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Topic Options #184737 - 05/11/09 04:55 PM Monarda didymous BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3764 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Monarda_didyma , aka bergamot. A question about the word didymous. Would the monarda be named didyma because the flowers are bilabiate? "Monarda / Oswego Tea comes from the Oswego Indians who taught the immigrants how to use it for tea after the Boston tea party in 1773. The flowers and leaves are good ingredients for potpourri making. Note that the bergamot herb is not the source of bergamot oil, used to flavor Earl Grey tea; that comes from the bergamot orange, a Mediterranean citrus fruit." monarda tea party ( ha! a tax revolt and tea smugglers history ) Top #184810 - 05/15/09 12:22 PM Re: Monarda didymous [Re: BranShea] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 1009 Loc: Frozenwastesistan Originally Posted By: BranShea Monarda_didyma , aka bergamot. A question about the word didymous. Would the monarda be named didyma because the flowers are bilabiate? "Monarda / Oswego Tea comes from the Oswego Indians who taught the immigrants how to use it for tea after the Boston tea party in 1773. The flowers and leaves are good ingredients for potpourri making. Note that the bergamot herb is not the source of bergamot oil, used to flavor Earl Grey tea; that comes from the bergamot orange, a Mediterranean citrus fruit." monarda tea party ( ha! a tax revolt and tea smugglers history ) And the second word, didyma,something to do with 'twin'? Edited by LukeJavan8 (05/15/09 12:23 PM) _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #184812 - 05/15/09 12:43 PM Re: Monarda didymous [Re: LukeJavan8] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3764 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Didyma was an ancient Ionian sanctuary, the modern Didim, Turkey, containing a temple and oracle of Apollo, the Didymaion. In Greek didyma means "twin", but the Greeks who sought a "twin" at Didyma ignored the Carian origin of the name. This is my amateur find. I'm sure zmejhzd wil know what Carian means. I don't. Top #184917 - 05/23/09 07:58 PM Re: Monarda didymous [Re: BranShea] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 1009 Loc: Frozenwastesistan Probably a local name they called themselves, as in the thread concerning the Phoenicians, Hurrians, et. al. They had their own name for themselves, and outsiders called them other things. Native Americans, notably the Lakota were called Sioux by their enemies, and the name stuck. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7256 Members 16 Forums 12812 Topics 189756 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 3 registered (AnnaStrophic, zmjezhd, tsuwm), 7 Guests and 30 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Alan, jincy crow, aml, Goodspeaker, W1343 7256 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12534 Jackie 10393 tsuwm 9577 Buffalo Shrdlu 6690 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4189 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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