tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 30 09:10:56 1998
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Re: KLBC flower
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC flower
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:09:01 -0500 (CDT)
"Anthony Appleyard" wrote:
: Steven Boozer wrote:-
: > ... there is no general word for "flower" as a separate plant part.
: > For all we know, Klingons call them "tinted leaves" *{pormey nguv}.
:
: Or try {SepwI' pormey}? The flowers of many wind-pollinated plants such as
: grasses are not particularly {nguv}.
Exactly: we have no idea what the common word is - if there even is one -
let alone what termina technica Klingon botanists may use. AFAIK, the only
Klingon flower we've seen was the unnamed toxic white flower used in the Tea
Ceremony (TNG "Up the Long Ladder"). What flora was featured and explained
in KCD?
Voragh