Posts by Month: April, 2008
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Mulberry (Morus) is a genus of 10 - 16 species of deciduous trees native to warm, ... |
The mango is a tropical fruit of the mango tree. Mangos belong to the genus Mangif... |
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The lemon (Citrus × limon) is a hybrid in cultivated wild plants. It is the common... |
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The kiwifruit (or kiwi) is the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine ... |
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The Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) is a species of hazel native to Europe and wes... |
The grapefruit is a subtropical citrus tree grown for its fruit which was original... |
A grape is the non-climacteric fruit that grows on the perennial and deciduous woo... |
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The gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa (syn. R. grossularia) is a species of Ribes, nativ... |
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Ficus is a genus of about 800 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, an... |
Sambucus (Elder or Elderberry) is a genus of between 5 and 30 species of shrubs or... |
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The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the genus Phoenix, extensively cu... |
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The kumquats or cumquats are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the genus For... |
A Clementine is the fruit of a variety of mandarin (Citrus reticulata), named in 1... |
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Chestnut (Castanea), including chinkapin, is a genus of eight or nine species of d... |
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Cabbage is a hardy vegetable that grows especially well in fertile soils. There ar... |
The word cherry refers to a fleshy fruit (drupe) that contains a single stony seed... |
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Cantaloupe (also cantaloup) refers to two varieties of muskmelon (Cucumis melo), w... |
The genus Physalis, of the family Solanaceae, includes annual and perennial herbs ... |
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Blueberries are flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium, sect. Cyanococcus. The sp... |
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The Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) is a species of Ribes berry native to central and ... |
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The blackberries (singular, blackberry; genus Rubus, subgenus Eubatus; also called... |
Bilberry is a name given to several species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vac... |
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Banana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus ... |
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The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to Mexico, Central America, and Gu... |
The Apricot (Prunus armeniaca, "Armenian plum" in Latin, syn. Armeniaca vulgaris L... |
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The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the... |
The turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in tempera... |
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Truffles, name not to be confused with the Chocolate truffle, are a group of valua... |
Sweet corn (Zea mays var. rugosa), also called sweetcorn, sugar corn, or simply co... |
Squashes generally refer to four species of the genus Cucurbita native to the New ... |
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. I... |
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Chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla), also known as Swiss Chard, Silverbeet, Perpetual... |
The term Shallot is used to describe two different Allium species of plant. The Fr... |
Seakale is a halophytic perennial plant that grows wild along the coasts of Europe... |
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Samphire is a name given to a number of very different, edible plants, that happen... |
The Goatsbeards or Salsifies are the genus Tragopogon of flowering plants within t... |
The swede, or (yellow) turnip (Brassica napobrassica, or Brassica napus var. napob... |
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Eruca sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell., Brassica eruca L.) ... |
Rheum is a genus of perennial plants that grow from thick short rhizomes. The genu... |
The radish (Raphanus sativus) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae fami... |
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Pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae... |
Potato is the term which applies either to the starchy tuberous root vegetable cro... |
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