The Names Of Flowers Explained

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    SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
    The Importance Of Flowers: sciencing.com/...
    Estimate of flowering plant species to be cut by 600,000: phys.org/news/....
    What Are Flowers?: www.backyardna...
    The Origin Of Flower Names: www.florismart...
    Flower Origins: www.mentalflos...
    Daisy: www.etymonline...
    Forget Me Not: www.pickupflow...
    Tulip: www.etymonline...
    Orchid: planthumor.com...
    Mother-in-Laws Tongue: www.houseplant....
    Carnation: www.etymonline...
    Foxglove: blog.oup.com/2...
    Peony: www.etymonline...
    Dandelion: www.etymonline...
    Rafflesia: www.etymonline...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 165

  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  3 роки тому +11

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    • @montecorbit8280
      @montecorbit8280 3 роки тому +1

      "Mother-in-law's tongue was named that because it can cause someone to quit being able to speak for a few blessed hours....

  • @allanrichardson1468
    @allanrichardson1468 3 роки тому +45

    It’s rather ironic that human genitals are considered rude to expose in public, but PLANTS’ genitals are considered G-rated decorations,

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 3 роки тому +1

      Freudian slip?

    • @shmood3000
      @shmood3000 3 роки тому +1

      This makes me imagine a hellish alternate universe where plants use peni as decorations

    • @BierBart12
      @BierBart12 7 місяців тому

      @@shmood3000 Even more hellish, the dicks wither and die every season

  • @blauesserpiroyal2887
    @blauesserpiroyal2887 3 роки тому +38

    Fun fact:
    Peony in German is whitsun rose
    Daisy is "goose-flower"
    and dandelion is like in French literally "lions tooth" while snapdragon is "little lion-mouth"

    • @PendelSteven
      @PendelSteven 3 роки тому

      No need for the -'s there. It's clear how you would pronounce gooseflower and lionmouth in English. See words like overdrive, supercomputer & laserprinter. No -'s, no spaces. Not for relative short words (four syllables or less).

    • @blauesserpiroyal2887
      @blauesserpiroyal2887 3 роки тому

      @@PendelSteven thanks! I did that because to my knowledge english words usually dont connect directly like german words.

    • @wolskimusic
      @wolskimusic 3 роки тому

      in brazil we also call it "dente de leão",which means the same as in french

    • @hoathanatos6179
      @hoathanatos6179 3 роки тому +1

      It is also called a pissenlit (Piss-the-bed) in French due to the plant's diuretic properties.

    • @chalphon4907
      @chalphon4907 3 роки тому +3

      Daisy in Swedish is "thousand beauty", dandelion is "worm rose".

  • @fancycousin1
    @fancycousin1 3 роки тому +24

    If you ever do another name of flowers/plants video, I suggest Devil's Ivy, Prince of Orange Philodendron, and the Swiss Cheese plant

  • @levkerensky3524
    @levkerensky3524 3 роки тому +7

    *Entire world collapsing*
    Name Explain: Let's celebrate the planet's flowers.

  • @FrankLeeMadeere
    @FrankLeeMadeere 3 роки тому +33

    Oddly, tulip in Turkish is "lale" NOT tülbent or anything similar.

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 3 роки тому +4

      Etymology's weird

    • @greatbees4513
      @greatbees4513 3 роки тому +1

      "lale" is Night in arabic, and turkish has some similarity to arabic.

    • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic7878
      @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic7878 3 роки тому +1

      you're right in the sense that turkish isn't an arabic language, it's turkic, but turkish has influence from arabic, particularly ottoman turkish, idk about modern turkish though

  • @ABCD-bl5rw
    @ABCD-bl5rw 3 роки тому +22

    Who knew, orchid means testiscle, but peony has nothing to do with any of it

  • @WaterShowsProd
    @WaterShowsProd 3 роки тому +4

    "Betel" is pronounced the same as "beetle". The leaf is also used in cooking and salads as well as for wrapping acacia nut for chewing.

