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  • Or take strawberries -- the modern cultivated version, Fragaria x ananassa, arose from chance crosses of American species in European botanical gardens more than 200 years ago.

    An Apple A Day Keeps The Genetic Engineers Busy 2008

  • They have been given the scientific name F. x ananassa to indicate their hybrid origins (x) and distinctive pineapple aroma (ananassa).

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • They have been given the scientific name F. x ananassa to indicate their hybrid origins (x) and distinctive pineapple aroma (ananassa).

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The pineapple (Bromelia ananassa) is supposed to be of American origin, and unknown to Europe before the time of Columbus; and yet, apart from the revelations of the Assyrian monuments, there has been some dispute upon this point.

    Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866

  • ES924 4-2007 ANTILLA a3-10-8 esp Fresas Nuevos Materiales ES 20074743 ES924 4-2007 PRIMORIS a3-54-1 esp Fresas Nuevos Materiales ES Espècie Fragaria x ananassa Duch.

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