An illustrated glossary of terms clarifies meanings for a beginning botanist
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Plant Characteristics Species Name Chlorogalum pomeridianum Common Name Soap Plant
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The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks staff discount An illustrated glossary of termsA New York Times Bestseller Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have