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Can you tell an amorphophallus from an aspergillus? 








Sy Boles

Harvard Staff Writer




September 15, 2026


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Word nerds, classicists, and botanists, it’s your time to shine in etymology quiz inspired by Div School book 






Can plants see? Can they pray? If trees could make music, what would it sound like? 



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