  • @Nhoj31neirbo47
    @Nhoj31neirbo47 3 роки тому +9

    As a confirmed biophiliac I appreciate your efforts herein to alleviate the current prevalence of the condition known as Plant Blindness. We all must do our part to foster health and abundance in nature. As goes Flora , so goes humanity’s future prosperity.
    A flower that I like is born on the Pineapple Guava Tree, Latin name Acca sellowiana. It has a unusual sculptural shape and is edible.

  • @dracodistortion9447
    @dracodistortion9447 3 роки тому +12

    Video idea:
    Are people named Magnolia after the flower or was the flower named after a person

  • @Ronakvevo
    @Ronakvevo 3 роки тому +6

    No rose?

  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  3 роки тому +19

    What is your favourite flower?

  • @galaxiaknight
    @galaxiaknight Рік тому +1

    as a biology student this vid makes me so happy :') two of my fav things making a collab: name explain and plants

  • @pav_gaming1239
    @pav_gaming1239 3 роки тому +13

    I love your vids:D

  • @Sandra.Molchanova
    @Sandra.Molchanova 3 роки тому +2

    The name of a flower called coltsfoot in Russian is 'mother-and-stepmother', while wild pansy is 'little Anna's eyes' 😁 Those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. Plantago is the 'roadside plant'. Carnations are 'nail-like' 😎

  • @BierBart12
    @BierBart12 7 місяців тому +2

    This topic gets even more interesting when you find out that every language has different names for flowers. Some that only have a scientific name in English might have a weird or beautiful name in another language

  • @luizfellipe3291
    @luizfellipe3291 3 роки тому +2

    I LOVE flowers and botanics and this kind of things

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z 3 роки тому +11

    5:06 - Why would Christians perpetuate that story when it makes Jesus look vain? 🙄 🤦
    7:05 - Forsooth, my sansaveria has never flowered or fruited. I didn't even know they could for years after I had it. 😕
    7:24 - Mother-in-law's tong doesn't come from the leaves being sharp but being _long_ as in a gossipy person. It's Persian.
    9:18 - Dandelions are seen as weeds just because they're common. Humans are scummy and only like rare things. 😒 The irony is that humans think of dandelions as junk because they're so good at reproducing and taking over… just like humans. ¬_¬

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 3 роки тому +4

      How is that vain?
      Also, Dandelions are considered weeds because they spread so easily and can easily overtake gardens and lawns.

  • @davidmeyer3795
    @davidmeyer3795 3 роки тому +24

    So I’m not going to learn the difference between All purpose Flour and self rising am I?

  • @Imperiused
    @Imperiused 3 роки тому +2

    My favorite flower is also considered a weed - the Devil's Paintbrush. If you pick one you risk pulling the devil right up out of the ground! Also known as Orange Hawkweed, Fox-and-Cubs, and Grim-the-Collier. Now there are some names!

  • @bobbygoestoabyss6624
    @bobbygoestoabyss6624 3 роки тому +2

    As a German i have to say, that dandelion sounds much nicer than LÖWENZAHN!!!

  • @user-un5xj1wl6p
    @user-un5xj1wl6p 3 роки тому +6

    Bruh mushrooms be like... no one cares about us
    But dandelions are the cutest and best flowers... besides dandelion syrup is nice

  • @greamespens1460
    @greamespens1460 3 роки тому +2

    I believe that Plantagenet is derived from planta genista which is a subspecies of plants such as lupine and gorse. Henry II wore a sprig in his hat.
    I think I may of got this from this channel. So if so it shows I am learning something!

