>>Oh, someone had this idea that the smaller the plant, the more sesquipedalian
>>the name. Chamaepericlymenum,
by the way.<<
What a brilliant word sesquipedalian. It means a long word a foot and a half
long (I had to look it up):
Noun
sesquipedalian (plural sesquipedalians)
1. A person who uses long words.
2. A long word.
Etymology
Literally: "a foot and a half long".
>From Latin sesqui ("one and a half"); + pedal, from Latin foot
Diane Clement
Wolverhampton, UK
Zone 8
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