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The present work will hopefully serve as a concise handbook for the practitioner of plant science by providing insight into the origins of plant names, both scientific and common, and to clarify the ambiguities caused by the attachment of multiple common names to a single plant species. The text is divided into two parts. Part I deals with the origins of botanical nomenclature and includes an index of over 2000 common names of plants along with their...
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Many plant names derive from superstition, folk lore, or primal befiefs. This dictionary lists 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of wild and cultivated plants. Botanical name are followed by a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage, genesis, and evolution is included to provide a greater understanding of the plants.
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