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Botanic Plant Names - translations and meanings
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- 1AlliumGENUS
Latin name for garlic - 2SmyrniumGENUS
From the Greek smyrnion (myrrh); referring to its smell - 3olusatrumLatin for alexander
olus = vegetable/turnip - 4PimpinellaGENUS
bi-pinnate - from a word meaning - 5anisumlatin, anesum = Aniseed
- 6CarumGENUS
Latin for dear or expensive
Careum = caraway - 7carviAn old name for Caraway.
Links to carota - carrot. - 8AnthriscusGENUS
Another but unidentified plant
Anthris = caves - 9cerefoliumWaxy leaves
- 10CoriandrumFrom the Greek koris, a bug or gnat; referring to its aroma
- 11sativumCultivated
- 12AnethumGENUS
Dill - 13graveolensHeavy scented, unpleasant smell
- 14RumexGENUS
Latin name for Docks and sorrel plants - 15scutatusWith a shield
- 16ArtemisiaGENUS
Named for the goddess Artemis in Greek mythology, who so benefitted from a plant of this family that she gave it her own name - 17dracunculusLittle dragon
- 18LevisticumGENUS
Possibly from the Greek ligustikos, referring to being of or from the Liguria region in Italy - 19officinalisOfficial - used in pharmacological sense
- 20PortulacaGENUS
Carries milk - 21oleraceaEdible vegetable (olera = green)
- 22SiumGENUS
A perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere from sion, ancient Greek name. - 23sisarumSkirret
- 24acetosaLatin for sour, common sorrel & other plants with acid leaves
- 25SatureiaGENUS
Latin name for Savory. - 26hortensisOf gardens; cultivated
- 27OcimumGENUS
From the Greek word meaning to smell, to be fragrant - 28basilicumroyal or princely
- 29montanaOf the mountains
- 30AcorusGENUS
Plant with an aromatic rhizome - 31calamusFrom the Greek kalamos, meaning reed
- 32AegopodiumGENUS
From the Greek aix (goat) and podion (little foot) - 33podagrariaGoat's foot
- 34AlchemillaGENUS
Takes its name from a plant valued for its use in alchemy - 35xanthochloraxanthos (yellow) and chlorus (green), greek.
- 36ursinumReferring to a bear
- 37AmelanchierGENUS
From an old French common name - 38ovalislatin for oval
- 39BerberisGENUS
Latinised form of the Arabic name for the fruit - 40perennislatin for perennial
- 41AtriplexGENUS
atri = dark
plex = fold
Ancient Latin name for this plant - 42victorialisVictorius; symbol of victory
- 43AngelicaGENUS
Like an angel, angelic - 44archangelicaNamed after the Archangel Michael
- 45schoenoprasumSchoeno means Rush
Greek prason = leek
Latin porrum = leek - 46AlliariaGENUS
Of the Allium family - 47petiolataHas leaf stalks (petioles)
- 48AchilleaGENUS
Named for Achilles, who used plants of the genus to staunch the wounds of his soldiers at the siege of Troy - 49millefoliummille = thousand
folium = leaves - 50ArmoraciaGENUS
Wild Radish
armora = equipment (from weapons + armour) - 51rusticanaRustic, of the countryside
- 52albawhite
- 53alpestrisalpine
- 54bellusbeautiful
- 55broccoloflowering top
- 56caeruledark blue
- 57candicanshairy or wooly
- 58cereuswaxy
- 59coccineuscarlet
- 60cordataheart shaped
- 61crassufleshy, thick
- 62dulcissweet
- 63edulisedible
- 64feroxvery thorny
- 65flavensyellowish
- 66glabersmooth, without hairs
- 67helisun
- 68imbricataoverlapping, like scales
- 69ingensenormous
- 70obesusfat
- 71phyllaleaves (pertaining to)
- 72repenscrawling, creeping
- 73ericeussilky
- 74serpenscreeping, snakelike
- 75vulgariscommon
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