Botanical Names, Meanings, and their History

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Amaryllis (Ah-muh-RIL-is)

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amaryllis name meaning

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Annona (ah-NOH-nah)

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tropical italian sweet baby female genus girl

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Bracken (BRACK-en)

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gaelic english baby botanical nature surname

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Carnation (kar-NEY-shun)

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Cassia (kuh-SEE-uh)

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Cicely (SISS-uh-lee)

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female english medieval botanical christian girl anglo-saxon

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Clematis (kleh-MAH-tis)

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Coriander (kuh-RI-an-der)

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Hassel (hah-sell)

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boy surname norwegian-german botanical swedish-german last male

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Herb (urb)

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Herbie (HER-bee)

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Jonquil (juhn-kwil or jahn-kwil)

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