Plant Parts And Plant Names
Here are the terms for parts of plants, including trees.
| bark (inner) | -t'ooz |
| bark (outer) | -la' |
| berry | mai |
| branch of conifer | -zis̲chum |
| bud | -dulhladzeh |
| bud of conifer | dulhla |
| cambium | k'unih |
| catkin (willow) | lhiyaz |
| flower | -isdai |
| flower | -indai |
| fruit | mai |
| leaf | -t'an |
| marrow (vegetable), core (tree) | -yests'o |
| needle | 'ul |
| needles on ground | 'ulgut |
| peel | -t'ooz |
| petiole | -t'anchun |
| pit | -ch'e' |
| resin (balsam) | t̲s̲'ootsuntoo' |
| root of a fallen tree now above ground | -ghaz |
| pitch | dzeh |
| root | -ghih |
| sap | k'unih |
| sapwood | -k'aba |
| seed | hanuyehmai' |
| sprout | hatsoola'ulya |
| stem | -chun |
| stump | chusgwulh |
| stump of fallen tree with roots exposed to view | khazkuz |
| thorn | whus |
| twig | 'uzoosts'i |
| umbel | -dulhladuk |
Roots in general are -ghih, with the free-standing form 'ughih. The roots of most plants are denoted by compounds of the name of the plant with -ghih, e.g. latalbaghih “yarrow roots” and goos̲ghih “Cow Parsnip roots”. There is however a special term for the roots of the water lily khelht'az̲, namely khoolh.
There is a special term, datsankests'oh, for the leaves of t'ughus̲ when they curl up.
It is not uncommon for the names of prominent parts of plants to be used as the name of the whole plant. For example, strictly speaking High-bush Blueberry is yalhtsul but it may be called yalhtsulchun, which is strictly speaking the name for the bush. Similary, strawberries are 'indzi but may be called 'indzit'an “strawberry leaves”.
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