Plants

Grapes, as the name suggests, grow in clusters.

In prehistoric times, Mesoamerican women used special querns (metate) to process corn into ground corn flour.

During germination, the first part of the seedling is a taproot growing vertically down.

One olive tree can yield 50-65 kg of olives.

French explorer Marc Lescarbot described Jerusalem artichoke as "as big as a turnip or truffle," fit to eat and tasting "like chard, but more pleasant."

Rice is gluten-free.

The olive tree is considered one of the best-adapted tree species for living in a semi-arid environment.

The Latin generic name "Euphorbia" commemorates the Greek physician Euphorbus, who in the 1st century AD treated the ruler of Mauritania, Juba II, with the milky sap of plants from the genus Euphorbia.

Olive oil is rich in vitamins A, E, and D and also K.

Turmeric is also an ornamental room plant.