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A gardener's dictionary of plant names: a handbook on the origin and meaning of some plant names. [New ed.]; revised and enlarged by William T. Stearn [and] Isadore Leighton Luce Smith.

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London, Cassell, 1972.

1972

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The vegetable book: an unnatural history; illustrated by Meg Rutherford.

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London, Allen and Unwin, 1972.

1972

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Vznik a vývin slovenskej botanickej nomenklatúry. K histórii slovenského odborného slovníka. 1. vyd.

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Bratislava, SAV, t. Tlač. SNP, B. Bystrica, 1972.

1972

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Ukraïnsʹki narodni nazvy roslyn. (Zibrav avtor na Ukraïni v rokakh 1927-1939)

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Nr︠i︡u-ĭork: Vydano Ukraïnsʹko︠i︡u vilʹno︠i︡u akademi︠i︡e︠i︡u nauk u SSHA, 1973.

1973

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Forest flora of Gujarat State [by] R. I. Patel.

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[Baroda, Forest Dept., Gujarat State, 1971]

1971

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Muʻjam al-muṣṭalaḥāt al-zirāʻīyah, taʼlīf Maḥmūd Muṣṭafā al-Dimyāṭī wa-Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Jawwād.

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al-Qāhirah, Maktabat al-Anglū al-Miṣrīyah [1967]

1967

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Recherches sur les noms de plantes et les noms d'insectes dans les parlers de la région d'Amiens ...

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Amiens, C. R. D. P., 33, rue des Minimes, 1969.

1969

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Botanical dictionary; scientific names of plants in English, French, German, Arabic and Persian languages, including medicinal, poisonous, ornamental and economic plants and weeds, by Esmaïl Zahedi.

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Tehran, University Press, 1959.

1959

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Der botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen / Peter Bierbaumer.

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Bern : Herbert Lang ; Frankfurt/M. : Peter Lang, 1975-79

1975-1979

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Svenska växtnamn i riksspråk och dialekt / Sigurd Fries.

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Umeå, [Universitet], 1975.

1975

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Phytonymic derivational systems in the Romance languages : studies in their origin and development / by Walter E. Geiger.

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Chapel Hill : U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages : distributed by University of North Carolina Press, 1978.

1978

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Shakespearean plant names : identifications and interpretations / by Mats Rydén.

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Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell international, 1978.

1978

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A catalogue of Indian synonymes of the medicinal plants, products, inorganic substances &c., proposed to be included in the Pharmacopoeia of India / Moodeen Sheriff. 1st reprint ed.

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Delhi : Periodical Experts Book Agency ; Dehradun : International Book Distributors, 1978.

1978-1869

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Lexiko tōn dēmōdōn onomatōn tōn phytōn tēs Hellados / Theodōrou Chelntraïch ; me epistasia kai Symplērōseis Spyridōnos Mēliarakē.

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[Athēna] : Ekdoseis Aphōn Tolidē, [1980]

1980-1909

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Contribution de la botanique au problème d'une éventuelle langue pygmée / René Letouzey.

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Paris : SELAF, c1976.

1976

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Nazwy roślin w gwarach ostródzko-warmińsko-mazurskich / Stanisław Dubisz.

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Wrocław : Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1977

1977

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Woordenlijst Sranan-Nederlands-English : met een lijst van planten- en dierennamen / onder auspiciën van Stichting Volkslectuur.

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Paramaribo : Vaco, 1980, c1961.

1980-1961

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Flora popolare friulana : contributo all'analisi etimologica e areale del lessico regionale del Friuli-Venezia Giulia / Giovan Battista Pellegrini, Alberto Zamboni.

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Udine : Casamassima, c1982.

1982

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Pulses in Éthiopia : their taxonomy and agricultural significance / E. Westphal. ; joint publication of the College of Agriculture, Haile Sellassie I University, Ethiopia, and the Agricultural University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

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Wageningen : Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, 1974.

1974

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A check-list of botanical, Samburu and Rendile names of plants of the "IPAL" study area, Marsabit District, Kenya / by J.O. Kokwaro & D.J. Herlocker.

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[Nairobi?]: Unesco, 1982.

1982

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Plant names of medieval England / Tony Hunt.

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Cambridge : D.S. Brewer ; Woodbridge ; Wolfeboro, N.H., U.S. : Boydell & Brewer, 1989.

1989

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Elsevier's dictionary of wild and cultivated plants in Latin, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and German / compiled by W.E. Clason.

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Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier ; New York, NY : Distributors for the U.S. and Canada Elsevier Science Publishing Co., c1989.

1989

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Die volkstümlichen Pflanzennamen im Val d'Aran (Zentralpyrenäen) / Gerald Bernhard.

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Wilhelmsfeld : G. Egert, 1988.

