Anthology
Mark from Charlevoix
asked about the word anthology. Originally, it was a collection of short but
exquisite poems. The conceit was that they were a collection of flowers [ἄνθος/anthos, flower, + -λογια/logia, collection]. Later, the word was extended
to include other genres.
The same Greek combining
form was used to create a number of words.
- anthocephalus: having a flower-like head. [flower + head]
- anthography: the scientific description of flowers. [flower +
writing]
- anthoid: resembling a flower. [flower + like]
- antholeucine: the white coloring matter in plants. [flower + white]
- antholite: fossil plants having a resemblance to flowers. [flower
+ stone]
- anthophore: the stalk that in some flowers
raises the receptacle above the calyx. [flower + bearing]
- anthosiderite: a hydrous silicate of iron occurring in fibrous tufts
or feathery flowers. [flower
+ iron-stone]
- anthosperm: a little colored concretion scattered in the tissue of
certain Fucoids. [flower + seed]
- anthoxanthine: the coloring principle of yellow flowers. [flower + yellow]
- Anthozoa: another name for the Zoophytes
called Actinozoa, including sea-anemones, coralline polypes, etc. [flower + animals]
- anthozooid: an individual animalcule of a
compound Zoophyte. [flower
+ animal-like]
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