X-Nico

unusual facts about Euryale


Josef Petersen

As the only Danish writer he thrice won Olympic silver medals of art for his prose-lyric tales with Antique Greek athletic motives Euryale (1924), Argonauterne (Eng. The Argonauts) (1932) and Den Olympiske Mester (eng. The Olympic Champion) (1948).


Euryale ferox

Euryale ferox (also known as fox nut, foxnut, 'thangjing' in Meeteilon i.e. Manipuri, makhana, nikori (in Assamese),Onibas (Onibasu) in Japanese or gorgon plant) is the only species in the genus Euryale.


see also