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• Chamomile came from the Greek words “chamai” meaning “on the ground,” and “melon” meaning “apple.” • Columbine comes from the Latin word “columba” meaning “dove” because the flowers resemble a circle of doves. • Geraniums were named from the Greek word “geranos” meaning “crane,” because the seed pods are pointed like the bill of a crane. • “Pasque” was the old French word for Passover and Easter, and the Pasque flower was so named because it blooms around that time of year.
• The hydrangea bush absorbs up to twelve gallons of water per day and its name comes from “hydro,” the Greek word for water. • The Dutch borrowed the word “tulip” from the French (“tulipan”), who borrowed it from the Turks (“tulbend”), who noted that the shape of the flower reminded them of a “turban.” • Lilac comes from the Persian word for “blue.” • Joel Poinsett was a diplomat from South Carolina in the 1800s. While serving in Mexico he collected specimens of a wild shrub and shipped them back to America, where they became known as poinsettias.
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• Leonard Fuchs was a botanist who wrote a book about plants in the year 1542. The plant (and the color) fuchsia is named after him.
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• The dahlia was named after Swedish botanist Anders Dahl, who was a student of Carl Linnaeus, who devised the modern system of naming organisms.
• Aster comes from the Latin word for star. • Daisy comes from “days eye,” referring to its habit of opening in the morning and closing at dusk. • “Gladiolus” is Latin for little sword, and from it we get gladiator, a sword-wielding fighter, and gladiolus, which has sword-shaped leaves. • The Virgin Mary had many plants named for her, including “Mary's Gold,” which is now marigold. • Hollyhock was once used to make a concoction that reduced the swelling in the ankle, or hock, of a horse. • “Impatiens” is the Latin word for impatient, referring to the flower’s violent explosion of seeds. • Primrose means “first rose” in Latin because it appears so early in the season.
• Camellia was named by Linnaeus to honor fellow botanist Joseph Kamel. • Scottish botanist Alexander Garden was honored by having the gardenia named after him. • The begonia was named to honor Michel Bégon, an official in French King Louis XIV’s court who became governor of Canada. • Nicotiana is the genus that includes smoking tobacco and flowering tobacco. It is named after Jean Nicot, the French ambassador who introduced tobacco to France. • Narcissus is named for the Greek god who saw his reflection in a pond and fell in love with himself. The peony is named for Paeon, the Greek physician to the gods.
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