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=Period Forms:=  
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* Name - summarize as you would on a submission form: period spelling, type of name (eg. English feminine given name), date, source.
* Name - summarize as you would on a submission form: period spelling, type of name (eg. English feminine given name), date, source.
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Per Wikipedia:
The word oleander appears as far back as the first century AD, when the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides cited it as one of the terms used by the Romans for the plant.[3] Merriam-Webster believes the word is a Medieval Latin corruption of Late Latin names for the plant: arodandrum or lorandrum, or more plausibly rhododendron (another Ancient Greek name for the plant), with the addition of olea because of the superficial resemblance to the olive tree (Olea europea)[Note 3][4][5] Another theory posited is that oleander is the Latinized form of a Greek compound noun: οllyo (ὀλλύω) 'I kill', and the Greek noun for man, aner, genitive andros (ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός).[6] ascribed to oleander's toxicity to humans.
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