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Old 31-12-2005, 07:53 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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shazzbat wrote:

Foxglove in German is "fingerhut" = finger hat.


How funny, considering how posonious it is! Antirrhinum latifolium,
Snapdragon is called 'gueule de loup' in French, meaning 'woolf's
face'. I wonder if there's a book with plants common names in Europe
and all their equivalent. That would be a treat for me )