Euryale ferox Benot Ya'aqov, Israel, among artifacts of the Acheulean culture 790-750,000 years ago. The seeds of foxnut are used in Ayurveda preparations. In Chinese, the plant is called "qiàn shí" (). Its edible seeds are used in traditional Chinese medicine, where they are often cooked in soups along with other ingredients. Euryale ferox Euryale ferox (common names, fox nut, foxnut, gorgon nut or makhana) is the only extant species in the genus Euryale. It is a flowering plant classified in the water lily family, Nymphaeaceae, although it is occasionally regarded as a distinct family, Euryalaceae. Unlike other water lilies, the pollen
HNLMS Medusa (1911) HNLMS Medusa (1911) HNLMS Medusa ("HW 1", "A 890") was a Dutch , built in Amsterdam and named after Medusa in Greek mythology. In the late afternoon of 14 May 1940, under constant heavy attack, the "Medusa" sailed for the United Kingdom, reaching The Downs the following day. She was first stationed at Falmouth alongside the two ships of the Douwe Aukes class before being transferred to Holyhead on 31 July 1940 to be the tender to the Dutch depot ship "Stuyvesant". After the war the "Medusa" remained in the UK until 15 January 1946, before returning to the Netherlands