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Author : Geoffrey Grigson
Publisher : Lane, Allen
ISBN 13 : 9780713904420
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (44 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Plant Names (and Some Products of Plants) written by Geoffrey Grigson and published by Lane, Allen. This book was released on 1974 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Thomas Stearn
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780304364695
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (646 download)
Download or read book Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners written by William Thomas Stearn and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1992 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stearn's classic dictionary of the meaning and origin of some 6,000 botanical names
Author : Allen J. Coombes
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
ISBN 13 : 9780881922943
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Plant Names written by Allen J. Coombes and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 1994 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description: The Dictionary of Plant Names is a guide that not only cross references common names to their Latin counterparts, but also details the origins, meanings, and pronunciation of each name. Each genus name is followed by the suggested pronunciation, the family in which it is placed, and the derivation of the name (Latin, Greek, or other). Then the main garden use of the plants in the genus, e.g. herbaceous perennials, trees, etc., is listed. Many interesting facts come to light in the origin of the Latinate name, for example that Kalmia is named after Pehr Kalm, a Finnish student of Linnaeus. Each genus concludes with the common name and place of origin of the whole species, if applicable. Species are listed alphabetically under the genus with the same categories of information.
Author : Ross Bayton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691209138
Total Pages : 1113 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Gardener's Botanical written by Ross Bayton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 1113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to botanical Latin Unlock the secrets of botanical Latin with this beautifully illustrated encyclopedia. The Gardener's Botanical contains definitions of more than 5,000 plant names—from abbreviatus ("shortened") to zonatus ("with bands")—along with more than 350 color illustrations. Scientific plant names are an invaluable tool for those who understand them. Formed from Greek and, more commonly, from Latin root words, not only do they make it possible for gardeners and botanists to communicate, they also contain a wealth of hidden information. The Gardener's Botanical is the key to unlocking these secrets. This guide contains a breathtaking array of botanical names in alphabetical order. Each word is listed with a pronunciation guide, definition, example plant, and, where appropriate, etymology. Also included in this illuminating guide are special features on important plant genera, fact boxes, essays focusing on the history and importance of Latin names and botanical illustrations, and an index of common names with more than 2,000 popular plants, cross-referenced with their binomial name in Latin.
Author : D.C. Watts
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080546021
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Plant Lore written by D.C. Watts and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-05-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage.* Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians
Author : Sue Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780715321881
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Plant Names Explained written by Sue Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Precise naming of plants is essential to be able to identify them accurately and most gardeners have at least some knowledge of 'botanical Latin'. But a plant's full botanical name does much more than give it a unique label. The name can often tell you where the plant originated, who discovered it, what colour it is, and much else besides. What's more, the name is universally recognizable, and can be used and understood anywhere in the world. So wherever you are you can identify specific plants. Plant Names Explained is an essential and fascinating guide to the subject. What may seem at first a dry but necessary convention is revealed to be a way of opening up the intriguing world of plants and plantsmen. Based on William T Stearn's Botanical Latin, the classic work on the subject, Plant Names Explained is much more than an indispensable practical guide and superb reference book - it is an engrossing read. Published in partnership with Hillier, Britain's most respected nurserymen.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)
Download or read book The Collingridge Dictionary of Plant Names written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Herbs and Herb Gardening written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Hyam
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198661894
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Plants and Their Names written by Roger Hyam and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists more than sixteen thousand scientific and vernacular plant names, and describes name origins and the characteristics of plants
Author : Allen J. Coombes
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604691964
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The A to Z of Plant Names written by Allen J. Coombes and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Botanical names can be baffling to even the most experienced gardener. But a plant's botanical name is more than just a handy label—it can tell a plant's country of origin, the shape of its leaves, the color of its petals, and much more. The A to Z of Plant Names clears the confusion and allows every gardener to name plants with confidence. This comprehensive yet handy guide features the botanic names of the plants that gardeners really grow. Additional information includes suggested pronunciation, the common name, the derivation of the scientific name, the number of species currently accepted, the type of plant and the distribution. The A to Z of Plant Names helps demystify names, provides readers with the intriguing background information to naming conventions, and empowers gardeners everywhere to feel confident about naming plants.
