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Sunday, 16 November 2025
21 facts about olives
21 facts about olives
"Where the olive refuses to grow, there the Mediterranean world ends"
It is not known exactly when and where the first olive tree, characteristic of the Mediterranean region, grew. Paleobotanists claim that wild olives g ...

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Olives
Olive oil occurs 140 times in the Bible.
California poppy
Seeds are round or elliptic, colored brown or black.
The typical seed is 1,5 to 1,8 mm wide.
Dragon blood tree
It is characterized by dichotomous branching, combining into a very dense crown.
Citron
Citron (Citrus medica) is a perennial plant in the Rutaceae family.
The family includes 161 genera and 2,085 species growing in the tropics and subtropics, less frequen ...
Garlic
Each garlic clove consists of a tubular, muscular leaf surrounding a light green bud at the base.
Fresh garlic cloves contain approximately 60-65% water, 32% carbohydrates (including inulin), and 5. ...
Turmeric
Curcumin contained in turmeric shows an anti-cancer effect inside the infected cell.
It "searches" for malignant cells in the body and destroys them.
Pomegranate
Today, pomegranates are grown in many countries around the world.
The world’s leading producers are India and China, followed by Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, the US, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria and Spain.
Vanilla
Vanilla came to Europe half a thousand years ago. At the beginning of the 16th century, it was brought to Spain by the conquistador Hernán Cortés de Monroy Pizarro Altamirano, who had previewed the use of vanilla sticks at the court of the Aztec ruler Montezuma.
The first people to ever use the plant were the Totonac, the indigenous people of Mexico, who eventu ...
Aloe vera
Its leaves are green, thick, and fleshy, with small spikes on the edges.
Lemon
Sugar
Lemons are much sweeter than limes and contain 47% more sugar on average.