Right You are Selvalakshmi Ji ... I am adding the reference you have hopefully used http://www.billcasselman.com/unpub_two/peanut.htm it will help other members to elaborately know about the facts of peanut.
Tanay On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:29 PM, nivi tha <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > Thank you so much for your interest. It making me too learn more.. > > Today's Etymology: > > *Arachis hypogea* > > *Arachis* was the name, among the ancient Greeks, of some leguminous weed, > not the peanut. The precise ancient meaning of *arachis* is unknown but > the components of the word suggest that *arachis* may have been composed > of: > /a/ Greek ‘not’ + rachis Greek ‘spine, backbone > > The species epithet hypogea refers to underground, subterranean. > > > > -- > Selvalakshmi S. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
