Old English Plant-Names
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The English plant names in The Grete Herball (1526). A contribution to the historical study of English plant-name usage
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1882
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/026242a0