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innocence

(Encyclopedia)innocence, in botany: see madder.

dock

(Encyclopedia)dock, in botany: see buckwheat.

teosinte

(Encyclopedia)teosinte: see corn, in botany.

wattle

(Encyclopedia)wattle, in botany: see acacia.

Haller, Albrecht von

(Encyclopedia)Haller, Albrecht von älˈbrĕcht fən häˈlər [key], 1708–77, Swiss scientist and writer. He had already won distinction as botanist and poet when he was appointed (1736) professor of anatomy, me...

heather

(Encyclopedia)heather: see heath, in botany.

mace, in botany and cooking

(Encyclopedia)mace, in botany and cooking: see nutmeg. ...

raisin, in botany and cooking

(Encyclopedia)raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Th...

star-of-Bethlehem, in botany

(Encyclopedia)star-of-Bethlehem, in botany, low, spring-blooming bulbous plant (Ornithogalum umbellatum) of the family Liliaceae (lily family), native to the Mediterranean region but naturalized in North America an...

Darwin, Sir Francis

(Encyclopedia)Darwin, Sir Francis, 1848–1925, English botanist, assistant to his father, Charles Robert Darwin. He lectured in botany at Cambridge and was foreign secretary of the Royal Society and president of t...