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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Another eggplant to add to Kem’s growing garden. Clematis is a plant that loves to climb. The name was given by the Greeks to various vines, such as periwinkle, traveler’s joy and bearbind. The stock in this case is Gk klema, a shoot, vine-branch or twig. Climbatis follows.
Are there plants I can grow on a trellis without a pot?
Climbatis and trumpet vine are nice.
(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index … 924AAJTErJ)
Here’s a picture of climbatis:
Climbatis
(http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/13 … 7411BjEiFX)
Only 3 unique hits, presently, but it’s just a matter of time.
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Nothing anticlimbatic about “climbatis.” Not too common, but a good eggcorn.
Eggplants. A good name for an extensive subgenre of eggcorns. Since even the word “eggcorn” fits the plant category, perhaps the non-botanical eggcorns should be considered a subgenre of the botanical set.
Last edited by kem (2009-07-31 09:07:20)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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There can’t be many left of this quality – a superb find!
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