Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 29, Problem 1CBQ
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Reason that most of the wild plants are distasteful, and some are even toxic to human being.
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Wild Plants: - It is the species of the plants that refers to those that grow automatically in self-maintaining populations in natural and can survive independently without any human care.
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