ḴIRI (Mid. Pers. hērīg), wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri L., synonym: Erysimum cheiri (L.) Crantz), a widely cultivated, sweet-smelling, ornamental plant of…

LILAC, a fragrant, deciduous shrub of the genus Syringa of Oleaceae, olive family.  The term is derived from Persian lilanj,…

LILY, name of herbaceous and bulbous flowering plants of the genus Lilium L. of Liliaceae, the lily family.  The lily,…

ḴAṬMI (or ḵeṭmi), “marshmallow,” Althaea officinalis L. of the family Malvaceae (the mallow family), an important pharmaceutical plant. Plants of the…