CLOVE
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CLOVE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the day, CLOVES: A lemon. Stuck with cloves. The aromatic and valuable Clove makes only one appearance in the whole of Shakespeare. Read more about this spices and all its uses in food and medicine.

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SUGAR
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SUGAR

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SUGAR: if sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked. Sugar was an important luxury and a useful metaphor.

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CARROT
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CARROT

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CARROT: remember focative is caret. And that is a good root. Read more about the windie and aphrodisiac Carrot.

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POTATO
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POTATO

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, POTATO: how the devil Luxury, with his fat rump and potato finger, tickles these together. Read more about the luxurious Potato of Shakespeare’s world.

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IVY
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IVY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, IVY: the female ivy enrings the barky fingers of the elm. O, how I love thee! How I dote on thee!

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Mistletoe
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Mistletoe

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MISTLETOE: the trees, though summer, yet forlorn and lean, overcome with moss and baleful mistletoe.

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Thistle
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Thistle

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, THISTLE: nothing teems but hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burrs, losing both beauty and utility.

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Grass
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Grass

Grasses are one of the widespread and important plant families in the world. Suffolk says he will brave a wintry mountain top where not even grass can grow.

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