A Gardener's Latin: The language of plants explained (National Trust Home & Garden)

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There are so many plant names to learn as it is, so why do we use Latin names too? And exactly what are Latin plant names anyway? Simple. Scientific Latin plant names are used as a means of classifying or identifying specific plants. Let’s learn more about the meaning of Latin plant names with this short but sweet botanical nomenclature guide. What are Latin Plant Names? jardin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language ], 2012. I ſuppoſe the North ſide of the water to be the beſt ſide for your garden, that it may haue the comfort of the South Sunne to lye vpon it and face it, and the dwelling houſe to bee aboue it, to defend the cold windes and froſts both from your herbes, and flowers, and early fruits. Scan through this list of around 900 words and discover what the two word / binomial plant name tells us about plants. In binomial Latin, the genus is a noun and the species is a descriptive adjective for it. Take, for example, Acer is the Latin plant name (genus) for maple. Since there are many different types of maple, another name (the species) is added too for positive identification. So, when confronted with the name Acer rubrum ( red maple), the gardener will know he/she is looking at a maple with vibrant, red, fall leaves. This is helpful as Acer rubrum remains the same regardless of whether the gardener is in Iowa or elsewhere in the world.Greek: κηπεύω (el) ( kipévo ), καλλιεργώ κήπο ( kalliergó kípo ), περιποιούμαι κήπο (peripiúme cípo) (cultivate or farm a garden) Romansch: curtin m ( Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader ), curtgin m ( Sursilvan ), curtgegn m ( Sutsilvan ), curtgign m ( Surmiran ) Aided by this book the gardener can now answer the question "What's in a name?" and they and their garden will benefit from understanding the wealth of information that has hitherto lain hidden within the mysterious world of Latin names.' - Financial Times Online

From Middle English gardyn, garden, from Anglo-Norman gardin, from Frankish *gardō ( “ fenced-in yard, garden ” ), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, *gardaz, whence also inherited English yard. c. 2004, Hair Care Down There, Inc, The History of Hair Removal viewed at haircaredownthere.com on 9 May 2006 - Cognate with West Frisian gard, Low German Goorn, Dutch gaard, gaarde, German Garten, French jardin, Spanish jardín, Italian giardino, Sicilian jardinu. Lower Sorbian: zagroda f ( in general ), gumno n ( area behind a barn for fruits and vegetables ), gumnyško ( small garden allotment ) Upper Sorbian: zahroda f, zahrodka fStefan has a practical no nonsense approach to gardening, obviously based on many years of experience in horticulture, and particularly vegetable growing. No question is too trivial or basic for him to give an answer which explains in simple terms what new gardeners need to know, while providing more in depth information for more experienced growers. Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family. Primping and pruning the secret garden might seem like a totally 21st century concept, but the fact is women have gotten into below-the-belt grooming since before the Bronze Age. Hebrew: גַּנְּתָא‎ f ( gannəṯā ), גִּנְּתָא‎ f ( ginnəṯā ), גַּנָּא‎ m ( gannā ), גִּנָּא‎ m ( ginnā ) Syriac: ܓܢܬܐ‎ f ( gannəṯā, ginnəṯā ) Aided by this book, every gardener, and their garden, will benefit from uncovering the wealth of information that lies within the remarkable world of Latin binomials. A little Latin can do a lot of good - apply the lore of Latin to your own garden!

Fascinating feature spreads retell the adventures of important plant hunters such as Sir Joseph Banks and Alexander von Humboldt, and explain how their discoveries affect the way our gardens look today. Individual plants are also profiled throughout, showing how their names can illuminate their hidden histories. Arabic: بُسْتَان‎ (ar) ( bustān ), حَدِيقَة‎ (ar) f ( ḥadīqa ), جَنَّة‎ (ar) f ( janna ) Egyptian Arabic: جنينة‎ f ( ginēna ) Hijazi Arabic: حَدِيقَة‎ f ( ḥadīga ), بَخْشَة‎ m ( baḵša ) ( archaic ) Moroccan Arabic: جردة‎ ( jarda ), جنينة‎ ( jnīna ) Persian: پَرْدیس‎ (fa) ( pardis ), بوسْتان‎ (fa) ( bustân ), بُسْتان‎ (fa) ( bostân ), پارْک‎ (fa) ( pârk ) Cantonese: 花園 ／ 花园 ( faa 1 jyun 4-2 ) Dungan: хуайүан ( huayüan ) Mandarin: 花園 ／ 花园 (zh) ( huāyuán ) Min Dong: 花園 ／ 花园 ( huă-huòng ) Min Nan: 花園 ／ 花园 (zh-min-nan) ( hoe-hn̂g / hoa-hûiⁿ ) Wu: 花園 ／ 花园 ( 1ho-yoe ) Latin words for the genus or species of a plant are descriptive terms used to describe a specific type of plant and its characteristics. Using Latin plant names helps to avert confusion caused by the often contradictory and multiple common names an individual may have.

From Middle French jardin, from Old French jardin, from Medieval Latin jardinus ( “ garden ” ), from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardō ( “ enclosure, yard ” ) (compare also Old French jart ( “ garden ” )), from Proto-Germanic *gardô ( “ enclosure, garden, house ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos ( “ hedge, enclosure ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ( “ court, yard ” ). https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1963&context=extension_histall Russian: садо́вничать (ru) ( sadóvničatʹ ) ( colloquial ); огоро́дничать (ru) ( ogoródničatʹ ) ( in vegetable garden; colloq.)

When a new strain of plant is developed, the new plant needs a third category to further describe its one-of-a-kind characteristic. This instance is when a third name (the plant’s cultivar) is added to the Latin plant name. This third name may represent the developer of the cultivar, location of origin or hybridization, or a specific unique characteristic. Meaning of Latin Plant Names Cyrillic: вр̏т m, по̀вртња̄к m, вртњак m, са̑д m, садњак m, посадњак m, ба́шта f, ба́шча f Roman: vȑt (sh) m, pòvrtnjāk (sh) m, vrtnjak m, sȃd (sh) m, sadnjak m, posadnjak m, bášta (sh) f, bášča (sh) f Latin Plant Names: Are They Descriptive & Helpful Or Smoke And Mirrors? Let Me Explain What They Mean. Latin names are usually made up of two parts as a minimum, though sometimes they are a it longer. This is called the binomial naming system and is a highly descriptive way to describe plants.

From Old French jardin ( “ garden, enclosure ” ), probably from Vulgar Latin or early Gallo-Romance hortus gardinus, from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardo ( “ enclosure, yard ” ), from Proto-Germanic *gardô ( “ enclosure, garden, house ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos ( “ hedge, enclosure ” ), from *gʰerdʰ- ( “ court, yard ” ). The Latin plant name is a description of the plant’s characteristics. Take Acer palmatum, for example. Again, ‘Acer’ means maple while the descriptive ‘palmatum’ means shaped like a hand, and it is derived from ‘platanoides,’ meaning “resembling the plane tree.” Therefore, Acer platanoides means you are looking at a maple that resembles the plane tree. Blow on my garden [speaking of her genitalia], so the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden [her pubic area] and eat His pleasant fruits. Combining the two names gives us a unique term for this person’s individual name just as combing the “genus” and “species” scientific Latin plant names gives us a unique botanical nomenclature guide for each individual plant. And they aren’t so difficult to understand once you remember many words we use everyday come from Latin. So where a plant has the word orientalis as part of its Latin name you’ll recognise it’s something to do with the orient or east. And if the plant is obesus you might guess it’s a bit fat. Likewise a plant with the name equinus is something to do with equines (horses). Often these words will be linked to others to tell us which part is obesus or equinus.