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Watts, Donald, 1922-2004, author.
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Plants -- Folklore -- Dictionaries.
Materia medica, Vegetable -- Dictionaries.
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Dictionary of plant lore / by Donald Watts.
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Watts, Donald, 1922-2004, author.
Elsevier/AP, ©2007.
Subjects
Plants -- Folklore -- Dictionaries.
Materia medica, Vegetable -- Dictionaries.
Plants -- Nomenclature -- Dictionaries.
Plant names, Popular -- Dictionaries.
Botany
Plants
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Many plant names derive from superstition, folk lore, or primal befiefs. This dictionary lists 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of wild and cultivated plants. Botanical name are followed by a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage, genesis, and evolution is included to provide a greater understanding of the plants.
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ix, 471 pages, 27 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2007276589-d.html
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Elsevier's dictionary of plant lore
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9780123740861
012374086X
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