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Language of flowers – cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers; Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas
The word yolloxochitl is from the Aztec language Nahuatl and it loosely translates to heart-shaped flower after its rose-like appearance of unopened buds. [3] Even though the plant is called a Mexican magnolia, it has differing names throughout the regions it is located and often describe its beautiful scent or its heart-shaped characteristics.
The tree is called the devil's, monkey's or Mexican hand tree or the hand-flower in English, the árbol de las manitas (tree of little hands) in Spanish, and mācpalxōchitl [2] (palm flower) in Nahuatl, all on account of its distinctive red flowers, which resemble open human hands. The scientific name means "five-fingered hand-flower tree".
Tagetes minuta, native to southern South America, is a tall, upright marigold plant with small flowers used as a culinary herb in Peru, Ecuador, and parts of Chile and Bolivia, where it is called by the Incan term huacatay. The paste is used to make the popular potato dish called ocopa.
The leaves of the plant alternate in sides they grow on, which is where the plant gets the name diversifolia. The large, showy honey-scented flowers [6] are yellow to orange colored, 5–15 cm wide and 10–30 cm long. [7] Flowering occurs in spring, though more profusely during autumn and early winter. [8]
This birth flower also represents the Greek goddess Persephone; its bloom signaled that she was coming up from the underworld to usher in a new spring. Related Story: 17 Winter Flowers That Bloom ...
While France does not have an official national flower, the fleur-de-lis, which was a symbol of the royal family, as well as the cornflower (blue), marguerite (white), and red poppy, which together represent the tri-colored national flag, are also generally treated as French national flowers.
The name of Mirabilis jalapa given by Carl Von Linné in 1753 is formed from the scientific Latin Mirabilis meaning "admirable" by allusion to the remarkable colors of its flowers and the specific name jalapa that would refer to its origin in the Jalapa in Guatemala.