  • @mevb
    @mevb 3 роки тому +3

    In swedish a flower is called blomma. Couldn't find where the word comes from but must be related to the word bloom, cuz like with english we say "när blommorna blomma", (when the flowers bloom [out]).
    A lot of flower names are almost the same in english though a bit different in spelling and pronounciation.
    Daisy = tusensköna (from the words tusen = (a) thousand, and sköna = (a) beuaty /belle, also called "skönhet") (pro. tuu-zen sch (phlegm-sound as in José, not an H sound, very common in swedish words) -uh-na)
    Forget-me-not is more or less translated into Förgätmigej which is an older saying of that phrase (in modern swedish it would have been "glöm mig inte"/don't forget me).
    Tulip = tulpan (pro. tull-pahn)
    Orchid = orkidé (or-she-deh)
    "Mother in law's tounge" is directly translated as svärmorstunga (mother-in-law is called svärmor, with svär comes from "swear" as in "swearing an oath" which you do when you take someone's son or daughter's hand in marriage, on a side note the same goes for svärfar/father-in-law, brother and sister-in-law on the other hand are called svåger and svägerska respective, on another side note svär can also mean "swear" as in cursing/saying bad/foul/dirty words, which can be joked about in our language) (pro. s-weh-r moor-s tung-ah)
    Carnation = trädgårdsnejlika (garden dianthus, though the word nejlika are sometimes confused with the spice clove, which is from the clower of the Mystaceae tree)
    Foxglove = fingerborgsblomma (tra. thimble flower, due to it resembles a thimble, not to be confused with thimbleweed) (pro thing-ehr bore-yeh (as a very short of broken-off yeah) -s bloo-mah)
    Fuchsia = same as in english but pronounced like f-uh-shh-ee-ah
    Peony = pion (pee-oon)
    Dandelion = maskros (dir trans "worm rose", the worm part refers to the larva of the thrips which crawls on its petals and feed upon the pollen)
    Rafflesia arnoldii is the same in swedish.
    As a bonus, I can tell that in sweden we have another flower that is named after the lion and that is the snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), called lejongap (pro lay-on gaah-p) meaning lion's maw, probably because it looks like a lion's gaping maw seen when it roars or about to bite.

    • @hoathanatos6179
      @hoathanatos6179 3 роки тому

      Bloom, Blume, Bloem, Blomma, Blomst, Blóm are just the Germanic words for flower, coming from the same root as the Latin Flos and the Irish Blath. Bloom in modern English only refers to the blossom however rather than the whole plant. Blossom has this same root as well, being Blostma in Old English, being related to Low German Blosom, High German Blust, and Dutch Bloessem.

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco 3 роки тому +2

    I have a client who live in Myosotis street. I knew it was a flower because all streets on that neighborrhood are named after flowers, but I didn't know which one it was nor what was its name in English.

  • @nickvliet4614
    @nickvliet4614 3 роки тому +5

    Last time I was this early you could pay for college with a tulip!

  • @hannayoung9657
    @hannayoung9657 3 роки тому +3

    Dandelions in Swedish is Worm rose, Foxcloves is Thimble flower . Forgetmenot, has the same name in Swedish and the legeden is that God made the flowers and named them all , and the Forgetmenots whisper For get me not... and that is the name they got.

  • @PendelSteven
    @PendelSteven 3 роки тому +1

    Mistranslated from Dutch we would call dandelions horseflowers. Some in the east would probably name daisies gooseflowers, so even by that you can tell they are related?

  • @kenaikuskokwim9694
    @kenaikuskokwim9694 Рік тому

    A Claude Pepper from Florida and a Jake Pickle from Texas served in the US Congress together 40 years ago, in the same party and on the same committees. They clashed anyway, as the foods would.

  • @teucer915
    @teucer915 3 роки тому +2

    In middle English, the dandelion had another name: pissabed, because it's a diuretic. (The modern French name express the same sentiment.)

  • @dexterjones4902
    @dexterjones4902 3 роки тому

    Excellent video. Love your content. Please can you do a video of the 7 modes of the major scale. Ionian, Dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian and locrian

  • @lewatoaofair2522
    @lewatoaofair2522 3 роки тому +10

    Okay:
    Pee-uh-nee, Pee-oh-nee, or Pay-oh-nee? Place your votes!

