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Cordia sebestena—Artist Mark Catesby reported in the 1730s that the wood “contains much Gum, in Smell and Appearance resembling Aloes, and is by the Inhabitants of the Bahama Islands (where it grows) called Lignum Aloes.” (See p. 239.) Cucurbita okeechobeensis—The wild “Okeechobee gourd” is ciko:yi (Mikasuki) to the Seminoles. Coksî is their generic name for the cultivated Cucurbita, and that has cognates in Creek (chasi), Alabama (choksi) and Chickasaw (lokosh). Photo by Terrance Walters. (See p. 251.)
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Cordia sebestena—Artist Mark Catesby reported in the 1730s that the wood “contains much Gum, in Smell and Appearance resembling Aloes, and is by the Inhabitants of the Bahama Islands (where it grows) called Lignum Aloes.” (See p. 239.) Cucurbita okeechobeensis—The wild “Okeechobee gourd” is ciko:yi (Mikasuki) to the Seminoles. Coksî is their generic name for the cultivated Cucurbita, and that has cognates in Creek (chasi), Alabama (choksi) and Chickasaw (lokosh). Photo by Terrance Walters. (See p. 251.)
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Cordia sebestena-Artist Mark Catesby reported in the 1730s that the wood “contains much Gum, in Smell and Appearance resembling Aloes, and is by the Inhabitants of the Bahama Islands (where it grows) called Lignum Aloes.” (See p. 239.)
