Plants used as Food - Millet, Maize, Buckwheat, Taro.

植物作为食物。小米，玉米，荞麦，麻。

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Plants used as food - Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Breadfruit.

植物用于食品。咖啡，茶，巧克力，面包果。

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Although they have a limited nutritive value, apples are widely used as food.

虽然他们有有限的营养价值，苹果是用途广泛作为食物。

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Most of the time these oils are used as food, especially in cooking.

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The money will be used to meet emergency needs, such as water,food and shelter for homeless people in Haiti.

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The man claimed the tens of thousands of caterpillars were to be used as food and were for personal consumption.

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Choosing plants with no food value sidesteps one of the biggest criticisms of another synthetic fuel, corn ethanol, because critics say that corn should be used as food, not fuel.

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It is biodegradable, safe enough to be used as food packaging, can be processed like existing thermoplastics into coloured or transparent material and can be manufactured from renewable resources such as maize and sugarcane.

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