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Spices
Some plants give us spices. Spices add taste and
flavour to the food. Peppercorns and chilies are
ground to get their powder. Seeds of coriander are
crushed to get coriander powder.
Oil
Plants give us oil for cooking
and frying. We get oil from seeds
of plants like from coconut,
groundnut and til (sesame). Seeds
Mustard oil Groundnut oil containing oil are called oil seeds.
Timber
We get wood from plants. We use wood to make
furniture for our houses. We also use it to make doors
and windows of our houses.
Paper Do you Know?
We get paper from bamboo trees. Bamboo is the fastest growing
plant. Once a bamboo shoot
grew 90cm in 24 hours.
Perfume
We make perfumes from flowers of some plants.
Rose and jasmine are flowers that give us perfumes.
Medicines
We eat medicines from plants like
cinchona and neem.
Tulsi is also a medicinal plant. Its leaves are
used for treating cold and cough.
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