Monday, February 2, 2009

NYCTINASTY:

"the nighttime folding up of leaflets, as occurs, for example, in some Oxalis species."

Goodnight Oxie...XO

My garden dictionary is full of these fun jardin-specifique terms...more to come...

3 comments:

  1. Oh, I thought it was going to be a derogatory internet-speak acronym about New Yorkers. :) We all have our #1 weed nemesis, alas. I guess this one is yours.

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  2. Karen, that's hilarious...and the word totally could be!...It's true, one may never know everything there is to know about gardening...alas!

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