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An hooray for the Fightin’ Artichokes of the Scottsdale Community College in Arizona!!!
My all-time favourite is the nickname chosen by the rugby team of Namibia: Welwitschias, in honour of the endemic plantWelwitschia mirabilis.
The Fightin' Artichokes! How did the Phactor miss that one? And the Namibia Welwitschias! Gneto! Those are great!
meristemi beat me to it! Here's some history on the SCC Artichoke: http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/about_scc/why_the_artichoke.html
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