Excerpt from Botanical Names of the Wild Flowers: What They Mean; How Pronounced
Many of us, no doubt, are prevented trying to learn the names of the Wild Flowers we see in our lanes and meadows because of the uncouth look of their botanical names.
We are uncertain as to how these barbarous words ought to be pronounced; we know not what their so-called "scientific" names mean.
The Greek or Latin names given to Wild Flowers are not, in themselves, in any way "scientific." These words were those in common everyday use by the Greeks or Latins when the flower first happened to be named.
If Chrysanthemum were scientific, so also would Goldilocks be. Both have practically the same meaning.
Chrysanthemum is a compound Greek word, "chrys" - golden, "anthos" - flower; Goldilocks, a compound English word and the common name for the Wood Crowfoot, is nothing more than a translation of its second Latin botanical name "auricomus," "auri" - golden, "comus" - hair or locks.
But there is a very great advantage in using the botanical name. By so doing we are using a "standardized" name.
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