    • @aaronodonoghue1791
      @aaronodonoghue1791 3 роки тому +3

      Pee-OH-nee is the pronunciation I use and the only one I've ever heard

    • @tt_sallie
      @tt_sallie 3 роки тому +2

      I've only heard or said PEE-uh-nee, but someone once said pee-OH-nee that I heard. I vote PEE-uh-nee.

    • @Joe_Potts
      @Joe_Potts 3 роки тому +1

      Definitely pee-oh-nee, oh wise Toa

    • @shmood3000
      @shmood3000 3 роки тому

      peyote

  • @mevb
    @mevb 3 роки тому +2

    What about the romantic flower, the rose? You didn't explain why a rose is called rose. Is it perhaps related to its common and romantic color, red?

    • @hoathanatos6179
      @hoathanatos6179 3 роки тому

      Rose in most European languages comes from the Latin Rosa, which in turn comes from the Greek Rhodon. This word was originally Brodon but lost the initial B in certain dialects, such as the Attican and Ionian ones that would shape modern Greek. Brodon most likely came from the East along with the flower where Armenian has Vard, Old Persian has Vrda, and even Semitic languages would adopt the root in Warda.

  • @420greatestqueen
    @420greatestqueen 3 роки тому

    Dandelion greens are so tasty. I’ve been eating them from my yard all summer

  • @attitw
    @attitw 3 роки тому

    I like the story of Hyacinths. Hyacinth was Apollo’s lover who was killed in a game of discus. As he died, Apollo turned him into a flower, with the words “alas” written on its petals to mourn for his death. Hyacinths were considered the most beautiful flower by the ancient Greeks due to this myth.

  • @bernardfinucane2061
    @bernardfinucane2061 3 роки тому

    Flower comes from Latin flos, not flor. In preclassical Latin the accusative of flos was flosem, but the s softened to an r in classical Latin, giving florem. Then in late Latin / early Romance the m stopped being pronounced, so the nominative/accusative distinction (and the neuter gender) was lost, and flor was used for both. Meanwhile (well much earlier actually) the Germanic languages were pronouncing the f like a b, so we have the English word blossom.
    The word comes from an old verb meaning to bulge or swell. It's also related to English words like bull, ball and belly. The Greek cognate is phallus.

  • @laksana4785
    @laksana4785 3 роки тому +1

    Day eye's in indonesia is matahari which is mean "the sun"

  • @Fae_van
    @Fae_van 3 роки тому

    I was really looking to find rose in here, like sure roses are popular and redundant but their name is quite unique.

  • @johnnzboy
    @johnnzboy 3 роки тому

    It's true that tulips are closely associated with Holland in the West but in the Balkans, the Middle-East and Central Asia, the tulip is associated with Turkey since it was the symbol of the Ottomans, and Turkey has many native tulips. In fact, the tulip is a symbol of Istanbul. Also, 'tülbent' doesn't mean 'turban' in Turkish, it means "muslin cloth" aka cheesecloth or gauze, which was the fabric used for turbans in Ottoman times. Guess there was some confusion between the turban and the cloth which carried across to the flower somewhere along the tulip's path to Europe (o;

  • @PendelSteven
    @PendelSteven 3 роки тому

    Also, in English flowering --> flower. In Dutch bloeien -> bloem [blooyen --> bloom]. Same meaning and origin. Plus: compare in bloom.

  • @jaydennguloktienmoe-bx8qs
    @jaydennguloktienmoe-bx8qs Рік тому

    Rafflesia Arnoldii
    lives in Singapore

  • @lilcruz5422
    @lilcruz5422 3 роки тому +1

    Speed makes me the best too

  • @maggpiprime954
    @maggpiprime954 3 роки тому +1

    1:38 I recognise this from my jigsaw puzzle app!

  • @musicjax
    @musicjax 3 роки тому +1

    do a part 2

  • @mistorWhiskers
    @mistorWhiskers 3 роки тому

    You forgot to actually show the witch's tongue (mother-in-law's,) flower. They're small white to yellow flowers growing along a long spike that grows up from the center of the main plant.

