You know Rashida, just in case if you were with UN then you must have objected on the name of a country like NIGERIA!!! Nigerians dont hate it, but u must have felt awkward. There is no such issue of racialism, IT IS JUST BOTANICAL LATIN. Most people here dont even know what is latin, they dont even know how to pronounce "Linneaus" because of whom latin is followed. His name was actually, Carl von Linné, but to latinize it to a masculine gender, they made it Carolus Linnaeus. In latin, from the name you can make out the gender. There are few standard botanical terms which are meant to provide ease to descriptions. Niger or nigro or negro is one such word, it has nothing to do wit the community, its a character. Latin words are very much technical to use, to make it grammatically correct, u have to add suffix to it. Just for example, ur name is Rashid but u add an "a" to it, why? Ans: to make the word feminine...right!! Similarly when u describe a character u dont call it black dots u say blackish dots or nigro- punctate, "o" is added to make a noun as an adjective. There are many things in botany which sounds really awkward but you have to use it....C******* ternatea, Monochoria *********lis.....U CANT HELP. THIS IS BOTANY!!
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