The Secret Lives of Flowers (minicast)
A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
00:00
Sigisbeckia Orientalis
Martha Barnett: Linnaeus was so enthusiastic about this idea that his prose sometimes got a little, well, flowery. She says the way he went on and on about pollination absolutely scandalized some of his more prudish colleagues. He denounced those descriptions as loathsome harlotry; there's now a stinky weed in Europe called Sigisbeckia Orientalis. Barnes: Some herbalists say it is good for erasing stretch marks. Did you know you can get away with words? Go to waywardradio.org and click on the store link.
Transcript
Play full episode
