Flora

Definition of lily

Azucena is a name given to several plants. The concept comes from the Hispanic Arabic asussána, in turn derived from the classical Arabic sūsanah which comes from the pelvi sōsan. The first definition provided by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) indicates that a plant that belongs to the family group of […]

Definition of araucaria

Araucaria is a term that comes from Arauco, the name of a historical region of South America that currently identifies a peninsula, a province and a city in Chile. The concept refers to a genus of trees. The araucarias are part of the family group of the abietaceae, like the larches, the […]

Definition of eggplant

The Persian word bātingān passed into classical Arabic as bāḏinǧānah, which in turn arrived in Hispanic Arabic as baḏinǧána. After this etymological journey, the concept came to our language as eggplant. Eggplant is a plant that is part of the Solanaceae family group. The term, however, is usually used specifically […]

Definition of acorn

The etymological origin of acorn would go back to the Greek balanōtḗ. This word would have reached classical Arabic as ballūṭa, which in turn led to the Hispanic Arabic ballúṭa. The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), in its dictionary, recognizes more than a dozen meanings of acorn. Several of them are regional, being specific to countries […]

Definition of oak

The etymological root of holm oak is found in the Latin ilicīna. Holm oak is a tree from the Fagaceae family group that stands out for the hardness of its wood and its fruit. Holm oaks, whose height is usually around twelve meters, have a very thick trunk that branches […]

Definition of gladiolus

The term gladiolus, also accepted by the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) as gladiolus (with accent on the letter I), has its etymological origin in Latin gladiŏlus. This word, in turn, is the diminutive of gladius (which translates as “sword”). Etymology, therefore, links the idea of ​​gladiolus to a sword of […]

Definition of borage

The Latin word borrāgo came to Catalan as boratja. That is the closest etymological antecedent of borage, as detailed by the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) in its dictionary. Borage is a plant that is part of the Boragenaceae family group. With a height that can reach about sixty centimeters, it has a branchy stem of […]

Definition of gardenia

Gardenia is the name of a genus of shrubs. These plants belong to the Rubiaceae family group and are native to East Asia. The name pays tribute to the Scottish botanist, doctor and zoologist Alexander Garden, born in 1730 and died in 1791. The person who established this name was the Swede Carlos Linnaeus. The jasmine of […]

Definition of maple

The maple is a tree that is part of the Aceraceae family group. The concept refers to numerous species that make up the genus known as Acer. In general, maples are characterized by the hardness of their wood, which usually has stains. These trees have simple leaves, flowers arranged in a cluster or corymb […]

Definition of camellia

The camellia flower is called camellia. The camellia (which can also be called camellia like the flower), meanwhile, is a shrub native to the Asian continent that is part of the Theaceae family group. The name of this plant comes from Jiří Josef Camel, sometimes called Kamel or Camellus. This missionary […]