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California Plant Names, Word Meanings and Name Derivations
Coombes, Allen J. 1994. Dictionary of Plant Names. Portland, OR: Timber Press. Fernald, M. L. 1970. Gray's Manual of Botany, 8th ed. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company; corrected printing. Following each species entry, the meaning of the name is indicated. Jaeger, Edmund C, 1978. A Source-Book of Biological Names and Terms (Third edition, Sixth printing). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. Shosteck, Robert. 1974. Flowers and Plants: An International Lexicon with Biographical Notes. New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co. Smith, A. W. 1963. A Gardener's Book of Plant Names: A Handbook of the Meaning and Origins of Plant Names. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. |
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