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Re: Clivia -- a verbal compromise
Thank you, Alisdair, for pointing out that the Kaffir lily was named for
the Kaffir River not the disenfranchised and despised black infidels
(Kaffir comes from an Arabic word meaning infidel). But in the
interests not of PC, but of kindness, I intend to begin referring to
clivia as the Kaffir River lily.
Rand B. Lee
Editor, The American Cottage Gardener
President, The American Dianthus Society
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