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Dear wwh (and anybody else, especially the Latinate Loop),
Here's another one of those botanical names, the first, Alectoria probably after the botanist in question, and the second, sarmentosa, that may be descriptive.
Question: Does sarmentosa mean anything in particular in Latin?
Another question: How 'bout tomentosa, as in the Pawlonia (sometimes Paulonia) tomentosa? Does the tomentosa have any meaning?
One more: Come to think of it, what does "tosa" mean in Latin or perhaps "osa"? For the record, Alectoria sarmentosa is commonly called "Witch's Hair" and sometimes "Old Man's Beard," a lichen deer eat in winter after it's blown down from the treetops.
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what does "tosa" mean in Latin or perhaps "osa"
Well, in Italian that ending means something like 'one who is'. For example, joy = gioia so joyous = gioioso. Or pride = orgoglio, proud = orgoglioso. And so on.
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sarmentum -i n. [twigs , brushwood].
tomentum -i n. [the stuffing of a pillow , mattress, etc.].
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Dear WW: I couldn't find out anything about "tomentosa" but here is a link about the tree. First off, the name is "Paulownia" because it was named after daughter of Russian Czar Paul I. http://forestry.about.com/library/weekly/aa081797.htm?once=true&
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TADA----tomentosus means hairy
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WW:
In Latin adjectives most often follow the noun. -osa on the end is if i recall correctly equivalent to -ous.
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Dear wwh:
Wow! Wow! Double Wow! That botanical dictionary is exactly what the doctor ordered, yourself included. Wow! The only thing it lacks is a pronunciation guide--then it would be nearly perfect. So the Alectoria sarmentosa is twiggy--as Faldage may have guessed--and it is. I'm just in word heaven here, Bill. Thanks so much for that great find, which I've bookmarked, of course. In case my computer crashes--as it seems to enjoy doing about every two months--I'm gonna try googling the dictionary under botanical dictionary and see whether the site comes up.
But wow! Now I get to brainstorm all my tree terms and find out what lots of 'em mean.
Best regards and a big twiggy hug,
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WW, you might be interested in this service, where you can save your list of bookmarks with them and then download them from wherever you happen to be. So if your computer crashes and you lose them, you can call them up. http://www.mybookmarks.com/ (I think it was someone on the Board who first pointed me to them.) Bingley
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Thanks, Bingley, for the bookmark service. What'll they think of next? Wonder whether there's a service to hold the contents of our daily thoughts--a brain plug?
Brain regards,
WW
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