  • @makotopark7741
    @makotopark7741 3 роки тому

    Myosotis is Forget me not in Greek? and it means mouse's ear? Here in our country we have a type of mushroom called "mouse's ear" too.

  • @ellab8095
    @ellab8095 3 роки тому

    Can you do how colours got their names?
    Sorry if you have already I’m new to your channel

  • @happyfacefries
    @happyfacefries 3 роки тому

    I would love to know the origins of Black-Eyed Susans and Baby's Breath.

  • @Illumisepoolist
    @Illumisepoolist 3 роки тому

    Carnation's the name of my main character in my comic, Waliners! Can you do another video with Anemone among one of the flowers?

  • @paytonpryor
    @paytonpryor 3 роки тому

    I love this video.

  • @dinosatay
    @dinosatay 3 роки тому

    Neat, I've always wanted to know why theyre called Mother-in-law's Tongue (Lidah Mertua here in Indo)

  • @Xerxes2005
    @Xerxes2005 3 роки тому

    Dent-de-lion is modern French, or at least it is written the same way. However, the most common name for this flower in French is "pissenlit". It comes from "pisse en lit" which means "piss in bed", because of the diuretic properties of its roots.

  • @jakkakasunset5485
    @jakkakasunset5485 3 роки тому +4

    Feest

  • @djazz0
    @djazz0 3 роки тому +4

    VPN essential for every device? How does a vpn protect data, that also uses HTTPS? Did they write that for you to read?

    • @zesky6654
      @zesky6654 3 роки тому +3

      It can obscure the origin of a request, which is handy for location sensitive services. HTTPS only hides the contents of a request.

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 3 роки тому

      It's definitely more secure than https

  • @RagdyAndy
    @RagdyAndy 3 роки тому +3

    wow im so early for a chnage

  • @ElHassan555
    @ElHassan555 3 роки тому

    "Orchid" in Malay is "Anggerik" Mother in Law Tongue is also know "Lidah Jin" or "the Djin Tongue"

  • @Brinta3
    @Brinta3 3 роки тому

    Video starts at 3:58

  • @ClashWithJhakas
    @ClashWithJhakas 3 роки тому +4

    I view , i minuite , 1 like , 1 comment

  • @rparl
    @rparl 3 роки тому

    In South Pacific, the song Bloody Mary says that she always chews beetle nuts, which stain the teeth. She has a beautiful daughter who lives on the nearby island Bali Ha'i.
    The musical has a strong message against racial bias.

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd 3 роки тому

      Betel nut, however it isn't the nut that's actually betel but the leaf that its wrapped in. It's still popularly chewed in some areas, in particular in Myanmar where you see (and smell) vendors selling it just about everywhere.

    • @rparl
      @rparl 3 роки тому

      @@WaterShowsProd Thanks.

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd 3 роки тому

      @@rparl That line in that song confused me when I was younger. The first time I saw South Pacific I thought she was eating beetles. Ha ha.

  • @chalphon4907
    @chalphon4907 3 роки тому

    How can you make a flower naming video without even mentioning Carl Linnaeus?? Barbaric!

  • @dulcimerrafi
    @dulcimerrafi 3 роки тому

    I only know the etymology of orchid because I learned about orchidectomies in a science class.

  • @sertankacar8594
    @sertankacar8594 3 роки тому

    In Turkish, mother-in-law's tongue exists, too. However, it is not like that, it is the name of a cactus

  • @yadfaraidoon9977
    @yadfaraidoon9977 3 роки тому +4

    Name Explain be like Plont

  • @WaterShowsProd
    @WaterShowsProd 3 роки тому

    To go along with orchids being named after male genitalia, the scientific name for the Butterly Pea is Clitoria ternatea, due to its shape.

  • @bootortle
    @bootortle 3 роки тому +2

    HI I'M DAISY

  • @Joe_Potts
    @Joe_Potts 3 роки тому

    Uhm... why did you forget to cover the Rose in this list of popular flower names explained?

