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![In the eyes of a botanist, the year’s biggest meal is a celebration not so much of our feathered friends, but of the plants in our lives. “A lot of the textures, flavors, and aromas come from the plants in that [Thanksgiving] dinner,” said Pamela Diggle, a visiting professor of organismic and evolutionary biology.](https://news.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/turkeu_diggle_605-400x267.jpg)