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The Meaning of Plants’ Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Some of the vernacular or scientific names are related to possible medicinal and/or toxic properties that can reveal the presence of potential bioactive agents, contributing to the discovery of new drugs and/or knowledge of the risks associated with their use.
Letícia dos Santos Dantas Lima +9 more
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El archipiélago balear y sus microcosmos: identidad cultural y singularidades toponímicas en espacios insulares [PDF]
Placenames comprise cultural heritage that reflects the geographical features of the terrain, its historical evolution, linguistic strata from past peoples and cultures, and the perception and idiosyncrasy of their respective societies.
Binimelis Sebastián, J. +1 more
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, 2023 As ruas que cortam uma cidade guardam diferentes histórias. O topônimo fixado ali torna-se uma pista para que seja(m) desenterrada(s) a(s) memória(s) do lugar. Ao escrever em sua obra memorialística Baú de Ossos sobre a rua hoje extinta cujo derradeiro nome foi General Câmara, o escritor Pedro Nava nos conta histórias da cidade velha do Rio de Janeiro ...
Silva, Antonio Rafael Marçal da +1 more
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Park in English place-naming [PDF]
This paper explores the development of the word park as an English place-name element, from its origin as a word for practical arrangements for livestock management, through the great social changes of early-modern times by which the possession of a park
Coates, Richard
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TOPONYMIC NAMES OF THE KURSK REGION
BALTIC HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL, 2019 openaire +2 more sources
The Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau.By William J. Turkel. Vancouver and Toronto: UBC Press, 2007. xxvi + 322 pp. Nature History Society Series. Illustrations, notes, tables, maps, bibliography, glossary, toponymic index, general index. Cloth $85.00 [PDF]
Environmental History, 2007 openaire +1 more source