Plants and Such: A Dictionary of Botanical Terms

 

 

About Plants and Such

Almost 250 years ago, the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné published Species Plantarum and binomial nomenclature was born. This systematic approach to naming plants (and animals) is still the universally-recognized system used today. While many gardeners struggle with "Latin names" of plants, knowing a plant's botanical name allows you to converse with gardeners all over the world.

This dictionary contains over 17,000 terms – both scientific and common with definitions.

This dictionary is available in a number of languages. While the Latin names of plants are generally not translated across languages, the common or local name varies from area to area.

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