Index j 505505 505
gender and, in Mesopotamia, 101– 102,
102 f, 103f
gendering of, in ancient Egypt, 114
Herodotus on fruit production in, 223– 224
in Iraq, modern- day, 132n23
Muhammad and, 278– 280
origin of, 86
plantations of, early, 92, 132nn23– 25
pollen from, 110– 111
raven’s fructification of, 109, 134n60
reproduction of, 87
sex lives of, 92– 94, 93f– 95f, 132n26
tree goddess of, in ancient Egypt, 115
Virgin Mary and, 274– 278, 275f– 276f, 278f
De Amore (Capellanus), 288– 289, 318nn4– 5
The Debate Between Grain and Sheep (Sumerian
text), 104
De Causis Plantarum (Theophrastus), 220– 223
“deflowering,” 297– 298
De Generatione Animalium (Aristotle), 215,
217– 218
De Historia Stirpum (Fuchs), 315f,
316, 320–321n57
Delaporte, François, 410
Nature’s Second Kingdom, 405
de Lorris, Guillaume, “The Romance of the
Rose,” 293, 294– 295
De Materia Medica (Dioscorides), 253
Demeter
Kore and, 185– 189, 188f, 208n15
as vegetation deity, local forms of, 190
Demeter and Persephone, 164, 189, 190,
208n15, 461n78
in bowl of Phaistos, 157– 159, 159f, 161f, 179n40
crocuses and, 163– 164, 165f, 179– 180nn49, 54
crocus goddess and, 159– 160, 161f
de Meun, Jean, 290
“The Romance of the Rose,” 293, 296– 297,
319nn20– 21
demic diffusion, 71
Democritus, 212
demos, 183
De Plantis (Bacon, Roger), 307–308
De Plantis (Nicolaus of Damascus), 243– 246,
249nn30– 34, 251, 372
De Plantis Libri (Cesalpino), 366
De Réaumur, René- Antoine Ferchault, 351
Descartes, RenéMeditations on First Philosophy, 380– 381
The Passions of the Soul, 327
The Descent of Inanna, 106– 107
De Sexu Plantarum Epistola (Camerarius), 338,
340, 358
Desfontaines, René- Louis, 397
de Tournefort, Joseph Pitton. See Tournefort,
Joseph Pitton
de Troyes, Chrétien, “Lancelot,” 289
De Vegetabilibus (Magnus), 308
De Viribus Herbarum (Floridus), 311
Diamond, Jared, 70
dichogamy, 425
Diocles, 252
dioecious plants, 85
of Camerarius vs. Linnaeus, 341, 347n48
figs, 142, 177n14
Linnaeus on, 347n48
mulberries, 170, 180n63
pistachio trees, 142, 224
Dionysus (god of wine and ecstasy), 195,
197– 199, 198f, 199f, 248n11
Dioscorides
De Materia Medica, 253
Syrian herbal of, 10th c., 261, 263f
Dioskurides Lombardus (Dioscorides), 10th
c., 261
diploid, 488– 489
The Discovery of the Secret of Nature in the Form
and Fertilization of Flowers (Sprengel),
421, 423– 426
Disquisitio de Sexu Plantarum (Linnaeus), 375
distaff, 221
domestication, animal
cats, 56, 68n64
early stages of, 68nn63– 64
domestication, plant. See also agriculture
barley, 65nn20, 23
with tough rachises, 65n23
crops, 29– 68 (see also crop domestication and
gender)
date palm trees, 85, 86– 87
wheat, 38– 40, 38f– 39f, 40n23, 65n20
einkorn, 38– 40, 38f– 39f, 40n23, 65n20
emmer, 65n20
dominant, 492, 496n23
dormancy, seed, loss of, 38– 39
double fertilization, 489, 496n17