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Summer 2000

Re: what is it????

Posted by Zaven Demirjian on September 16, 2000 at 01:38:59:

In Reply to: what is it???? posted by Marty on August 30, 2000 at 16:15:22:

The first one is definitely not a section of a grape. The leaves look like grape leaves but the cone may be an artichoke, a native plant (Ardi-shoki) in Arabic meaning "land pins".

The second one may be a pomegranate flower.



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