When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: things made from plants worksheet

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Human uses of plants - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_uses_of_plants

    Grapes being trodden to extract the juice and made into wine in storage jars. Tomb of Nakht, 18th dynasty, Thebes, Ancient Egypt. Human uses of plants include both practical uses, such as for food, clothing, and medicine, and symbolic uses, such as in art, mythology and literature. Materials derived from plants are collectively called plant ...

  3. Natural material - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_material

    A natural material is any product or physical matter that comes from plants, animals, or the ground which is not man-made. [1] [2] Minerals and the metals that can be extracted from them (without further modification) are also considered to belong into this category. Natural materials are used as building materials and clothing. Types include:

  4. Human uses of living things - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_uses_of_living_things

    Greek mythology mentions many plants and flowers, [122] where for example the lotus tree bears a fruit that causes a pleasant drowsiness, [123] while moly is a magic herb mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey with a black root and white blossoms. [124] Magic plants are found, too, in Serbian mythology, where the raskovnik is supposed to be able to ...

  5. List of food plants native to the Americas - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Food_Plants_Native...

    When complete, the list below will include all food plants native to the Americas (genera marked with a dagger † are endemic), regardless of when or where they were first used as a food source. For a list of food plants and other crops which were only introduced to Old World cultures as a result of the Columbian Exchange touched off by the ...

  6. Lists of useful plants - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_useful_plants

    This article contains a list of useful plants, meaning a plant that has been or can be co-opted by humans to fulfill a particular need. Rather than listing all plants on one page, this page instead collects the lists and categories for the different ways in which a plant can be used; some plants may fall into several of the categories or lists ...

  7. Vegetable - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable

    Vegetables in a market in the Philippines Vegetables for sale in a market in France. Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food.The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds.

  8. List of fermented foods - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fermented_foods

    Tibicos water crystals made with Muscovado. This is a list of fermented foods, which are foods produced or preserved by the action of microorganisms.In this context, fermentation typically refers to the fermentation of sugar to alcohol using yeast, but other fermentation processes involve the use of bacteria such as lactobacillus, including the making of foods such as yogurt and sauerkraut.

  9. List of soy-based foods - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_soy-based_foods

    The plant is classed as an oilseed rather than a pulse by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Many foods and dishes are prepared using soybeans as a primary ingredient. Many foods and dishes are prepared using soybeans as a primary ingredient.