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Hedwig on, 466f, 467– 468
Hooke’s observations of, 323
life cycle of, 480– 481, 481f
Linnaeus classification of, 465– 466
reproduction stages of
asexual, 465– 466, 466f
sexual, 467– 468, 467f
sexual structures of, 480, 481f
spores in, asexual, 466
sporophyte of, dependent, 480
Mother Earth, 289– 292
Mother Nature, 289– 292
“Mother of the Mountains,” 142– 143, 144f
motile sperm cells, 480
Mount Carmel, Valley of the Caves, 30– 31, 30f
mouse, house (Mus musculus) spread, in
Çatalhüyük, 56, 67n55
Mugharet el- Wad cave, sedentism and, 30, 30f
Muhammad. See also Islam; Quran
date growers and, 278– 280
mulberries, 170, 180n63
Mule, Fairchild’s, 361– 362, 371
Mycenaeans, 138, 175n3
art of, Minoan influences on, 168– 174,
170 f– 171f, 173f
identif ying , 167– 168
myrrh, Saba, 271
Myrrha or Smyrna (Myrrh tree), 191, 192f
Myrrhina (Little Myrtle), 191– 192
mystical plants and Aegean nature goddesses.
See goddesses, Aegean nature
“Mystic Rose,” Mary as, 301– 303, 304f, 320n41

Nabatean Agriculture (Ibn Wahshiyya), grafting
rituals of, 299– 300, 319n31
Nadler, Stephen, 439
Nammu, 88, 102
Narcissus, 196
Natufians
figurines of, 40, 41f
as sedentary hunter- gatherers, first, 31– 33, 31t,
64– 65n8
Natura, 290– 291
Natural History (Pliny), 241– 243
The Natural History of the Arbor Vitae, or the
Tree of Life (Stretzer), 380, 384– 385
The Natural History of the Frutex Vulvaria or
Flowering Shrub (Stretzer), 385, 402n15

The Natural History of the Soul (La Mettrie), 381
naturalism. See also specific individuals
and topics
herbals and return to, 286
rebirth of, 14th c., 309– 311, 310f– 311f,
312 f– 313 f
natural laws, 210
nature philosophy (naturphilosophie). See also
Germany, 19th c. nature philosophers;
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
detractors on, 462
Schelling’s, 438– 439
Nature’s Second Kingdom (Delaporte), 405
Naturphilosophie, 430, 435
Nausicaa, 193
Nawaschin, Sergius, 489
nearsightedness, 495n7
nectar robbing, 426, 429n50
Neo- Assyria, rise of, 120– 122, 120f
Neolithic Europe (6, 800– 3,200 BCE). See also
specific topics
agriculture transition in, 72
ceramic technology in, 69, 83n1
crop plant East– West migration in, 70
founder crops and livestock animals in, 69
plant- female iconography in, 69– 84 (see also
iconography, plant- female, Neolithic
Eu rope)
social organization of, egalitarian, 69
time period for, 72
women- associated industries in, 69
Neoplatonism, 291, 318n10
New Improvements in Planting and
Gardening: Both Philosophical and
Practical (Bradley), 361– 362
Nicolaus of Damascus, De Plantis, 243– 246,
249nn30– 34, 251, 372
Nicotiana, Koelreuter’s hybridization of,
416, 417f
Nilsson, M. P., 159
The Nine Years War, 337, 347n36
Ninhursag (“Lady of the Foothills”), 102– 104
Ninkasi (goddess of beer- making), 105
Ninmu (goddess of plants), 102, 103f, 104
Ninnisaga (goddess of mountain
vegetation), 104
Ninshebargunu (goddess of barley), 105
Ninsikil, 102
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