The likelihood of finding a partridge [ˋpɑ tridʒ]in a pear tree is slim. The word comes to us from the Greek perdix, which meant “to break wind,” likely referring to the sound of a bird’s wings. Link
According to Greek legend, the first partridge appeared when Daedalus threw his nephew, Perdix(Brisson, 1760), off the sacred hill of Athena in a fit of jealous rage. Supposedly mindful of his fall, the bird does not build its nest in the trees, nor take lofty flights and avoids high places.
Pyrrho(/ˈpɪroʊ/; Greek: Πύρρων Pyrrōn,c. 360 BC – c. 270 BC), a Greek philosopher of Classical Antiquity, is credited as being the first skeptic philosopher and the inspiration for the school known as Pyrrhonism, founded by Aenesidemus in the 1st century BC.
Zanzibar Gem:Zamioculcas zamiifolia, the single species of the genus. The botanical name derives from on the one hand the similarity of its foliage to the cycad genus Zamiaand on the other hand its kinship to the genus Colocasiaunder the alternative form 'culcas'. It was first described as Caladium zamiifolium by Loddiges in 1829.
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