Rubia peregrina: Difference between revisions
From LSJ
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Wikipedia EN== | ==Wikipedia EN== | ||
[[File:Rubiaceae - Rubia peregrina-1.JPG|thumb| | [[File:Rubiaceae - Rubia peregrina-1.JPG|thumb|Rubia peregrina|alt=Rubia peregrina]] | ||
Rubia peregrina, the common wild madder, is a herbaceous perennial plant species belonging to the bedstraw and coffee family Rubiaceae. | Rubia peregrina, the common wild madder, is a herbaceous perennial plant species belonging to the bedstraw and coffee family Rubiaceae. | ||
The genus name Rubia derives from the Latin ruber meaning "red", as the roots of some species (mainly Rubia tinctorum) have been used since ancient times as a vegetable red dye. The specific epithet is the Latin adjective peregrinus, -a, -um meaning "foreign, alien, exotic, strange." | The genus name Rubia derives from the Latin ruber meaning "red", as the roots of some species (mainly Rubia tinctorum) have been used since ancient times as a vegetable red dye. The specific epithet is the Latin adjective peregrinus, -a, -um meaning "foreign, alien, exotic, strange." | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 15 May 2022
Latin > Greek
Wikipedia EN
Rubia peregrina, the common wild madder, is a herbaceous perennial plant species belonging to the bedstraw and coffee family Rubiaceae.
The genus name Rubia derives from the Latin ruber meaning "red", as the roots of some species (mainly Rubia tinctorum) have been used since ancient times as a vegetable red dye. The specific epithet is the Latin adjective peregrinus, -a, -um meaning "foreign, alien, exotic, strange."
