I gave you a thumbs up also. Good going woofie.

Awww, thanks, Lynn! But we're in danger of ending up in the Sandbox here. Hmmm, anyone got any suggestions to encourage people to add to the Glossary articles? Maybe Trish could put in a little article that lists the terms that have been added so far, with a little nudge to encourage more?

Good idea, I have no idea what has been posted so far.

Go to Ideas and do a search for 'Glossary tips'.
They're right there all together.

Well, WE know that, but I was thinking in terms of a general "nudge" to get folks to add more. But what can I say? I'm just a teeny bit pushy.

Sharon said:Go to Ideas and do a search for 'Glossary tips'.
They're right there all together.

Thanks. I didn't know about that but then I am new here and kinda stupidly moving around on this site still. However, this is what I got:

Searching Gardening Ideas
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No results found.

Then search 'glossary' after you click on Gardening Ideas.

My mistake. 'Glossary' works and 'glossary tip' works but 'glossary tips' doesn't.

Usually single words are better when searching anyway.

That did it, Sharon. Thanks! You're right. There needs to be more Glossary entries as I have a lot more to learn!

Glad it worked for you.
Just hang around, we all learn from each other. You will too and in no time at all.

Seeeeeee???? Told ya we need more definitions. Maybe we need an "adopt a gardening term to define" thread.

Sharon said: If there is a glossary, it needs to be letter perfect from beginning to end.

Do you agree?

It is my opinion that most word definitions are not up for debate. They are what they are, and I think it is pretentious of us to think we are qualified to to a better job. Of course they can be discussed (in an effort to clarify), but presenting a differing or incomplete opinion only creates confusion rather than clarification.

And who here is willing to go the extra miles to research as much of an unbiased definition as possible: to go to the primary sources, not wikipedia, and then translate the definition in a complete fashion so as to make sense?

for example:

-- https://garden.org/ideas/view/...
While the simple definition is correct, the daisy photo is an extremely poor example, and without any explanation.
I'll ask you: how many corollas does that one daisy have?
.... one, two, ten or one hundred? The answer is closer to one hundred.
http://www.efloras.org/florata...

"letter perfect from beginning to end", that's what Sharon said. Are you up to it?

Sharon is no longer with us. She passed away in early October 216. Her memory lives on in our NGA Garden of Memories.

I didn't even realize I was reading and old thread until I got to Sharon's name

Should we close this out and begin a new discussion?

Yes this thread is around 6 years old.

And BTW, we do now have a dictionary: https://garden.org/nga/diction...

I think the dictionary is a good idea if one knows what they want to learn about. But, a word a day feature would be an interesting teaching tool.

Also wanted to ask if there is a pronunciation guide on this site? Fine Gardening magazine has an excellent one with an audible option. If we don't already hove on someplace could we link to Fine Gardening's? Maybe it could be added to the Dictionary or the word a day.
http://www.finegardening.com/p...

The NGA dictionary has a lot of omissions. No definition for deciduous, dormant, evergreen, glyphosate, herbaceous to give a few that I just tried. For some of those it goes instead into obscure words I've never come across before, like indeciduous, subherbaceous.

sooby said:The NGA dictionary has a lot of omissions. No definition for deciduous, dormant, evergreen, glyphosate, herbaceous to give a few that I just tried. For some of those it goes instead into obscure words I've never come across before, like indeciduous, subherbaceous.

What if I updated the system to allow anyone to add new words along with their definitions?