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  2. Astrobotany - Wikipedia

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    The first organisms in space were "specially developed strains of seeds" launched to 134 km (83 mi) on 9 July 1946 on a U.S. launched V-2 rocket. These samples were not recovered. The first seeds launched into space and successfully recovered were maize seeds launched on 30 July 1946, which were soon followed by rye and cotton.

  3. Plants in space - Wikipedia

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    The first organisms in space were "specially developed strains of seeds" launched to 134 km (83 mi) on 9 July 1946 on a U.S. launched V-2 rocket. These samples were not recovered. The first seeds launched into space and successfully recovered were maize seeds launched on 30 July 1946. Soon followed rye and cotton.

  4. List of plants in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Name in Bible Plant name Scientific name References סנה ‎ səneh: Abraham's Bush or Blackberry: Vitex agnus-castus, Rubus sanctus or Loranthus acaciae: Exodus 3:2 שטה ‎ šiṭṭāh: Acacia, Spirale: Acacia raddiana: Exodus 25:10 אלמגים ‎ ’almuggîm: Almug tree; traditionally thought to denominate Red Sandalwood and/or

  5. List of agricultural deities - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of agriculture gods and goddesses, gods whose tutelary specialty was agriculture, either of agriculture in general or of one or more specialties within the field. Each god's culture or religion of origin is listed; a god revered in multiple contexts are listed with the one in which he originated. Roman gods appear on a separate list.

  6. History of botany - Wikipedia

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    The first writings that show human curiosity about plants themselves, rather than the uses that could be made of them, appear in ancient Greece and ancient India. In Ancient Greece, the teachings of Aristotle 's student Theophrastus at the Lyceum in ancient Athens in about 350 BC are considered the starting point for Western botany.

  7. Moly (herb) - Wikipedia

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    A derivation of the name was given, from the "hard" (Greek malos) combat with the Giant. [3] [4] [5] Homer also describes moly by saying "The root was black, while the flower was as white as milk; the gods call it Moly, Dangerous for a mortal man to pluck from the soil, but not for the deathless gods. All lies within their power". [6]

  8. Historia Plantarum (Theophrastus) - Wikipedia

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    Theophrastus's Enquiry into Plants or Historia Plantarum (Ancient Greek: Περὶ φυτῶν ἱστορία, Peri phyton historia) was, along with his mentor Aristotle's History of Animals, Pliny the Elder's Natural History and Dioscorides's De materia medica, one of the most important books of natural history written in ancient times, and like them it was influential in the Renaissance.

  9. Category:Mythological plants - Wikipedia

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    Category: Mythological plants. 21 languages. ... Vegetable Lamb of Tartary; Z. Zaqqum This page was last edited on 28 February 2021, at 02:07 ...