Planting the Seeds of Knowledge: An Inventory of Old English Plant Names

Planting the Seeds of Knowledge: An Inventory of Old English Plant Names
Author: Hans Sauer
Publisher: Herbert Utz Verlag
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2018
Genre: English language
ISBN: 3831647437

Old English had a large number of plant names: more than a thousand are attested. These are listed here, including parts of plants and products of plants. In the main list the following kinds of information are provided: the spelling (including spelling variants), the literal meaning, the etymology (native word or loan-word) and word-formation, equivalents in Modern English, in the Linnéan terminology, and in German, as well as the older Latin names. Cross-references to etymologically or semantically related names are also given. It is furthermore noted if the etymology or the identification of the plant is unclear. The main list is made more accessible and is supplemented by several indices and supplementary lists; these collect, for example, those Old English plant names that survive in Modern English, Old English names for fruits and products of plants, tree names, the Latin names according to the Linnéan system, the Modern English equivalents, and the Modern German equivalents.

Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners

Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
Author: William Thomas Stearn
Publisher: Cassell PLC
Total Pages: 363
Release: 1996
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780304347827

This dictionary provides entries on 6,000 botanical names, those most frequently encountered by gardeners and horticulturists, and also also cross-references 3,000 vernacular names to their botanical names.

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 738
Release: 1999-11-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780849326752

This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from A to C.

A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names

A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names
Author: A. W. Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2013-06-10
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0486320057

First compact dictionary to combine definitions of botanical names in general usage with information on their derivation and guides to pronunciation. A monumental index provides a cross-reference from some 1,800 common plant names to corresponding botanical ones. Combines thoroughness, botanical rigor, and interesting facts and lore — all leavened with touches of humor.