Dictionary of Plant Lore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dictionary of Plant Lore write by D.C. Watts. This book was released on 2007-05-02. Dictionary of Plant Lore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
A Dictionary of Plant-lore
A Dictionary of Plant-lore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Dictionary of Plant-lore write by Roy Vickery. This book was released on 1995. A Dictionary of Plant-lore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Dictionary of Plant-lore
A Dictionary of Plant-lore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Dictionary of Plant-lore write by Roy Vickery. This book was released on 1997. A Dictionary of Plant-lore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. SOme entries include information on uses and symbolism.
Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origin
Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origin write by . This book was released on 2000-07-19. Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
A Dictionary of Plant Names
A Dictionary of Plant Names - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Dictionary of Plant Names write by H. L. Gerth van Wijk. This book was released on 1916. A Dictionary of Plant Names available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
