Talk:List of Middle-earth plants

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Needs a bit more work and needs to be complete before it can be B-class. There are actually some books just on this topic, so they should be referenced as well. Carcharoth 11:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I've upgraded it to B-class since the references are used well and the artilcle looks good overall. Well done. LOTRrules (talk) 13:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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Has a lot of parallels to earthly Basil. From that article:

The Oxford English Dictionary quotes speculations that basil may have been used in "some royal unguent, bath, or medicine". Basil is still considered the "king of herbs" by many cookery authors.

I wouldn't say it is basil (too powerful for sure) but the physical description as well as the etymology (Greek: basilikos, "the kingly [herb]") is a solid match. The banter of Ioreth and the herb-master (Book 3, "The Houses of Healing") is an interesting parallel to the above. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 15:48, 20 November 2007 (UTC)