| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 568 pages) : illustrations, map |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-535) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Tulsi, holy basil of the Hindus : with notes on sweet basil in the Mediterranean world -- Sacred fig-trees of India -- Mandrake, a root human in form : with notes on ginseng -- A question of odor? : garlic and its relatives as impure foods in the area from Europe to China -- Ritual use and avoidance of the urd bean (Vigna mungo) in India : with comparative data on certain related foods, flavorings and beverages -- The color black in the Pythagorean ban of the fava bean (Vicia faba) -- Favism and the origin of the Pythagorean ban on fava beans -- Pythagoras lives : parallels and survivals of his views of beans in modern and premodern times -- Further notes, elaborations, and conclusions. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plants -- Folklore.
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Plants -- Folklore. |
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Medicinal plants -- Folklore.
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Medicinal plants. |
| Genre/Form |
Folklore.
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Plants -- Mythology.
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Plants -- Mythology. |
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Human-plant relationships.
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Human-plant relationships. |
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Folklore. |
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Plants. |
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Plants, Medicinal. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Simoons, Frederick J. Plants of life, plants of death. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1998 0299159000 (DLC) 98009689 (OCoLC)38311412 |
| ISBN |
0585176205 (electronic book) |
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9780585176208 (electronic book) |
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0299159000 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0299159043 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780299159009 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780299159047 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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