Flowers and plants
The meaning op the name
The name of a plant often have a meaning. This meaning tells us
something about the plant like the original growing place, the
discovered, and special characters en elements. To understand the botanical
name giving knowledge of the meaning is important. Some meanings are in the
list below.
| Botanic name |
Meaning of the name |
| acaulis |
without a stem |
| alatus |
with wings |
| albus |
white |
| annuus |
annual |
| aromaticus |
nice scented |
| aureus |
gold-yellow |
| baccatus |
with berries |
| barbatus |
with a beard |
| bellis |
beautiful |
| bicolor |
two colored |
| biennis |
biennial |
| campanulatis |
clock shape |
| canadensis |
from Canada |
| candidus |
grey-white |
| coeruleus |
blue |
| compactus |
close together |
| conifer |
coin wearing |
| coronarius |
with a crown |
| cristatus |
cockscomb |
| discolor |
unequal colors |
| domesticus |
local |
| elasticus |
elastic |
| elegans |
elegant |
| flavus |
yellow |
| floribundus |
rich flowering |
| fragilus |
fragile, weak |
| fulgens |
lightning |
| giganteus |
huge |
| globosus |
globe form |
| glutinosus |
sticky |
| gracilis |
graceful |
| gramineus |
grass like |
| grandis |
big |
| horizontalis |
horizontal |
| humilis |
low growing |
| hybridus |
bastard |
| incanus |
gray |
| japonicus |
from Japan |
| latifolius |
wide leaves |
| longifolius |
long leaves |
| majalis |
in May flowering |
| mollis |
soft, soft |
| nanus |
low growing |
| niger |
black |
| odoratus |
nice scented |
| officinalis |
therapeutic |
| ovatus |
egg form |
| pendulus |
hanging |
| perennis |
perennial |
| plumosis |
feather form |
| praecox |
early flowering |
| pumilus |
small |
| pyramidalis |
pyramid shape |
| repens |
creeping |
| rubens |
red |
| scandens |
climbing |
| somnifer |
sleep plant |
| splendens |
shiny |
| stellatus |
star form |
| tricolor |
three colors |
| umbelliformis |
umbelliferos |
| variegatus |
mixed colors |
| viridis |
green |
| vulgaris |
usual |
| zonalis |
with a belt |
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23.05.2004
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