Cadaba farinosa - Botany and Vocab 1

— feeling confused

As the name suggests, the fruits are farinose. I had never heard of this word. MS Word had not heard of it either! So, I looked it up and this is what it means:

 

"covered with whitish, mealy powder"

 

I promptly used it to describe snow which, on second thing, is white and powdery but not mealy. Is it? Having never seen it...

 

Another interesting word that I found while reading this post was gynophore - "a long stalk that holds the gynoecium (ovule-bearing part of the flower) above the rest of the flower." This one I knew! :-)

 

Botanical terms are sometimes so beautiful and poetic. They also keep on adding to my vocabulary for when I am writing.

 

In other news, I have met this plant's cousin here in my city. I prefer it to the farinosal one.

 

Most of the time, it looks like this prickly unattractive thing:

 

 

When it flowers, it is magic!