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Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word.
When the common name of the organism in English derives from an indigenous language of the Americas, it is given first. In biological nomenclature , organisms receive scientific names , which are formally in Latin , but may be drawn from any language and many have incorporated words from indigenous language of the Americas.
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
Aloe (English loan word) Aloe vera: Agavaceae (Yucca family) Aloe vera Aoa: Ficus obliqua: Moraceae (Mulberry family) Polynesian banyan, strangler fig ʻApu Initia (English loan word) Anacardium occidentale: Anacardiaceae (Cashew family) Cashew, "Indian Apple" Ateate: Wollastonia biflora: Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Beach sunflower ʻAu'auli ...
The inner bark of willow trees has been used by Native American groups for health issues including headache, bleeding cuts, skin sores, fever, cough and hoarseness, menstrual cramping, stomach pain and diarrhea. The inner bark is most often made into tea and drank, though it is also made into a poultice to cover the skin over broken bones or ...
A non-native plant that has nonetheless been present in a particular geographic area for some time. Contrast neophyte. archegonium. Plural archegonia. A multicellular haploid structure or organ of the gametophyte phase of certain plants, producing and containing the ovum or female
Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. Chicago, Illinois: Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-52292-0. Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2. Cullen, Katherine E. (2006).
The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages.. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin.