiddleEastNews ...
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U.S. Apple Export Council looks to increase
... U.S. Apple Export Council looks to increase December, 1996 U.S. Apple Export Council looks to increase The U.S. Apple Export Council (USAEC) was at a crossroads this year ... its efforts on several emerging markets for the 1997/98 year, Kimball said. These include Latin America, seven countries in Central and South America and Israel. ìThese countries apple export growth ...
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