Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 164
•905) HOW SOMK KI.uWliRS GUT TlllJR NAMES. … or lions tootli;tuiip so called hecauseTt looks likea turban,and tiilij)\vas another name for turban? The beautiful gladiolus is a sword-lily:gladiolus in Latin means a little sword.It is so called from the .shape of its leaves.The asphodel is from the Greek wort! mean-ing kings-spear. The name…
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