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FERTILISER |
Plant food |
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SOYA |
Versatile leguminous food plant |
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OMNIVORE |
Animal that eats food of both plant and animal origin |
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NATCHNEE |
An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India
as a food plant. |
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NARDOO |
An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved
cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food. |
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CHICHLING VETCH |
A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad
flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food. |
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BUCKWHEAT |
A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family,
the seed of which is used for food. |
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CASSAVA |
A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the
cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca. |
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CAMASS |
A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of
northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the
Indians. |
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SADR |
A plant of the genus Ziziphus (Z. lotus); -- so called by the
Arabs of Barbary, who use its berries for food. See Lotus (b). |
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BROCCOLI |
A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of
many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering
head, is the part used for food. |
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LENTIL |
A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of
small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is
used for food on the continent. |
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BREADROOT |
The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta),
found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds
in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food. |
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PEA |
A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties,
much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the
pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod. |
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MAIZE |
A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z.
Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also,
its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals. |
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VEGETABLE |
A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic
animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also,
the edible part o... |
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ONION |
A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a
strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root,
much used as an... |
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LUPINE |
A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L.
albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times.
The common species... |
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RAPE |
A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the
turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the
production of ... |
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SECHIUM |
The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of
the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long,
and contains ... |
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PLANTAIN |
The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat
cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered
with a thick but tende... |
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RICE |
A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This
plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a
large porti... |
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POTATO |
A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and
its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties
used for food. ... |
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LIVE |
To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a
plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent
on such assimilat... |
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CHLOROPHYLL |
...rmed
in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of
plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all
ordi... |