Crop Names And Origins

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Sugarcane

Saccharum Officinarum

SE Asia

Sugar crop

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Rum

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Sugar Beet

Beta Vulgaris

Europe

Sugar crop

Hint 2

Vulgar sweet music

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Jerusalem Artichoke

Helianthus Tuberose

North America

Stem tuber

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Israeli helium in a tube

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Taro

Colocasia Esculenta

SE Asia

Stem corm with edible leaves

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Sweet Potato

Ipomoae batatas

South America

Root tuber with edible leaves

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Potato potata

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Cassava

Manihot esculenta

South America

Root tuber with edible leaves

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Mani from school is hot

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Potato

Solanum tuberosum

South America

Stem tuber

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Solar tubes

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Amaranth

Amaranthus caudatus

South America (Andes)

Pseudocereal

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Quinoa

Chenopodium quinoa

South America (Andes)

Pseudocereal

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Podium in the mountains

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Buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum

Asia

Pseudocereal

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Pearl Millet

Pennisetum glaucum

Africa

Cereal

Hint 11

Pearls and pennies from Africa

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Sorghum

Sorghum bicolor

Africa

Cereal

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Name ×2

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Rice

Oryza sativa

Asia

3rd most important grain

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Maize

Zea mays

Central and South America

Most important grain

Hint 14

Zeal for the month after April

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Oats

Avena sativa

Europe

Cereal used as fodder

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Barley

Hordeum vulgare

Southwest Asia

4th most important grain, used for brewing beer

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Vulgar hordes in a bar

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Rye

Secale cereale

Domesticated as a weed of wheat in probably Europe

Cereal crop

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Durum Wheat

Triticum durum

Southwest Asia

Cereal Crop

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Trio Daran daran

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Wheat

Triticum aestivum

Southwest Asia

2nd most important grain

Hint 19

Trio of steves

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Coconut

Cocos nucifera

Probably Polynesia

Oil crop; fatty endosperms, fresh "water"

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Oil Palm

Elaeis Guineensis

West Africa

Oil crop; 2 types oil- white kernel (export) and orange fruit oil, high vitamin A, local consumption.

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Eli drinks Guinness in Guinea

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Olive tree

Olea europaea

Mediterranean area

Oil crop; oil is in fruit pulp not seed.

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Chia

Salvia hispanica

South America

Oil crop; seeds have esssential fatty acids

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My hispanic friend Sal loves chia seeds.

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Sesame

Sesamum indicum

India

Oil crop; used for sweets and sauce also.

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Peanut

Arachis hypogaea

South America

Oil crop; also a snack, butter, or fodder.

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Spiders and hippos

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Flax

Linum usitatissimum

SW Asia

Oil crop. Stem can be used for fiber.

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Line up +u sit at....

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Soybean

Glycine max

E Asia

Oil crop, used as fodder and 2% eaten by humans.

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Maxine

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Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

North America

Oil crop used as snack/fodder

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Oilseed Rape/Canola

Brassica napus

Southern Europe

Oil crop

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Brass naps

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Cocoa

Theobroma cacao

Amazon

Stimulant; sweet pulp important for fermentation

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Theo my bro likes the loco coco

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Arabica coffee

Coffea arabica

Ethiopian highlands

Stimulant

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Tea

Camilla sinensis

S Asian highlands (small leaf=China, large leaf=India)

Stimulant

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Snorting tea with camilla clears your sinuses

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Rubber tree

Hevea brasiliensis

S America

Industrial crop; latex is harvested and used for rubber production; also timber.

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Rubber is heavy in brasil

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Sisal

Agave sisalana

Mexico

Coarse fiber from leaves

Hint 34

I gave my sista a lama from mexico

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Hemp

Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa

Central Asia

Stem fiber; also edible seed oil, paper from woody stem. Biomass

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White jute

Corchorus capsularis

India

Stem fiber; young leaves are edible vegetables.

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Chorus of capsuls

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Cotton

Gossypium hirsutum

C/S America

Fiber crop; fine-textured seed fiber. Also has edible seed oil.

Hint 37

Dont be gossipy about her suit thats made of cotton

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Hybrid poplar

Populus x canadensis

European and American

Firewood; fuel; pulp for paper

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Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

N America

Cover crop; bee fodder

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Celia tans in the foliage

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Field mustard

Sinapis arvensis

Mediterranean region

Cover crop, bee fodder

Hint 40

Mustard gas effects the synapses in your brain.

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Oil radish

Raphanus sativus

Meditteranean

Cover crop; was oil crop, nematode control

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Ravenous radishes

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Perennial ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Europe and C Asia

Fodder, pasture, lawns, silage

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Lol! Perennial ryegrass is hilarius.

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White Clover

Trifolium repens

Central Europe

Cover crop/fodder; pasture and cutting

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Repent three-fold

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Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Central Europe

Fodder and cover crop; pastures and cutting

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Pretend three-fold

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Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

SW Asia

Fodder/cover crop; used for cutting

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Medicate alf