1988

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Dictionary of plant names in the Lesser Sunda Islands / Jilis A.J. Verheijen.

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Canberra, A.C.T., Australia : Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1990.

1990

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Un vocabulaire wolof de la flore au Sénégal / par Abdoul Aziz Diaw.

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[Dakar] : Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar, 1981.

1981

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Dictionary of Manggarai plant names / by J.A.J. Verheijen.

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Canberra : Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1982.

1982

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Students' flora of Egypt / by Vivi Täckholm ; vernacular names by Mohammed Drar ; illustrations by Ahmed A. Abdel Fadeel.

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Cairo : Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, 1956.

1956

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Shakespears's imagery of plants : a study of the named species / J. Barry Webb.

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Hastings, E. Sussex : Cornwallis Press, 1991.

1991

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Vocabulary of Nigerian names of trees, shrubs and herbs.

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Lagos, Government Printer, 1936.

1936

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Les rites secrets des primitifs de l'Oubangui; préface du général Bouscat. Avec 14 croquis et 37 photographies hors texte.

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Paris Payot, 1936.

1936

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FormatTextCall numberSc 572.967-V (Vergiat, A. Rites secrets des primitifs)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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A Hausa botanical vocabulary, by John M. Dalziel.

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London, T.F. Unwin, [1916]

1916

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Naming nature : a seasonal guide for the amateur naturalist / by Mary Blocksma ; illustrations by Robin Wilt.

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New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1992.

1992

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The Englishman's flora : illustrated with woodcuts from sixteenth-century herbals / Geoffrey Grigson ; foreword by Jane Grigson ; introduction by William T. Stearn.

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London : Phoenix House, 1987, c1955.

1987-1955

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Notas de lexicología colonial : algunos nombres de animales y plantas / Manuel Galeote.

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Kassel : Edition Reichenberger, 1990.

1990

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Pioneer naturalists : the discovery and naming of North American plants and animals / Howard Ensign Evans ; drawings by Michael G. Kippenhan.

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New York : Holt, 1993.

1993

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Nombres castellanos de plantas vasculares en el Colmeiro, 1885-1889 / por Matilde Chica-Pulido et Carlos Fernández-López.

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Jaén, España : Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, 1993.

1993

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Makhzan al-adviyah / ʻAqīlī Khurāsānī.

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Tihrān : Intishārāt va Āmūzish-u Inqilāb-i Islāmī, 1992.

1992-1844

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The Englishman's flora / Geoffrey Grigson ; illustrated with woodcuts from sixteenth-century herbals.

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London : Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1975.

1975

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Nazwy roślin w jezyku rosyjskim : zarys słowotwórczo-semantyczny / Alicja Gajdamowicz-Mazurek.

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Opole : Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna, 1985.

1985

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FormatTextCall number*QCF 95-788Item locationOffsite

Nombres vernáculos de la flora conquense / José Luis Calero López de Ayala.

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Cuenca : Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Cuenca, 1989.

1990

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Eesti taimenimetused / Gustav Vilbaste.

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Tallinn : Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia, 1993.

1993

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La formació dels col·lectius botànics en la toponímia catalana / Maria-Reina Bastardas i Rufat.

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Barcelona : Reial Academia de Bones Lletres, 1994.

1994

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Älvdalska växtnamn : förr och nu / Lars Steensland.

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Uppsala : Dialekt- och folkminnesarkivet, c1994.

1994

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A system of vegetables : according to their classes, orders, genera, species, with their characters and differences : translated from the thirteenth edition (as published by Dr. Murray) of the Systema vegetabilium of the late Professor Linneus, and from the Supplementum plantarum of the present Professor Linneus / by a botanical society, at Lichfield.

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Lichfield : Printed by John Jackson for Leigh and Sotheby, York Street, Covent Garden, 1782-1783.

1782-1783

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Catálogo de nombres vulgares y científicos de plantas de Tabasco / Miguel Alberto Magaña Alejandro.

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Villahermosa, Tabasco, México : Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas, Centro de Investigación, 1995.1992.

1995

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Catálogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas / por José I. Otero, Rafael A. Toro y Lydia Pagán de Otero.

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Rio Piedras, P.R. : Universidad de Puerto Rico, Estación Experimental Agrícola ; San Juan, P.R. : Administración General de Suministros, División de Imprenta, 1945.

1945

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Gotländska växtnamn : tradition och förnyelse i ett lokalt växtnamnsskick / av Ulla Ekvall.

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Stockholm, Sweden : Almqvist & Wiksell International, c1990.

1990

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Killarney and the surrounding scenery: being a complete itinerary of the lakes. By G. N. Smith. Embellished with maps and views from original drawings... To which are added copious notes, a catalogue of plants, and an etymological index of Irish names. By G. Downes.

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Dublin, Printed for Johnston & Deas [etc.] 1822.

1822

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