BOTANICAL NAMES 85 



Dock. A.S. " Docce " (name for the plant). Eng. 

 name for the Rumex group. 



Dodder. German. " Dotter," name of plant. Eng-. 

 name for Cuscuta group. Is an annual parasitical 

 plant ; lives chiefly on Furze. 



Dog's Tail. Eng. translation of G. " Cynosurus," the 

 name given to a group of the Grass family, the 

 spike being fringed on one side only. 



Dog's Mercury. Eng. name for one of the two Mer- 

 cury s. 



Dog- Wood. Eng. name for the Cornel tree. " Dog " 

 has nothing to do with the animal ; it is a cor- 

 ruption of A.S. " dags " (a goad or skewer), be- 

 cause wood of this tree was used for making them. 



Doronic (dor-on-ik). Eng. rendering of Doronicum. 



Doronicum (dor-in-i-kum). Arabic name of plant 

 " durungi " in Latin dress. Bot. name for a group 

 of Composite family. 



Dortmanna (dort-man-na). After Dortmann, a Dutch 

 apothecary. Second bot. name of the Water 

 Lobelia. 



Domestica (do-mes-tika). L. adj., " belonging to the 

 house." Second bot. name. 



Down or Downy. A bot. term when the hairs on a 

 plant are short and soft. 



Draba (dra-ba). G. " Drabe " (acrid); refers to the 

 taste of the leaves. Bot. name for a group. 



Drop Wort. Eng-. name for two plants of different 

 families (i) Spirea group, Rose family; (2) Water 

 Dropwort, Oenanth group, Umbellate family. The 

 roots of both are knobby. Dropper is the word for 

 a small Tulip bud. 



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