The Nobel Prize is one of the highest honours awarded to a person. It is a globally recognised award. One of the most interesting things is that this award is named after a person who worked on products related to destruction. Alfred Nobel invented and patented dynamite, detonators for explosives and gelatine. Nobel thought of […]
• Common name : Golden Chain, Golden Rain • Scientific name : Laburnum anagyroides • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : Southern Europe from France to the Balkan Peninsula Golden chain is a large, robust, spreading deciduous flowering tree with glorious, golden-yellow spring colour every year. It grows up to 5-25 feet tall. It
• Common name : Garlic, Poor Man’s Treacle • Scientific name : Allium sativum • Family : Amaryllidaceae • Native land : Mediterranean area Garlic is typically grown as an annual herb and vegetable. Its segmented bulbs are commonly used in cooking. The foliage consists of aromatic, linear, flattened, grass-like green leaves. The bulb is
• Common name : Garland Chrysanthemum, Crown Daisy • Scientific name : Glebioniscoronaria • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Europe and Northern Asia Garland chrysanthemum is a flowering annual plant. The plants are used as vegetables. They are about 12 inches tall. The leaves have the familiar chrysanthemum-like lobes. They are succulent with
Recession is related to business. When businesses all over the country are not doing well moderately, there is said to be recession. It affects the people attached to a business, like workers, bankers, labourers, etc. The bad effects of recession are: people lose their jobs, shops are shut down, sales of things also go down,
• Common name : European Frog-bit • Scientific name : Hydrocharismorsus-ranae • Family : Hydrocharitaceae • Native land : Europe and parts of Asia and Africa European frog-bit is an annual herbaceous free-floating aquatic plant. Frog-bit is fast growing and spreads rapidly by stolons. It has no roots attached to the bed of the water
Miracle is related to religious beliefs or supernatural events. It is believed to be against the laws of Nature. For example, a person survives a fatal accident or a person recovers from a life-threatening disease. Miracle is closely bonded with religion. At times it gives rise to superstitions and wrong practices too. For example, some
• Common name : Foxglove, Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove • Scientific name : Digitalis purpurea • Family : Plantaginaceae • Native land : Temperate Europe It is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. The name foxglove is derived from the shape of the flowers, which resemble the fingers of a glove. The plant grows
• Common name : Four o’clock, Marvel-of-Peru, Beauty-of-the-night • Scientific name : Mirabilis jalapa • Family : Nyctaginaceae • Native land : Tropical America Four o’clock is an ornamental perennial plant. The plant is called four o’clock because its flowers, from white and yellow to shades of pink and red, sometimes streaked and mottled, open
An observatory is a place where objects in space such as the sun, the moon, planets, etc., are observed and studied. In ancient times, people used to watch the sky from the towers and temples of their cities or from the top of pyramids. The most famous ancient structure used as an observatory was the
• Common name : Fenugreek • Scientific name : Trigonellafoenum-graecum • Family : Fabacecae • Native land : Eastern Mediterranean Fenugreek is an annual herb indigenous to the countries bordering on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and largely cultivated in India, Egypt and Morocco. The plant grows up to 3 feet tall, and has
• Common name : Fennel • Scientific name : Foeniculumvulgare • Family : Apiaceae • Native land : Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region Fennel is a biennial, hardy, perennial–umbelliferous herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It grows to a height of up to 2.5 metres with hollow stems. The leaves are finely dissected.
• Common name : Feijoa Sellowiana, Pineapple Guava • Scientific name : Accasellowiana • Family : Myrtaceae • Native land : Highlands of Southern Brazil, Eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, Northern Argentina, and Colombia Feijoa is a grey-green multi-stemmed evergreen shrub or small tree. It can grow up to 3-6 metres tall. The plants can be pruned
Anything that is living is said to have life. Things that can grow, respond and produce their own kind, are said to have life. Things that have life grow and eventually die. Life comprises all the living forms on the Earth, from a single-celled organism to a huge multi-cellular organism; from simple living forms to
• Common name : Eastern Daisy • Scientific name : Erigeron annuus • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : North America, Central Europe It is an annual/perennial plant, growing at a medium rate. The plant grows up to 8-12 inches tall. Each plant has several composite flowers that look typically daisy-like, having a yellow