  • @rparl
    @rparl 3 роки тому +1

    I think the plural is mothers in law.

  • @coldplayfan59
    @coldplayfan59 3 роки тому +4

    YAYYYYY EARLY I guess...

  • @samiam7
    @samiam7 3 роки тому

    Skip to 4:00 if you're here for actual flower names

  • @oojenkinsoo5303
    @oojenkinsoo5303 3 роки тому

    No daffodils? As a Welsh man I’m upset.

  • @rparl
    @rparl 3 роки тому

    I read a Science Fiction story in which a scientist was able to communicate with flowers. At the end, he killed his wife, because contrary to tradition, the daisies DO tell.

  • @diegoreckholder945
    @diegoreckholder945 3 роки тому

    VILEPLUME!!

  • @suzannepottsshorts
    @suzannepottsshorts 3 роки тому

    A weed is simply a plant growing where you don't want it.

  • @DasIllu
    @DasIllu 3 роки тому +1

    I have the sudden urge to build a rocket...
    Strange.

  • @pelinalwhitestrake3367
    @pelinalwhitestrake3367 3 роки тому

    For most of the life I thought that name on the peony come from the word spy. In Russian: Pion - Peony, Shpion - Spy.

  • @ElHassan555
    @ElHassan555 3 роки тому

    Bunga Tahi Ayam 😅😅😅😅

  • @Ong.s_Jukebox
    @Ong.s_Jukebox 3 роки тому

    Mother-In-Law's Tongue, huh?
    In malay we call it Jinn's Tongue.

  • @genericdragon7260
    @genericdragon7260 3 роки тому

    Forget-me-nots are so invasive you can't forget them. Beware of planting them

  • @lilredbox2976
    @lilredbox2976 3 роки тому

    Lmao the dark souls meme

  • @ENZ7Y
    @ENZ7Y 3 роки тому +1

    123441

  • @Nmethyltransferase
    @Nmethyltransferase 3 роки тому

    Avocados are also named after testicles.

  • @casuallystalled
    @casuallystalled 2 роки тому

    i have forget-me-not earrings

  • @femmesammy8768
    @femmesammy8768 3 роки тому

    Naked Old Man's Testicles

  • @bigbitch584
    @bigbitch584 3 роки тому +4

    You pronunciation of a rolled r is really not it 😭

  • @lemuria336
    @lemuria336 3 роки тому

    SEQUAL

  • @anortemoeller9893
    @anortemoeller9893 3 роки тому

    OMG the last flower is the one from animal crossing! It shows up when you have too many weeds. I never knew it was based on a real plant!

  • @stelios-1821
    @stelios-1821 3 роки тому

    4 minute intro for a 12 minute video

  • @NovaRuner
    @NovaRuner 3 роки тому

    So if a flower is the reproductive part of the plant.... you talking about plant genitalia. Eew. But still they look much better than our parts.

  • @Crosshill
    @Crosshill 3 роки тому +2

    gosh sorry but you always take too long to get to the point i just want to get smacked in the face with a quick round of etymology not get distracted and wonder why i clicked on the video in the first place because you're talking some kinda platitude prologue for several minutes

  • @dianamills5243
    @dianamills5243 3 роки тому

    I waited 3.30 mins for you to get to the point and just gave up.

  • @jmaraf7741
    @jmaraf7741 3 роки тому

    No subtitles for your deaf viewers = no likes and no subscribing..

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF 3 роки тому

    I can tolerate Jesus being portrayed as white, but being blonde is just too far 😂😂

  • @romeosantos7249
    @romeosantos7249 3 роки тому

    Your introduction is too long - and boring.

  • @lembas1995
    @lembas1995 3 роки тому

    Fuhk-si-a

  • @kaanozcan2130
    @kaanozcan2130 3 роки тому +3

    Fantastic 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️

  • @user-qi3cp2iq3f
    @user-qi3cp2iq3f 2 місяці тому +1

    On, Friday, 28, June, 2024
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