an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance. Military. a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, especially a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army.
They grow beans, lentils, onions, and tomatoes in gardens. People on the Tihamah raise durra and some dates and cotton. Agriculture in southern Yemen is limited to the few areas with underground water for irrigation. Farmers grow three or four crops a year of barley, millet, sesame, sorghum, and wheat. Since the early 1980's, the Yemenis have worked to turn desert areas into farmland by means of dams, irrigation, and other water and agricultural development projects. Khat is the leading cash crop of Yemen. It comes from the leaves of a woody shrub that grows in the highlands. Coffee is another important cash crop. Coffee plants grow on terraces cut into the hills. Ancient aqueducts (water channels) carry water to the terraces. Aden's oil refinery and port provide Yemen with much of its income.
Papyrus plant is a sedge which grew mainly along the Nile river and it had great importance in the ancient Egyptian culture. Egyptians used papyrus mainly for making paper and also for making boats, mattresses, mats, rope, sandals, and baskets.The papyrus rhizomes were used in food and the stems were used for fuel.apyrus as a writing material. Papyrus was widely used as a writing material, especially in Egypt.The stems of the plant have white pith inside which was used to make paper. Papyrus had been processed to make sheets and the sheets were stuck together to make a roll.