Spring brings with it the most fragrant flowers.
Dotting the fields, brightening up the flowerbeds of public gardens, lining the side roads, they are a part of our daily joys.
You are familiar with primroses and gentians.
The bright color of cornflowers or poppies reminds you of happy days.
But the names of certain plants, much more surprising, sound unfamiliar to you.
Have you ever heard of, for example, “euphorbia
”
or “balsam”?
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Just like
“bird names”
,
“flowery words”
are vulgar words that no one would want to see themselves called.
And their lexical field also seems infinite.
Do you know what an
“orchidoclast”
is ?
If the word is similar to that of
“orchid”
, dear readers, make no mistake.
It's better for you to never be treated like this.
Will you know if the word
“nodocephalus”
is an insult or a shrub?
And that of
“gaupe”
?
Le Figaro
invites you to check your love of words with this short test.