title: Some Lithuanian ethnobotanical taxa: a linguistic view on thorn apple and related plants.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The perception and use of plants correspond with common plant names. The study of plant names may give insight into historical and recent use of plants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Plant names in dictionaries and folklore have been evaluated. A etymological analysis of the names is provided. Onomasiological and semasiological aspects have been considered. Therefore, species named with names related to each other have been selected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Plant names containing the stem dag- or deg- may belong to either of two categories: incenses or thorny plants. Plants named in durn- have been in use as psychopharmaca. The name rymo points not to Rome but to the use of plants as anodyne or psychopharmaca.
authors.affiliation: Kaunas College of Forestry and Environmental Engineering, Girionys, Lithuania. daivases@yahoo.de
authors.forename: Daiva
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seskauskaite
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gliwa
mesh_terms: D001532:Atropa belladonna / Q000145:classification; D003625:Data Collection; D013286:Datura stramonium / Q000145:classification*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D032304:Hyoscyamus / Q000145:classification; D008037:Linguistics; D008097:Lithuania; D031168:Matricaria / Q000145:classification; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000145:classification; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000145:classification; D032603:Scopolia / Q000145:classification; D012938:Social Perception; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs