Roses are red. Violets are blue. We love flower names, what about you? We can assume a lot of people feel the same way about names that mean flower by looking at data from the U.S. Social Security ...

The name amaryllis may derive from a Greek verb meaning to “sparkle” or “shine,” fitting for the rich red veins that pop out ...

These flower names from Medieval oral folk tradition have been preserved thanks primarily to fifteenth-and sixteenth-century botanical scientists who in their extensive geographical surveys, ...