Did you ever wonder about their names?

Did you ever wonder about their names?#282116

By hollyhock -  Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:36 pm
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- Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:36 pm #282116

I was looking up some plant information and stumbled upon this very interesting list of their etymological derivations and meanings-
http://www.pinguicula.org/pages/divers/cpdict.htm

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Re: Did you ever wonder about their names?#282117

By KategoricalKarnivore -  Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:46 pm
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- Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:46 pm #282117

Very interesting.

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Re: Did you ever wonder about their names?#282121

By HeliamphoraWalnut -  Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:22 am
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- Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:22 am #282121

Yeah, I read in the savage garden that heliam means marsh, and phoria means vessel or flask. But since heliam sounds kinda like Helios, people call em sun pitchers

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Re: Did you ever wonder about their names?#282134

By Benurmanii -  Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:13 am
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- Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:13 am #282134

Glad you found this! I had been looking for a list like this for a while.

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