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Author : James Britten
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Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Plant-names written by James Britten and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Britten
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Plant-names written by James Britten and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Britten
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780366704767
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Plant-Names (Classic Reprint) written by James Britten and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-13 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Dictionary of English Plant-Names Science cannot, at present, afford to throw hard words at pro vincialisms. Too often, in her nomenclature, has she failed to interpret Nature; too often given us only the skeleton leaf instead of the flower. A long list of provincialisms might be given, where by a word a whole train of associations is aroused, and the close relationship of all things shown Many of our most expressive terms are fast dying out, as schools are built, and schoolmasters increase, so will the old words perish in the struggle with the new. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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 : 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 : James Britten
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Plant-names written by James Britten and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 : H. L. Gerth van Wijk
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Total Pages : 1744 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Plant Names written by H. L. Gerth van Wijk and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780849326752
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (267 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 1999-11-17 with total page 738 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 A to C.
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Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Plant-Names written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origin written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-07-19 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dictionary contains about 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants (plus a few American), both wild and cultivated, with their botanical name and a brief account of the names' meaning if known. It was conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore, and ethnobotanical studies. Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. Why for example is, or was, the common red poppy known as "Blind Man"? An old superstition has it that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Such names were probably the result of some taboo against picking the plant. Similarly, other names were likely to have been applied as a result of a country mother's warning to her children against eating poisonous berries. For the warning carries more weight when the name given to the berry reinforces the warning. Many such plants or fruits may be ascribed to the devil, Devil's Berries for Deadly Nightshade is an example. Names may also be purely descriptive, and can also serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. Beauty-Berry is an example: it is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa, which is made up of two Greek words that mean beauty and berry. Literary, or "book" names, have also been included in this dictionary, as being a very important part of the whole. Many of them provide links in the transmission of words through the ages. Thor's Beard, for example, is a book name for "houseleek", and has never been used in the dialect. But it highlights the legend that houseleek is a lightning plant, and by reverse logic is a preserver from fire.
Author : Robert Holland
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (458 download)
Download or read book A Dictionnary of English Plant-Names written by Robert Holland and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780849326776
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (267 download)
Download or read book CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes written by Umberto Quattrocchi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-11-17 with total page 704 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 M to Q.
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Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (451 download)
Download or read book Pronouncing Dictionary of Plant Names written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 : James Britten
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 : 9781344943574
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (435 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Plant-Names, Part 2 written by James Britten and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
