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ENGLISH |
LATIN |
Scientific |
acanthus |
Acanthus mollis |
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alder |
Alnus glutinosa |
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alfalfa |
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa |
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apple |
Malus domestica |
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arbutus |
Arbutus unedo |
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ash, European ash |
Fraxinus excelsior |
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ash, mountain ash, manna ash |
Fraxinus ornus |
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aster |
Aster amelllus |
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balm, bee balm, balm mint, cure-all |
Melissa officinalis |
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barley |
Hordeum vulgare |
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Laurus nobilis |
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bean, broad bean, fava bean, Windor bean, horse bean, field bean |
Vicia faba |
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bean, yard long |
Vigna ungiculata |
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bear’s breeches |
Acanthus mollis |
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beech |
Fagus sylvatica |
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Belgian endive |
intubum I c |
Cichorium intybus |
black hellebore, Christmas rose |
Helleborus niger |
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black-eyed pea, cowpea, field pea, yard long bean |
Vigna ungiculata |
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blue daisy, blue sailors |
Cichorium intybus |
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Bournemouth pine, maritime pine |
Pinus pinaster |
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box, boxwood |
Buxus sempervirens |
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bracken |
Pteridium aquilinum |
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brake, brake fern |
Pteridium aquilinum |
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broom, Spanish broom, weaver's broom, dyer's broom |
Spartium junceum |
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butcher’s broom |
Ruscus aculeatus |
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celery |
Apium graveolens |
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centaury |
Centaurium erythraea |
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centre of the sun |
Centaurium erythraea |
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cherry, cornelian |
Cornus mas |
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cherry, sour, wild |
Prunus cerasus |
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chestnut |
Castanea sativa |
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chicory, wild chicory, coffee chicory, common chicory |
Cichorium intybus |
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Christmas rose |
Helleborus niger |
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cinnamon, Chinese cinammon |
casia I (bark) |
Cinnamomum iners |
citron |
Citrus medica |
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cleavers |
Galium aparine
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clover, yellow honey clover, yellow sweet clover |
lotus II (herb) |
Melilotus officinalis
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cobnut |
Corylus avellana |
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coffee chicory, coffee weed |
Cichorium intybus |
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cornelian cherry |
Cornus mas
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crocus, saffron crocus |
Crocus sativus |
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cucumber |
Cucumis sativus |
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cure-all |
Melissa officinalis |
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cypress, Italian cypress |
Cupressus sempervirens |
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darnel |
Lolium temulentum |
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date palm |
Phoenix dactylifera |
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elm, smooth-leafed elm |
Ulmus minor (around Pompeii), Ulnus glabra |
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elm-leaf blackberry |
Rubus ulmifolius |
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emmer wheat |
Triticum turgidum cultivar dicoccum |
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endive, curly endive, frisée |
intubum II |
Cichorium endivia |
etrog |
Citrus medica |
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fern, brake, eagle, or female |
Pteridium aquilinum |
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fever wort |
Centaurium erythraea |
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filbert |
Corylus avellana |
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fir, silver fir |
Abies alba |
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flax, linen |
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frisée |
intubum II |
Cichorium endivia |
garland flower |
casia II (flower) |
Daphne cneorum |
garland flower, rose daphne |
casia II (flower) |
Daphne cneorum |
gilliflower |
viola (white) |
Mathiola incana |
gladiolus, field gladiolus, Italian gladiolus, corn gladiolus |
Gladiolus italicus |
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goose grass and about 20 more: cleavers, stickywilly, barweed, bedstraw, catchweed, clivers, eriffe, everlasting friendship, goosebill, grip grass, hayriffe, hayruff, hedgeheriff, loveman, mutton chops, robin-run-in-the-Grass, scratweed |
Galium aparine |
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grape, grapevine |
Vitis vinifera |
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hackberry |
lotus I (tree) |
Celtis australis |
hazelnut |
Corylus avellana |
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hellebore, black |
Helleborus niger |
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hellebore, white |
also called veraturm (not in Vergil) |
Veratrum album |
holm oak |
Quercus ilex |
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honeywort |
Cerinthe major |
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ivy |
Hedera helix |
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juniper |
Juniperus communis |
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Laurus nobilis |
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lemon balm, bee balm, balm mint, cure-all |
Melissa officinalis |
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lentils |
Lens culinaris |
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licebane |
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lily, white lily, Madonna lily |
Lilium candidum |
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lime or inden, large-leaved |
