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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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