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Schisandra chinensis common name
I am having an awfully heated argument with my friend about this plant. All
about its English common name - one of these is of course Schisandra, another is Magnola vine, but I have googled and lots of sites refer to this plant as "Wu-wei-zi"'. This name is of course of Chinese origin (it means "having five tastes" or something), but the question is, whether it has been *accepted* into English language? Or is my friend right and it is solely and purely Chinese? Regards, B. |
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Basia Kulesz wrote: I am having an awfully heated argument with my friend about this plant. All about its English common name - one of these is of course Schisandra, another is Magnola vine, but I have googled and lots of sites refer to this plant as "Wu-wei-zi"'. This name is of course of Chinese origin (it means "having five tastes" or something), but the question is, whether it has been *accepted* into English language? Or is my friend right and it is solely and purely Chinese? Well, it might have been accepted into English by Chinese speakers, I suppose. Other than that, no, it hasn't been. And Magnola vine is new to me, too - for such specialised plants, most gardeners will use the Latin names. It may be a more common plant in some parts of the English-speaking world, but isn't widespread in the UK. Which doesn't mean that NOBODY calls it a Magnola vine - just that it isn't a particularly common name for it. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 28/1/05 18:27, in article , "Basia
Kulesz" wrote: I am having an awfully heated argument with my friend about this plant. All about its English common name - one of these is of course Schisandra, another is Magnola vine, but I have googled and lots of sites refer to this plant as "Wu-wei-zi"'. This name is of course of Chinese origin (it means "having five tastes" or something), but the question is, whether it has been *accepted* into English language? Or is my friend right and it is solely and purely Chinese? Is this what you're looking for? "Schizandra (Schizandra chinensis) is a creeping vine with small red berries that is native to Northern China. In ancient China, Schizandra was used as a staple food for hunting and gathering tribes. As a traditional medicinal herb, Schizandra, called Wu-wei-tzu in China, has been used as an astringent for a treatment for dry cough, asthma, night sweats, nocturnal seminal emissions and chronic diarrhea. It is also used as a tonic for the treatment of chronic fatigue." http://www.betterbodz.com/library/schizandra.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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