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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Monarda didymous #184737 05/11/2009 8:55 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 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 ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Monarda didymous BranShea #184810 05/15/2009 4:22 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water 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'? Last edited by LukeJavan8; 05/15/2009 4:23 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Monarda didymous LukeJavan8 #184812 05/15/2009 4:43 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Monarda didymous BranShea #184917 05/23/2009 11:58 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water 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---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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