Wikipedia photo of the squinancy wort, Asperula cynanchica, by Bernd Haynold
#Varjulille (Varjulill)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Lit. shadow flower: woodruff, squinancy wort, Asperula spp. Name due to former use in treating quinsy, or peritonsillar abscess, a sometime complication of tonsillitis or, for George Washington, ...
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Wikipedia photo of a cowslip, Primula veris, by Jeffdelonge or Tournachon (photographer uncertain).
Wikipedia photo of a cowslip, Primula veris, by Ivar Leidus.
#Nurmenuku (Nurmenukk)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Cowslip, #PrimulaVeris, full name #HarilikNurmenukk, literal translation uncertain...
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#Varjulille (Varjulill)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Lit. #ShadowFlower: #woodruff, squinancy wort, #AsperulaSpp. Name due to former use in treating #quinsy, or #PeritonsillarAbscess, a sometime complication of #tonsillitis or, for #GeorgeWashington, possible cause of #death (although
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#Suislepa (Suislepp)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Apple cultivar presumed originating on the #UueSuislepa estate in #Viljandimaa. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Tolmuka.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Vegetable #Taimne
#Fruit #Puuviljad
#Food #Toit
#Lumikellukese (Lumikelluke[ne])
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Snowdrop (lit. little snow bell; as in many languages, the #diminutive can play itself out to varying degrees. kell=bell, kelluke=little bell, kellukene=tiny little bell), #GalanthusSpp., one of the first flowers to pop out in spring.
#Käokannu (Käokannus)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Toadflax. Lit. cuckoo’s spur, #LinariaSpp. Two species common to Estonia: harilik käokannus, common toadflax or ‘butter-and-eggs’, #LVulgaris, and joonik käokannus, pale toadflax, #LRepens, both, oddly, also known as common #chaenorhinum.
#Priimula (Priimula)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Primrose, primula, apparently any member of the large #Primula family, along with the auricula, cowslip and oxlip. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Rebasesaba.
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
#Randvere (Randvere)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Pirita #Mähe #Mähe #Aedlinn
Road leading to village of that name, first recorded (1397) as #Randyver, and inhabited by #Swedish immigrants from 13th C on. #Rand, here, presumably straight from #Swedish for ‘shore’ or ‘beach’ (see #Ranna) and although the
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#Maikellukese (Maikelluke[ne])
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Lily of the valley (lit. little may bell), #ConvallariaMajalis, lone species in the #Convallaria genus, aka lambakeel, sheep’s tongue. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Mugula.
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
#Tolmuka (Tolmukas)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Stamen. Another entry not exactly a plant or flower itself, but part of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Ubalehe.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
#Rukkilille (Rukkilill)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Cornflower (lit. rye flower), bachelor’s button, bluebottle... #CentaureaCyanus, #Estonia’s national flower. Once considered a weed in cornfields where the latter was once a generic term for any field containing corn, rye, wheat, etc.
#Lilleherne (Lillehernes)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#SweetPea, probably #LõhnavLillhernes, lit. ‘fragrant sweet-pea’, #LathyrusOodoratus. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Lodumetsa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
#Kummeli (Kummel)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Camomile, Latin name debated. Plant beloved by new-agers for treating alcohol withdrawal, asthma, bronchitis, colic, cough, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, ear infection, brain extraction and nuclear winters. Street name with longest (?) anagram:
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#Pojengi (Pojeng)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Peony, #Paeonia. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Priimula.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
#Kressi (Kress)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Cress, Lepidium spp. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Kummeli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Food #Toit
#Käokäpa (Käokäpp)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Cowslip. Lit. cuckoo’s claw. One of many names for the #harilikNurmenukk, #PrimulaVeris. For Darwin: the “cowslip is habitually visited during the day by the larger humble-bees [...] and at night by moths”. One of the Mähe flower-name group.
#Vabarna (Vabarn)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Alternative name for #raspberry (cf. #Vaarika).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Fruit #Puuviljad
#Berry #Mari (not really...)
#Liilia (Liilia)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Lily, #Lilium spp. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Lilleherne.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Flowers #Lilled
#Kupra (Kupar)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn #Lepiku
#Boll, #capsule (on plant). Not exactly a plant or flower itself, but part of the #Mähe flower-name group, see #Kõdra.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Rukkilille (Rukkilill)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Cornflower (lit. rye flower), bachelor’s button, bluebottle... #CentaureaCyanus, #Estonia’s #NationalFlower. Once considered a weed in cornfields where the latter was once a generic term for any field containing corn, rye, wheat, etc.
#Oblika (Oblikas)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Sorrel, dock, Rumex. Leaves of the broad-leaved dock, Rumex obtusifolius, traditionally used to soothe brushes with stinging-nettles; research has shown them to contain anti-histamines. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Palderjani.
#Jasmiini (Jasmiin)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Jasmine, Jasminum spp., from #Persian yasmin, ‘gift of God’. National flower of #Pakistan. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Jumika.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Kõdra (Kõder)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Hull, pod. Not exactly a plant or flower itself, but part of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Kõlviku.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Astla (Astel)
Barbed spear, thorn, spine, sting. Given its location, the meaning here is probably thorn. One of the #Mähe flower-name group, see #Jasmiini.
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Flower #Lille
#Arnika (Arnika)
#Arnica, Arnica spp. Also one of the alternative names of harilik karutubakas, mouse-ear hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, another yellow-flowered Asteraceae which it may strongly resemble. One of the #Mähe flower-name group, see #Astla.
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Flower #Lille
#Aianduse (Aiandus)
Gardening, horticulture. One of Tallinn’s second-largest street zones built on former market-garden land in #MäheAedlinn, see #Arnika.
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Horticulture #Aiandus
#MäheAedlinn (0)
Mähe ‘Garden City’, a bit ambitious, I know, but see #Asula. Ward (allasum) on the eastern half of Mähe.
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Horticulture #Aiandus
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