Tilia platyphyllos |
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lime or linden, small-leaved |
Tilia cordata Miller |
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lime, lime flower tree, common lime, linden |
Tilia x vulgaris (T. cordata x T. platyphyllos ; T. europaea auct.) |
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linden |
Tilia x vulgaris (T. cordata x T. platyphyllos ; T. europaea auct.) |
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lupine |
Lupinus alba |
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Maltese cross, puncture vine, caltrop, cat's head, devil's-thorn, devil's-weed, goathead |
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| marsh plants in general | candidates have included:Carex riparia, Cladium mariscus, Glyceria fluitans, Sagittaria sagittifilia, Spartina maritima, Typha latifolia |
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Michaelmas daisy |
Aster amelllus |
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millet, proso millet, broomcorn millet |
Panicum miliaceum |
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mistletoe |
Viscum album |
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moon trefoil |
Medicago arborea |
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mother of thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme |
Thymus serpyllum |
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mountain ash, manna ash |
Fraxinus ornus |
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myrtle |
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narcissus |
Narcissus serotinus |
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narcissus, pheasant's-eye narcissus |
Narcissus poeticus |
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nettle tree |
lotus I (tree) |
Celtis australis |
oak, English oak |
Quercus robur |
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oak, holm or scarlet |
Quercus ilex |
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oak, sessile oak, chestnut oak, durmast oak |
Quercus petraea |
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oatgrass, oatstraw |
avena I |
Avena fatua |
oats |
avena II |
Avena sativa |
olive |
Olea europaea |
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opium poppy |
Papaver somniferum |
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osier |
Salix vimialis |
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palm |
Phoenix dactylifera |
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pea, black-eyed, cow, or field |
Vigna ungiculata |
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pear |
Pyrus communis |
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pine, maritime or Bournemouth |
Pinus pinaster |
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pine, stone or umbrella |
Pinus pinea |
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plane tree |
Platanus orientalis |
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plum |
Prunus domestica |
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poplar, white poplar |
Populus alba |
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poppy, garden poppy, etc. |
Papaver somniferum |
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Sorbus aucuparia |
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radicchio |
Cichorium intybus | |
reed, common reed |
Phragmites australis |
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rose |
Rosa spp. |
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rosemary |
Rosmarinus officinalis |
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Sorbus aucuparia |
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savory, summer |
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savory, winter |
Satureja montana |
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scarlet oak |
Quercus ilex |
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| sedge | candidates have included:Carex riparia, Cladium mariscus, Glyceria fluitans, Sagittaria sagittifilia, Spartina maritima, Typha latifolia
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sedge. graceful sedge, slender tufted sedge |
Carex acuta |
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shrub trefoil |
Medicago arborea |
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sour cherry |
Prunus cerasus |
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spruce, Norway spruce, spruce fir, white spruce |
Picea abies |
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squill, sea squill, white squill, sea onion |
Urginea maritima |
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staveacre |
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stock |
viola (white) |
Mathiola incana |
strawberry tree |
Arbutus unedo |
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succory |
Cichorium intybus |
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summer savory |
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tares |
Lolium temulentum |
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thistle, creeping thistle, field thistle, Canada thistle |
Cirsium arvense |
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thyme |
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thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme |
Thymus serpyllum |
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tree medick |
Medicago arborea |
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trefoil, moon, shrub |
Medicago arborea |
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umbrella pine, stone pine |
Pinus pinea |
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vetch, garden vetch |
Vicia sativa |
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vine, grapevine |
Vitis vinifera |
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violet, sweet violet |
viola (dark) |
Viola odorata |
walnut |
Juglans regia |
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waxflower |
Cerinthe major |
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wheat, emmer |
Triticum turgidum cultivar dicoccum |
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wheat, hard wheat, winter wheat, durum wheat, pasta flour |
Triticum turgidum L. cultivar durum |
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wild cherry |
Prunus cerasus |
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wild oats |
avena I |
Avena fatua |
wild olive |
Olea europaea var. oleaster (Hoffmans. & Link) Fiori |
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willow, white willow |
Salix alba |
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winter savory |
Satureja montana |
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wolfsbane |
Aconitum vulparia |
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yellow honey clover, yellow sweet clover |
lotus II (herb) |
Melilotus officinalis |
yew |
Taxus baccata |
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