- 从这些植物神名来的，或有关的一些英文词：
cereal
1832, "grass yielding edible grain," originally an adj. (1818), from Fr. céréale, from L. Cerealis "of grain," originally "of Ceres," from Ceres
Alma Mater
1398, from L., lit. "bountiful mother," title Romans gave to goddesses, especially Ceres and Cybele, from alma, fem. of almus "nourishing," from alere "to nourish" (see old) + mater "mother."
chlorine
coined 1810 by Sir Humphry Davy from Gk. khloros "pale green" (see Chloe). Named for its color.
cypress
c.1175, from O.Fr. cipres, from L. cyparissus, from Gk. kyparissos, from an unknown pre-Greek Mediterranean language. Perhaps related to Heb. gopher, name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Gen. vi.14).
European
1603, from L. Europa "Europe," from Gk. Europe, often explained as "broad face," from eurys "wide" + ops "face." Klein suggests a possible Sem. origin in Akkad. erebu "to go down, set" (in reference to the sun) which would parallel orient (q.v.)
fauna
1771, collective name for animals of a certain region or time, from L.L. Fauna, a Roman fertility goddess, wife, sister, or daughter (or some combination thereof) of Faunus.
flora
1777, "the plant life of a region or epoch," from L. Flora Roman goddess of flowers, from flos (gen. floris)
related: florid, flourish, flower
fortune
c.1300, "chance, luck as a force in human affairs," from O.Fr. fortune (12c.), from L. fortuna
iris
1387, "prismatic rock crystal," from L. iris (pl. irides) "iris of the eye, iris plant, rainbow," from Gk. iris (gen. iridos) "a lily, iris of the eye," originally "messenger of the gods," personified as the rainbow. The eye region was so called (1525 in Eng.) for being the colored part.
related: iridescent
1796, coined from L. iris (gen. iridis) "rainbow"
narcissism
1905, from Ger. Narzissismus, coined 1899 by N?cke [in "Die sexuellen Perversit?ten"], on a comparison first suggested 1898 by Havelock Ellis, from Gk. Narkissos, beautiful youth in mythology (Ovid, "Metamorphosis," iii.370) who fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and was turned to the flower narcissus
nectarine
type of peach with smooth skin, 1616, noun use of adj. meaning "of or like nectar" (1611)
person
c.1225, from O.Fr. persone "human being" (12c., Fr. personne), from L. persona "human being," originally "character in a drama, mask," possibly borrowed from Etruscan phersu "mask." This may be related to Gk. Persephone.
phaeton
type of light four-wheeled carriage, 1742, from Fr. (1735), from Gk. Phaethon
priapic
"phallic," 1786, from Priapus, from Gk. Priapos, son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, the god who personified male reproductive power.
thyrsus
1591, from Gk. thyrsos, lit. "stalk or stem of a plant," a non-Gk. word of unknown origin. The staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, and sometimes wreathed in ivy or vine branches, borne by Dionysus and his votaries.
related: torso
1797, from It. torso "trunk of a statue," originally "stalk, stump," from V.L. *tursus, from L. thyrsus "stalk, stem," from Gk. thyrsos
zephyr
1369, from O.E. Zefferus, from L. Zephyrus, from Gk. Zephyros "the west wind"
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