Talk:Jaborosa

@Fay Freak, this is supposedly from an Arabic word for the mandrake, but nothing I see is a good fit. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 22:27, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

@Metaknowledge: Nothing? يَبْرُوح (yabrūḥ) seems close enough, and that’s the Arabic word for the mandrake. I of course speak the first consonant in the taxonomic as a voiced palatal approximant.

/jabruːħ/

/jaboroːsa/

Consider also that vulgar transcriptions of Arabic words where thrown around in Latin botanical literature and were copied over and over. Fay Freak (talk) 23:44, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, that seems right. I also should've checked our own translation table instead of googling around! —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:47, 12 May 2019 (UTC)