Japanese: 庭 (ja) ( にわ, niwa ), 菜園 (ja) ( さいえん, saien ) ( vegetable garden ), 野菜畑 ( やさいばたけ, yasaibatake ) ( vegetable garden ) Some Latin names are descriptive of the plant, some are almost poetic. Others describe colours, places, leaf shape and so much more. Hebrew: גַּנְּתָא‎ f ( gannəṯā ), גִּנְּתָא‎ f ( ginnəṯā ), גַּנָּא‎ m ( gannā ), גִּנָּא‎ m ( ginnā ) Syriac: ܓܢܬܐ‎ f ( gannəṯā, ginnəṯā )

Combining the two names gives us a unique term for this person’s individual name just as combing the “genus” and “species” scientific Latin plant names gives us a unique botanical nomenclature guide for each individual plant. Cognate with Old High German gart, garto ( “ garden, enclosure, yard ” ), Old English ġeard ( “ garden, yard, fence, enclosure ” ). Cognate with English garden, which was derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant. More at yard.jardin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language ], 2012. Aided by this book, every gardener, and their garden, will benefit from uncovering the wealth of information that lies within the remarkable world of Latin binomials. A little Latin can do a lot of good - apply the lore of Latin to your own garden!

Fascinating feature spreads retell the adventures of important plant hunters such as Sir Joseph Banks and Alexander von Humboldt, and explain how their discoveries affect the way our gardens look today. Individual plants are also profiled throughout, showing how their names can illuminate their hidden histories. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1963&context=extension_histall Persian: پَرْدیس‎ (fa) ( pardis ), بوسْتان‎ (fa) ( bustân ), بُسْتان‎ (fa) ( bostân ), پارْک‎ (fa) ( pârk ) Romansch: curtin m ( Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader ), curtgin m ( Sursilvan ), curtgegn m ( Sutsilvan ), curtgign m ( Surmiran )Arabic: بُسْتَان‎ (ar) ( bustān ), حَدِيقَة‎ (ar) f ( ḥadīqa ), جَنَّة‎ (ar) f ( janna ) Egyptian Arabic: جنينة‎ f ( ginēna ) Hijazi Arabic: حَدِيقَة‎ f ( ḥadīga ), بَخْشَة‎ m ( baḵša ) ( archaic ) Moroccan Arabic: جردة‎ ( jarda ), جنينة‎ ( jnīna ) Cyrillic: вр̏т m, по̀вртња̄к m, вртњак m, са̑д m, садњак m, посадњак m, ба́шта f, ба́шча f Roman: vȑt (sh) m, pòvrtnjāk (sh) m, vrtnjak m, sȃd (sh) m, sadnjak m, posadnjak m, bášta (sh) f, bášča (sh) f

Blow on my garden [speaking of her genitalia], so the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden [her pubic area] and eat His pleasant fruits. The Latin plant name is a description of the plant’s characteristics. Take Acer palmatum, for example. Again, ‘Acer’ means maple while the descriptive ‘palmatum’ means shaped like a hand, and it is derived from ‘platanoides,’ meaning “resembling the plane tree.” Therefore, Acer platanoides means you are looking at a maple that resembles the plane tree. The use of Latin plant names can be confusing to the home gardener, sometimes even intimidating. There is, however, a very good reason to use Latin plant names. There are so many plant names to learn as it is, so why do we use Latin names too? And exactly what are Latin plant names anyway? Simple. Scientific Latin plant names are used as a means of classifying or identifying specific plants. Let’s learn more about the meaning of Latin plant names with this short but sweet botanical nomenclature guide. What are Latin Plant Names?

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In binomial Latin, the genus is a noun and the species is a descriptive adjective for it. Take, for example, Acer is the Latin plant name (genus) for maple. Since there are many different types of maple, another name (the species) is added too for positive identification. So, when confronted with the name Acer rubrum ( red maple), the gardener will know he/she is looking at a maple with vibrant, red, fall leaves. This is helpful as Acer rubrum remains the same regardless of whether the gardener is in Iowa or elsewhere in the world.