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1. "Artichoke" comes from the Arabic "al-kharshuf", referring to which closely related plant - the symbol of one of the countries in the United Kingdom?
2. The name of which Mediterranean tree, whose pods are used to make a substitute for chocolate, is also the source of a word that denotes the weight of precious stones?
3. Another leguminous tree with edible fruits bears an Arabic name meaning "Indian date". What tree am I referring to?
4. Which of these citrus fruits does NOT have a name of Arabic origin?
5. The Arabic "sharab", meaning "beverage", is the root of what common English word, which would sound perfect with pancakes?
6. Which of these "sweet" words, owing its current meaning to Persian and Arabic, is believed to have originally come from a Sanskrit word meaning "fragment"?
7. This expensive spice is now known by a name of Arabic origin, though the Greeks and Romans knew it as "crocus". What spice am I talking about?
8. Though Arabic is the original source of the word "coffee", most European languages borrowed it from which other major language?
9. The name of which strengthening leaf vegetable, though of Persian origin, entered European languages through Andalusian Arabic?
10. The Arabs called this delicious fruit "al-barquq", a word borrowed from Byzantine Greek. What fruit?
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