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Drimia maritima (syn. Urginea maritima) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (formerly the family Hyacinthaceae). [3] This species is known by several common names, including squill, sea squill, sea onion, [4] and maritime squill. [5] It may also be called red squill, particularly a form which ...
Mespilus germanica. Mespilus germanica, known as the medlar or common medlar, is a large shrub or small tree in the rose family Rosaceae. The fruit of this tree, also called medlar, has been cultivated since Roman times, is usually available in winter and eaten when bletted. [2] It may be eaten raw and in a range of cooked dishes.
Ceratitis capitata, commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow-and-brown fly native to sub-Saharan Africa. It has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. [1] There have been occasional medfly infestations in California, Florida, and Texas ...
Baci di dama. Sandwich cookie made with hazelnuts and chocolate, originally from Tortona, Piedmont. Baicoli. Venetian biscuits made with butter, sugar, eggs, flour and yeast. Barbajada. Milanese drink made from whipped chocolate, milk, and coffee. Baxin. Ligurian sweet made with anise seeds and flour.
The fruit is a red berry, 7–20 mm (1 ⁄ 4 – 13 ⁄ 16 in) diameter, spherical in shape with a rough surface. [11] It matures in about 12 months, in autumn, at the same time as the next flowering. It is edible; the fruit is sweet when reddish. Seeds are small, brown and angular [11] and are often dispersed by frugivorous birds. [12]
The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world. [3][4] Ficus carica is the type species of the genus Ficus, containing ...
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
The fruit is 70 to 120 mm (3 to 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 60 to 90 mm (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) across. A light pink quince flower The immature fruit is green with dense grey-white fine hair, most of which rubs off before maturity in late autumn when the fruit changes colour to yellow with hard, strongly perfumed flesh.