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Acer sempervirens, the Cretan maple, is a species of maple native to southern Greece and southern Turkey. [2] [3] [4] Cretan maple (Asfendamos), Dikti Mountains, Crete. Acer sempervirens is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, one of the very few evergreen species in the genus. It grows to 10 metres (33 ft) tall with a trunk up ...
Firiki Piliou (“Φιρίκι Πηλίου” in Greek) is a variety of miniature apples of the species Malus domestica Borkh, [1] protected under a Protected Designation of Origin from Greece. [ 2 ]
Arbutus andrachne, commonly called the Greek strawberry tree, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. The etymology of the species name corresponds to the Ancient Greek word ἀνδράχνη ( andrákhnē ), meaning " wild strawberry ", [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and refers to the ...
Greece Also called the Amphissis. This is a common Greek table olive grown in Amfissa, Central Greece near the oracle of Delphi. Amfissa olives enjoy protected designation of origin (PDO) status, and are equally good for olive oil extraction. The olive grove of Amfissa, which consists of 1,200,000 olive trees is a part of a protected natural ...
It is a medium-size evergreen coniferous tree growing to 25–35 metres (82–115 ft) – rarely 40 m (130 ft) – tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). It occurs at altitudes of 900–1,700 m (3,000–5,600 ft), on mountains with a rainfall of over 1,000 millimetres (39 in).
In Greece, they smash a pomegranate on New Year's Day to bring life and luck. The ancient Greeks believed that the fruit's seeds symbolized abundance, fertility and eternity, according to the ...
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