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French botanist, Tournefort gave the Latin botanical name, Lycopersicon esculentum, which translates to "wolfpeach."
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If you need motivation to acquire and enjoy some genuine homegrown tomatoes, read columnist Paul Greenberg's paean to an Arkansas variety of Lycopersicon esculentum: "Like life itself, the Bradley County Pink is perishable, but a joy while it's here."
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We saw many groups of them sitting under the trees outside their houses, each group with a mat in the centre, with calabashes upon it containing poi, the national Hawaiian dish, a fermented paste made from the root of the kalo, or arum esculentum.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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We lunched in one glorious valley, and Kaluna made drinking cups which held fully a pint, out of the beautiful leaves of the Arum esculentum.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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Buckwheat Buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum, is a plant in the Polygonum family, a relative of rhubarb and sorrel.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Thus kalo, the Arum esculentum, forms the national diet.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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Buckwheat Buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum, is a plant in the Polygonum family, a relative of rhubarb and sorrel.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Then a good chunk of Koko, Arum esculentum (Koko is better than yam, I may remark, because it is heavier), also smoked approximately the right colour, is often placed in the centre of the rubber ball.
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They are especially abundant in buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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John Troesle says that he gets a crop of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) in about two months in Monte Verde, Costa Rica.
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