The Emergence Machine

Spice

physical · food · Level 7 · E9

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Emergence definition

Spice is a concentrated aromatic substance extracted from plants, used in small quantities to enhance the flavor of food, building upon the understanding of food as a living system and the properties of plant matter.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “spice” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0SpiceFoodPlantAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesCurryL8Grains Of ParadiseL8Pepper SpiceL8Spicy TasteL8MarinadeL12SpiceL7SubstanceL2FoodL6PlantL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Substance L2 (requires)
    spice requires understanding substance as a foundational concept
  • Food L6 (requires)
    Spice requires understanding of food as a foundational concept.
  • Plant L6 (requires) polysemous
    Aromatic plant substance for flavoring food -- requires understanding of plant

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