Re: Constructing epithets (was Re: Use of the word

[jack7223@webtv.net]

Great thread! Thanks for the short course in naming plants. It is just
what I needed, Looks like a non-english word is the root rather a place
or person.

Jack

[jack7223@webtv.net]

OK Behen is an arabic word but I would like to know it's english
meaning.

I found this:

APPENDICES
A. Additional Arabic Loanwords with Variant Spellings
alchitran, alkilranjargon, jargoon rail, rein alkarnna, alkennajihad,
jehad rava, ravah ben, behen jubbah, jubba ratarna, retama berat, barat
kabyle, kabyl retem, raetem

[Beverly Erlebacher]

In article >,
> wrote:
>OK Behen is an arabic word but I would like to know it's english
>meaning.

IIRC at the beginning of the thread, someone listed a number of scientific
names of plants that are called 'behen' in various areas, so likely it's
an Arabic (or Farsi, or both) common name for a plant, applied to different
plants in different areas. Asking what it means may be like asking what
English words like "ironwood" or "lily" mean. These common names are
applied to many different, often unrelated, species of plant.

[jack7223@webtv.net]

Great thread! Thanks for the short course in naming plants. It is just
what I needed, Looks like a non-english word is the root rather a place
or person.

Jack

[jack7223@webtv.net]

OK Behen is an arabic word but I would like to know it's english
meaning.

I found this:

APPENDICES
A. Additional Arabic Loanwords with Variant Spellings
alchitran, alkilranjargon, jargoon rail, rein alkarnna, alkennajihad,
jehad rava, ravah ben, behen jubbah, jubba ratarna, retama berat, barat
kabyle, kabyl retem, raetem

[Beverly Erlebacher]

In article >,
> wrote:
>OK Behen is an arabic word but I would like to know it's english
>meaning.

IIRC at the beginning of the thread, someone listed a number of scientific
names of plants that are called 'behen' in various areas, so likely it's
an Arabic (or Farsi, or both) common name for a plant, applied to different
plants in different areas. Asking what it means may be like asking what
English words like "ironwood" or "lily" mean. These common names are
applied to many different, often unrelated, species of plant.