| Author |
Silvertown, Jonathan W.
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| Publication |
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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| Description |
216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Call # |
581.467 S |
| Contents |
An orchard invisible: seeds -- First forms minute: evolution -- Even beans do it: sex -- Before the seed: pollination -- According to their own kinds: inheritance -- O rose, thou art sick!: enemies -- The biggest coconut I ever see: size -- Ten thousand acorns: number -- Luscious clusters of the vine: fruit -- Winged seeds: dispersal -- Circumstance unknown: fate -- Fierce energy: germination -- Sorrow's mysteries: poisons -- Ah, sun-flower!: oil -- John Barleycorn: beer -- Realm of illusion: coffee -- Nourishment and inspiration: gastronomy. |
| Subject |
Seeds.
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|
Botany.
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| Addl. Author |
Whitesides, Amy.
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| ISBN |
0226757749 (pbk.) : |
|
9780226757742 (pbk.) |
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