Re: artrorpurpurea

From: MOTO_DO at t-online.de (Thomas Mottl) on 1998.10.21 at 19:29:30(2712) Dear Clarence, Bischof wrote in his Book "Woerterbuch der beschreibenden Botanik" Stuttgart 1839 (Dictionary of the descriptive Botany Stuttgart 1839) that atropurpureus means, "schwarzroth" = blackred or a red thats nearly black, or "dunkelpurpurroth" = dark purple he also cited an example: the Scabiosa atropurpurea. I prefer these old books because they were written as this artificial latin words were invented, so that the authors often has the better and correct meanings of those words.

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