Author : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0849326788
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)
Download or read book CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names written by Umberto Quattrocchi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-11-22 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.
Author : Michael Allaby
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198608912
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Plant Sciences written by Michael Allaby and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive paperback dictionary of botany, this edition provides over 5500 concise entries and includes coverage of biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, biogeography, Earth history, and the Earth sciences. Previous ed.: 1998.
Author : David J. Mabberley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107115026
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Mabberley's Plant-Book written by David J. Mabberley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mabberley's Plant-Book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. With some 26,000 entries, this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including conifers), plus ferns and clubmosses, besides economically important mosses and algae. The book combines taxonomic details and uses with English and other vernacular names found in commerce. The third edition was recognised in the American Botanical Council's annual James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award for 2008 and the International Association for Plant Taxonomy's Engler Medal in Silver for 2009. In this new edition, each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature, notably the greater understanding resulting from molecular analyses; over 1400 additional entries (including ecologically and economically important genera of seaweeds) have been included, ensuring that Mabberley's Plant-Book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.
Author : Urs Eggli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662071258
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names written by Urs Eggli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Names are important elements to handle the diversity of items in daily life - persons, objects, animals, plants, etc. Without such names, it would be difficult to attach information to such items and to communicate information about them, and names are usually used without giving them much thought. This is not different for plants. When dealing with plants, however, it soon becomes apparent that the situation is somewhat more complex. Botanists use Latin names to bring order into the vast diversity, while everyday usage resorts to vemacular or "popular" names. As practical as these vernacular names are (it is not suggested that you should ask your greengrocer for a kilo gram of Solanum tuberosum or Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum), their most important draw back is the fact that they vary widely, not only from one language to another but also from coun try to country, even from region to region within a large country. More importantly, vemacular names in any given language are usually only available for the plants growing locally, or for plants of some special importance, such as crops and vegetables, medicinal plants, or important garden plants. For all other plants, the Latin names used by botanists and other scientists have to be employed. Such names often appear complicated or even awkward to the ears of those not accustomed to them.
Author : G. Rehm
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792329701
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Multilingual Dictionary of Agronomic Plants written by G. Rehm and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1994-07-31 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary contains the names of nearly 2500 plant species, in some cases including subspecies and varieties. Tropical crops from all parts of the world receive the same attention as those from the temperate zone. Common names are given not only in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish but also in many other languages, where such names are used in the technical literature. `Agronomic plants' comprise not only the agricultural and horticultural crops but also pasture plants, green manure, soil covers, trees used in agroforestry, and major weeds. Also included are plants which are presently being discussed as new crops, with considerable economic value. The Dictionary will meet the needs not only of scientists in agriculture, botany and geography but also those of agricultural extensionists, merchants in agricultural products and professional translators.
Author : Nicholas Everett
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 080209550X
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Alphabet of Galen written by Nicholas Everett and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alphabet of Galen is a critical edition and English translation of a text describing, in alphabetical order, nearly three hundred natural products - including metals, aromatics, animal materials, and herbs - and their medicinal uses. A Latin translation of earlier Greek writings on pharmacy that have not survived, it circulated among collections of 'authorities' on medicine, including Hippocrates, Galen of Pergamun, Soranus, and Ps. Apuleius. This work presents interesting linguistic features, including otherwise unattested Greek and Latin technical terms and unique pharmacological descriptions. Nicholas Everett provides a window onto the medieval translation of ancient science and medieval conceptions of pharmacy. With a comprehensive scholarly apparatus and a contextual introduction, The Alphabet of Galen is a major resource for understanding the richness and diversity of medical history.
Author : J. Richard Blanchard
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520328736
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Guide to Sources for Agricultural and Biological Research written by J. Richard Blanchard and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
