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Why Latin names matter

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  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Orchiditis?
    SW Scotland
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    " Just to make a point to the poster on a previous thread? "

    I missed that.

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    VPM - having been told the correct name to identify their plant that poster continued insisting it's a thistle and declared botanical names are fussy.   Just stupid.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    pansyface said:
    A rose by any other name......

    I mean a rock rose, of course......
    Do you mean " rock rose" ie Cistus, or " rock rose" ie helianthemum?
    Devon.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    edited August 2018
    Greek is also involved in plant nomenclature:
    Dryopteris comes from the Greek.
    Hydrangea is derived from Greek  - hudro and angeion and thence to modern Latin.
    Just clarifying a point.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Clematis is Greek and heuchera.  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Think orchitis is the latter PF
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    " Inflammation of the testicles?😊"
    Avocaditis?


  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Good for lowering cholesterol tho.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    The word is said to derive from the Nahuatl Indian (Aztec) word ahuácatl meaning testicle. It's either a reference to the fruit's shape or its purported aphrodisiac qualities.

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