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June 09, 2008
corolla
corolla (1.I.i).
The petals of a flower collectively, forming an inner floral envelope (Bib:CED).
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jun 2008 10:40
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sea–almond
sea-almond (1.I.i &c.).
Terminalia catappa, characterised by its pagoda shape. The sea-almond grows on sandy shores, and the leaves and bark can be used as dressing for wounds (Bib:35), which is perhaps why Philoctete displays his wound here.
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jun 2008 10:29
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June 07, 2008
frond
frond (2.XXXII.ii).
Long leaf or leaf-like part of a fern, palm or seaweed.
Amanda Hopkins
07 Jun 2008 11:55
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June 06, 2008
ginkgo
ginkgo (5.XXXVIII.ii).
The ginkgo biloba tree was thought to be extinct until rediscovered in China in 1691. The plants were considered sacred by the Chinese and were grown around temples and monasteries. There are very real claims about their medicinal purpose. They are also extremely resilient trees, seen to flourish in heavily polluted, urban environments as well as having few pest predators (Bib:29). Indeed, four ginkgo biloba trees were found to be budding in September 1945 only 1-2km away from the Hiroshima bomb attack which had happened a month earlier, one of the few trees to do so naturally and so quickly (Bib:30).
Amanda Hopkins
06 Jun 2008 18:03
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June 05, 2008
oleander
oleander (3.XXXI.ii).
A poisonous shrub of the dogbane family, native to Southern Eurasia and widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. Like the people of St Lucia, it is not native to the island and links with the theme of being uprooted.
Amanda Hopkins
05 Jun 2008 13:34
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pomme–Arac
pomme-Arac (3.XXXI.ii).
Explained below (3.XXXI.ii) by Seven Seas: 'Aruac mean the race//that burning there like the leaves and pomme is the word/in patois for "apple". This used to be their place.'
Amanda Hopkins
05 Jun 2008 08:18
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July 09, 2007
laurel
laurel (7.LXIII.iii).
In classical times, a wreath of laurel was traditionally awarded as a token of victory or preeminence (Bib:COD). Here, in the phrase 'no other laurel but the laurier-cannelle's', Walcott suggests the victory of the native/natural elements of St Lucia. Laurel is also known as bay (Bib:OED) and sacred to Apollo (Bib:9), cf. various references to laurel trees and garlands in the Aeneid, e.g.: a laurel stands near the altar in Troy (3:667-9); the winners in the funeral games of Anchises are crowned with laurel (5:319, 694-5); Latinus' people, the Laurentines, are named for the laurel tree in the palace, which is dedicated to Apollo, and it is here that the first omen of Aeneas' arrival takes place (7:78-93).
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 16:10
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chanterelle
chanterelle (7.LXIII.ii).
An edible woodland mushroom which has a yellow funnel shaped cap and a faint smell of apricots (Bib:COD). Walcott puns in the term 'the song of the chanterelle'. The word is made up of French chanter, 'to sing', and the feminising elle, 'she' and thus suggests a female singer. The OED also notes another, obsolete, meaning of chanterelle: 'A decoy bird. (In quot. A female partridge used as a decoy.)' (Bib:OED).
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 16:04
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June 28, 2007
calabash
calabash (2.XVIII.iii).
Tree whose fruit is used traditionally to make bowls.
Amanda Hopkins
28 Jun 2007 15:27
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sea–grape
sea-grape (2.XVIII.iii).
Coccoloba uvifera, commonly known as the sea-grape. A bushy plant that grows near beaches in the Caribbean, it has large, thick leaves and fruit resembling grapes.
Amanda Hopkins
28 Jun 2007 15:25
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