phytonym

Noun

 * 1) A (non-taxonomic) plant name.
 * 2) * 2008, Renato Tomei, Forbidden Fruits: The Secret Names of Plants in Caribbean Culture: "en"

- Aniseed: (Pimpinella anisum) [...] This phytonym refers also to Foeniculum vulgare because this plant has yellow flowers, fine foliage and a strong smell of aniseed.


 * 1) * ibid. "en"

- Duck Weed: (Lemma perpusilla, Fam. Lemnaceae) [...] The Spanish phytonym for this plant carries another taxonomic name (Piaprpous crassipes, Fam. Pontederiaceae)


 * 1) The name of an individual plant (e.g. General Sherman, a tree in, California).
 * 2) An anthroponym derived from the name of a plant.

Translations

 * Portuguese: fitomínio