526 i Index
trees. See also sacred trees
gendering of, in ancient Egypt, 114
Trembley, Jacob Andrew, 382
Trilogy of Passion (Goethe), 451
trimonoecy, 348n58
trioecy, 348n58
triploid, 489
Triptolemos, 188– 189, 188f
Trobriand Islanders, early
prepubertal sexual activity of, 15– 16
procreation understanding of, 16
Trojans, Luwian language of, 230, 248n2
troubadour, first, 287– 288
tulips, testing sexual theory in, 363
Twelfth Century Awakening, 287. See also
Middle Ages, High (1000 AD– 1299
AD) and Late (1300– 1453)
twins, fraternal, 418, 428n28
two- sex model, 322– 349
B a con’s Novum Organum Scientarum in,
322, 345n1
Camerarius on
on experiment, 340– 345, 347n48,
348– 349nn51, 58, 62, 64
scientific influences in, 337– 338
gender politics of, 8
Grew on
The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun,
328– 330, 346n17
transsexual attire of, 330– 337, 334f– 335f,
346– 347n30
Malpighi’s flora menstruation theory in,
324– 328, 326f, 329f, 346nn9, 12
Marchant and Tournefort on, 351
microscopic observation on,
early, 323– 324
origins of, 7– 8
preformationism in, and ovists vs. spermists,
338– 340
scientific evidence of, earliest, 7– 8
Tübingen and War of the Grand Alliance
in, 340
Tylor, Edward Burnett, 122, 123f, 135– 136n79
Ubaid period, date palms in, 86– 87
uniform liquid essences of, theory of,
416– 419, 417f
“The Unsex’d Females” (Polwhele), 412
Upper Paleolithic, Europe (40,000– 11,000
years ago), 11– 13, 12t, 27nn1, 3
cave paintings in
numeracy and literacy and, 16– 18, 17f,
27– 28n17
sex organs in, 22– 24, 22f– 24f
copulation and pregnancy depictions in,
22– 23, 22f– 24f
prepubertal sexual activity in, 15– 16
scientific knowledge in, 16– 18, 17f
understanding of sex in, barriers to, 13– 16
vulva and plant in, 26, 26f
Uranus (sky- god), 184
Urban Revolution, 88, 130n8
Urpflanze, Goethe’s, 444– 445, 460n51
Uruk period
cities in, 88
goddesses in ( see goddesses, Uruk period)
population surge in, 88
settlement expansion in, 87– 88
Urban Revolution and, 87– 88, 130n8
The Usefulness of Bees and the Necessity of Bee-
Keeping, Viewed from a New Perspective
(Sprengel), 426
Uttu (spider goddess of weaving), 104Vail lant, Sébastien, 351– 359
Botanicum Parisiense (Vaillant), 353,
366, 377n45
Geoffroy plagiarism of, 356– 358
“innocent pleasures” of plants and, 351– 356,
375nn12– 14
phytoerotica and, 380, 401n4
Vaillisneria spiralis, 398, 399f– 400f
Valentin, Michael Bernhard, 409
Valley of the Caves, Mount Carmel, Israel,
30– 31, 30f
van Dijki, J., 99– 100
Van Nigtevecht, G., 410
Varro, 240– 241
Vegetable Staticks (Hales), 383
vegetation deities, Greek minor female,
190– 194
Aphrodite (flowers), 190
Carpo (bringer of food), 193
Carpus (fruit), 190
Chloris (spring flowers), 190
Daphne (laurel), 193, 194f