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" The new Oxford book of food plants / "
J.G. Vaughan and C. Geissler ; illustrated by B.E. Nicholson ; with additional illustrations by Elisabeth Dowle and Elizabeth Rice.
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1039320
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b793690
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| Main Entry
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Vaughan, J. G., (John Griffith)
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The new Oxford book of food plants /\ J.G. Vaughan and C. Geissler ; illustrated by B.E. Nicholson ; with additional illustrations by Elisabeth Dowle and Elizabeth Rice.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1997.
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xx, 239 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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0198505671
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: 0198548257
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: 0585163588
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: 9780198505679
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: 9780198548256
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: 9780585163581
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| Notes
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Rev. and updated edition of: The Oxford book of food plants / illustrations by B.E. Nicholson. 1969.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index.
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| Contents
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Glossary -- Introduction -- Grain crops -- Sugar crops and sago -- Oil crops -- Nuts -- Exotic water plants -- Legumes -- Fruits -- Beverage crops -- Vegetable fruits -- Spices and flavourings -- Herbs -- Salad crops -- Leaf vegetables -- Stem, inflorescence, and bulb vegetables -- Root vegetables -- Tropical root crops -- Seaweeds -- Mushrooms -- Wild food plants -- Nutrition and health -- Nutrition tables.
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| Abstract
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Discusses edible plants, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices, that grow throughout the world, relating their historical and current uses, and their nutritional values.
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Food crops.
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Cultures vivrières-- Ouvrages illustrés.
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Cultures vivrières.
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Food crops.
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Plantes vivrières.
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Voedselgewassen.
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| Dewey Classification
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633
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SB175.V38 1997
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42.40bcl
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48.50bcl
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Geissler, Catherine.
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Nicholson, Barbara.
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Nicholson, Barbara.
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