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I've noticed a lot of submitted names are missing meanings, and I want to correct them. I'm sort of new to the site, and I don't really know where the edit button is.
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Editors are typically chosen from users who have been here for a long time, have submitted a number of names with good quality information, and have shown an interest in becoming an editor. I would suggest submitting some more names and then enquiring in a couple months if you are still interested.
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Hi Mike, I have no interest in becoming an editor, but I did notice one uncommon name with an error in its definition. Not a picky semantic error... but a night-and-day, easily verified error. It was probably just a mistake. I wondered if there was a way to notify someone of this to get it fixed.
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Hi, may I ask you what the name is? I think I can help you on this one.
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Thank you! This one might be a bit odd but... here it is!
The name correction:
Orchid, a user-submitted name. The error is in the last sentence: "Called such because of their testicle-shaped flowers of beautiful colours." The flowers are not shaped as testicles, to start with, but all sources I have looked up say that the etymology is derived from orchid roots. Apparently, some orchids have testicle-shaped roots, and the name was inspired by this.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/orchid
Personal commentary:
Most Americans are familiar with phalaenopsis orchids, the kind seen frequently in supermarkets. Those species do not have the testicular rootballs, but fleshy-leggy roots instead. Since the Orchidaceae plant family is so vast, there are differences in the root structures from species to species. When the testicle-inspired name was coined, it seems like it must have been inspired by Orchis and Ophrys, possibly other similar ones, as described here: "Some sympodial terrestrial orchids, such as Orchis and Ophrys, have two subterranean tuberous roots. One is used as a food reserve for wintry periods, and provides for the development of the other one, from which visible growth develops."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchis
The name correction:
Orchid, a user-submitted name. The error is in the last sentence: "Called such because of their testicle-shaped flowers of beautiful colours." The flowers are not shaped as testicles, to start with, but all sources I have looked up say that the etymology is derived from orchid roots. Apparently, some orchids have testicle-shaped roots, and the name was inspired by this.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/orchid
Personal commentary:
Most Americans are familiar with phalaenopsis orchids, the kind seen frequently in supermarkets. Those species do not have the testicular rootballs, but fleshy-leggy roots instead. Since the Orchidaceae plant family is so vast, there are differences in the root structures from species to species. When the testicle-inspired name was coined, it seems like it must have been inspired by Orchis and Ophrys, possibly other similar ones, as described here: "Some sympodial terrestrial orchids, such as Orchis and Ophrys, have two subterranean tuberous roots. One is used as a food reserve for wintry periods, and provides for the development of the other one, from which visible growth develops."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchis
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Thanks!
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