[Taxacom] Words

[Stephen Thorpe]

following a suggestion in an amusing off-list conversation on this thread, 
perhaps we can say that the bud "florberted", where "florberty" is the botanical 
equivalent of puberty ...




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From: "Tony.Rees at csiro.au" <Tony.Rees at csiro.au>
To: jim.croft at gmail.com; john.steel at botany.otago.ac.nz
Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Sent: Wed, 22 December, 2010 11:55:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Words

Hi all,

Did I miss something here? I think the process you are describing is called 
"flowering" aka "blossoming" or "blooming"...

Or maybe these terms are not technical enough for your enquirer.

Regards - Tony

Tony Rees
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-
> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Croft
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 2010 9:26 AM
> To: John Steel
> Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Words
> 
> wrong list. 'anthesis' is an adequate descriptor of the action, but
> for the emotion you need to be asking Poeticom or whatever it is
> called.
> 
> this is Taxacom. we don't do soul here... :)
> 
> jim
> 
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:15 AM, John Steel
> <john.steel at botany.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
> > Maybe someone can come up with an answer to this enquirer's question.
>  The
> > best I could do was anthesis, but it doesn't really fit the bill: maybe
> > there's a suitable term in a language other than English?
> >
> > "What is the term that describes the action or process of a bud becoming
> a
> > blossom in a flower, any flower. I want to know what the term is that
> > describes the moment a bud transforms/opens into a flower.  Was trying
> to
> > come up with the botanical word that evokes the
> > potency/expectation/potential/showiness of that moment when the
> transition
> > happens."
> >
> > Maybe symbolic for the approaching new year for which I offer my best
> wishes
> > to all of you who have entertained and informed over this one.
> >  John Steel.
> >
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