many things

[Mark Awakuni-Swetland]

13 March 2001

...such as Mock Apple, Mock Orange.

As well as there being easily 30+ plants named "False -- "
Mark Awakuni-Swetland



>Yes that's a good point about the 'false unicorn plant'  and 'mock' XYZ
plants.
>Perhaps it's not as unlikely as I had thought.
>
>Bruce


>re: Bruce Ingham's comments about plants which use ' resembling X'  for
>their name:
>    We have this in English sort of: False Unicorn Plant
>     I think there also are some plants called 'Mock ___' but an example
>evades me.
>
>I
>
>Dr. Bruce Ingham
>Reader in Arabic Linguistic Studies
>SOAS