Valerie Barajas' Garden by Valerie Barajas https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay en-us 2024-07-30 18:27:28 UTC 2024-08-09 22:13:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Titan Arum valeriebarajas945 https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3064059400 Titan (n.) - early 15c., a name for the sun from Latin titan, from Greek titan, "a member of a mythological race of primordial deities"


Scientific Name: Amorphophallus titanum


Related words: Titanic, Titanium

]]> 2024-07-30 18:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3064059400 Bee Balm valeriebarajas945 https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3064355182 Balm (n.) - "oily, resinous aromatic substance exuding naturally from shrubs of the genus Commiphora,"


Bee (n.) - stinging insect of the genus Apis, living in societies under a queen and producing wax and honey, Old English beo "bee,"


Scientific name: Monarda didyma


Related words: spelling bee, bees wax, lip balm

]]> 2024-07-31 04:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3064355182 Catnip valeriebarajas945 https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3064360081 Catnip (n.) - cat (n.) + nip, which perhaps is a survival of Middle English nept, nepte "catnip," from Anglo French and Old English nepte "catnip," from Latin nepta, name of an aromatic herb.


Scientific name: Nepeta cataria


Related words: Cat, caterpillar

]]> 2024-07-31 04:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3064360081 Snapdragon (genus: antirrhinum) valeriebarajas945 https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3071365949 Snapdragon (n.) - popular name of a common flowering garden plant, 1570s, from snap (n.) + dragon. So called from fancied resemblance of antirrhinum flowers to a dragon's mouth.


related words: Antipathy, rhinoplasty


scientific name: Antirrhinum

]]> 2024-08-09 06:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3071365949 Poppy valeriebarajas945 https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3071367199 poppy (n.) - plant of the genus papaver, having showy flowers and milky juice with narcotic properties


related words: Papilla, Pop, Popsicle 


scientific name: Papaver


]]> 2024-08-09 06:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3071367199 pitcher plant valeriebarajas945 https://padlet.com/valeriebarajas945/ogkn29zm5b3gk9ay/wish/3071369196 pitcher (n.1) - The pitcher-plant (1819) is so called for the shape of the modified leaves, which commonly contain liquid and are adapted to capture and assimilate insects.


Scientific name: sarracenia


related words: Sarcoma, Sarcophagus 

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