Stearn's dictionary of plant names for gardeners : a handbook on the origin and meaning of the botanical names of some cultivated plants

by William T. Stearn

Paper Book, 1992

Call number

QK 11 .S56 1992

Publication

London : Cassell, c1992.

Description

This dictionary provides entries on 6,000 botanical names, those most frequently encountered by gardeners and horticulturists, and also also cross-references 3,000 vernacular names to their botanical names.

Pages

363

Tags

Nomenclature

ISBN

0304341495 / 9780304341498

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