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The Big, Bad Book of Botany

Paperback • 2014 • English

The Big, Bad Book of Botany

By Michael Largo

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About the book

"A wild ride through the plant world."--The American GardenerAn entertaining and enlightening compendium of the world's most amazing and bizarre plants, revealing their secrets, history, and loreWhat happens when you give a plant a polygraph test? Can a flower really turn a human into a zombie? What gives the gingko tree its stink? The Big, Bad Book of Botany holds the incredible answers to all of these questions and more. From absinthe to zubrowka (a popular ingredient in Polish vodkas), award-...Show more

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ISBN

9780062282750

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

The Big, Bad Book of Botany

Format

Paperback

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