Nov. 13th, 2013

olitory

Nov. 13th, 2013 07:36 am
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olitory (OH-lee-toh-ree) - adj., of, pertaining to, or produced in a kitchen garden; used for culinary purposes.


So, the sort of vegetables that are grown in the urban plot are olitory. Related to oleraceous, pertaining to pot-herbs -- both are from Latin, this one from olitorius, belonging to a kitchen gardener or to vegetables, from olitor, a kitchen gardener, from olus, vegetables.

---L.

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