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jwg and I were discussing cat names, I think because we had been talking about comic-strip cats and neither of us could remember the name of the cat in Rose Is Rose -- when he asked me if the Latin name for catbriar (with which we have rather more experience than we would like) would be a suitable cat name, but I didn't know it off the top of my head, so I couldn't tell him.
Today I remembered to look in my wildflower guide, and discovered that the genus of greenbriers (as the book spells it) is Smilax, and that the Common greenbrier or Catbrier is Smilax rotundifolia.
I think Smilax would be an excellent name for a cat. (John suggested that it would be especially good for a Cheshire cat, which might be a painting the lily just a bit.)
jwg and I were discussing cat names, I think because we had been talking about comic-strip cats and neither of us could remember the name of the cat in Rose Is Rose -- when he asked me if the Latin name for catbriar (with which we have rather more experience than we would like) would be a suitable cat name, but I didn't know it off the top of my head, so I couldn't tell him.Today I remembered to look in my wildflower guide, and discovered that the genus of greenbriers (as the book spells it) is Smilax, and that the Common greenbrier or Catbrier is Smilax rotundifolia.
I think Smilax would be an excellent name for a cat. (John suggested that it would be especially good for a Cheshire cat, which might be a painting the lily just a bit.)
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Date: 2007-07-26 07:52 pm (UTC)