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Do you want to learn the meaning and origin of the words used in scientific naming of organisms? This Wikipedia article provides a comprehensive list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, along with their definitions and examples. You can also find links to related topics such as blacksmithing, which involves forging metal objects with a hammer and anvil.
Hanakotoba (花言葉) is the Japanese form of the language of flowers. The language was meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to the recipient or viewer without needing the use of words.
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Parents are turning to flowers and nature for baby name inspiration. Here are 50 flower baby names to try.
35 flower names for girls to consider, from Lily and Iris to Leilani and Pua.
List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) Canistrum (from the Greek for "basket") Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary ...
Short and sweet names have their merit, but if you’re on the market for a more melodic moniker, our roundup of three-syllable girl names won’t disappoint. Read on and take your pick from ...
Primrose is an English feminine given name given in reference to the flower. The common name for the flower comes from the Latin phrase prima rosa, or first rose. [1] [2] It is also an English or Scottish surname. As a given name, it was occasionally used as a transferred use of the surname for both boys and girls. It came into vogue in the Victorian era and first part of the 20th century ...