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Crops originating from Mexico
TomatoThe tomato was once called the wolf peach, a name coined by the ancient physician Galen for a plant he could never identify, yet today that same name defines…
MaizeIn the deep caves of southern Mexico, a single grain of wild grass began a transformation that would eventually feed half the human race, yet for 9,000…
PapayaThe word papaya derives from the Caribbean Taíno language, specifically the term paapaía, though some etymologists argue for a Mayan origin meaning mottled…