Symbolic plant(s) of the Olympic Games

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 403, 2004, Pages 1601-1606

  Rhizopoulou, Sophia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Olympic Games; Symbolic plants

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION USE;

CIVILIZATION; OLIVE PLANTS; OLYMPIC GAMES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GREECE; HISTORY; OLIVE TREE; PLANT; REVIEW; SPORT; SYMBOLISM;

GREECE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; OLEA; PLANTS; SPORTS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 4043172546     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh222     Document Type: Review

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