re: flower terminology - neglecta
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: re: flower terminology - neglecta
- From: t*@Lanl.GOV (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 08:41:46 -0600
:Websters says that neglect implies a failure to carry out some expected
:action, so a neglecta pattern would seem to be one that fails to carry out
:the expected pattern of being all dark blue/purple.
:
:How's that?
I meant to check on what "neglecta" means in botanical Latin last
night--but forgot. Will try to remember after work today. I'm curious
now. Maybe amoenas are more popular so neglectas are neglected. ;)
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