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" Plants & society / "
Estelle Levetin, Karen McMahon
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BL
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621945
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Levetin, Estelle
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| Title & Author
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Plants society /\ Estelle Levetin, Karen McMahon
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| Edition Statement
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6th ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: McGraw-Hill,, 2011
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xvii, 526 p. :: col. ill., maps ;; 28 cm
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9780073524221 (pbk.)
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: 0073524220 (pbk.)
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: 9780071222006 (pbk.)
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: 0071222006 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Plants in our lives -- The plant cell -- The plant body -- Plant physiology -- Plant life cycle : flowers -- Plant life cycle : fruits and seeds -- Genetics -- Plant systematics and evolution -- Diversity of plant life -- Human nutrition -- Origins of agriculture -- The grasses -- Legumes -- Starchy staples -- Feeding a hungry world -- Stimulating beverages -- Herbs and spices -- Materials : cloth, wood, and paper -- Medicinal plants -- Psychoactive plants -- Poisonous and allergy plants -- The algae -- Fungi in the natural environment -- Beverages and foods from fungi -- Fungi that affect human health -- Plant ecology
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Botany
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Botany, Economic
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Plants-- Social aspects
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| Dewey Classification
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580
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QK47.L48 2011
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McMahon, Karen
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Plants and society
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