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Re: [Homestead] The power of a seed--2,000 years old!

From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
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Subject: Re: [Homestead] The power of a seed--2,000 years old!
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:38:58 EDT

>From Gene's article:

> The Romans called it Phoenix dactylifera -- "the
> date-bearing phoenix" --

Maybe. But those Romans were borrowing the Greek word and they were calling
it a "finger-bearing phoenix" [as in the name of the dinosaur 'pteradactyl' =
'wing finger']. The Latin word for 'date' is 'plamula' .

James

[Homestead] The power of a seed--2,000 years old!, Gene GeRue, 06/12/2005
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