NPPF - Foreward - Notes

[Toby G Levy]

One more note about Parthenocissus Hall:

The root Parthen comes from the Greek word word for virgin.  

According to the Reader's Encyclopedia the Parthenon is "The  great
temple  at Athens to Athene Parthenos (i.e., the Virgin)."

from an online botanical dictionary: "PARTHENOGENESIS: The reproduction
of offspring from an egg cell without fertilization"

The American Heritage dictionary also has "parthenocarpy: the production
of fruit without fertilization"

cissus is defined at botonay.com as climbing plants, so may we say that
parthenocissus are climbing plants that reproduce without fertilization?

At any rate, do we add "virgin" to the mix of images that VN wished to
invoke?

Toby

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