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Pierre Poivre, an eighteenth‑century French horticulturalist and government administrator in the French islands.........

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Pierre Poivre, an eighteenth‑century French horticulturalist and government administrator in the French islands of the West Indian Ocean, may have sparked what saying?

posted Sep 2, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper
Poivre established a botanical garden in Mauritius (the present day Botanical Garden of Pamplemousses), with specimens imported from tropical habitats worldwide. He is also credited with introducing highly prized spices such as clove and nutmeg to Mauritius and Réunion, and spice plants to the Seychelles. "Poivre" means "pepper" in English.

answer Sep 5, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal
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