Tag: botany
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Why an olive branch?…
Olive branches have long been considered a symbol of peace throughout the Mediterranean region (and cultures at least partially derived from same, such as Christian Europe). But why specifically olive branches, and not olives or entire olive trees? There may be a scientific reason for that, and it has to do with the early domestication…
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Plant sex is weird. (part 1: alternating generations)
Slight NSFW warning, I guess. I mean, unless you’re reading this from the Victorian era (and, if so, please tell me how), or are actually a plant (again, inquiring minds want to know), the subject itself isn’t too shocking, but I will use some somewhat indelicate language occasionally. And I’ll be using the word sex.…