Dictionary of plant lore [[electronic resource] /] / by Donald Watts
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Watts Donald <1922-2004.>
|
| Titolo: |
Dictionary of plant lore [[electronic resource] /] / by Donald Watts
|
| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/AP, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (482 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 580 |
| 580.14 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Materia medica, Vegetable |
| Plant names, Popular | |
| Plants | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-471). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as ""Blind Man"" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providi |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dictionary of plant lore |
| ISBN: | 1-281-03771-0 |
| 9786611037710 | |
| 0-08-054602-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458093003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |