Glossary of Folk Phytography and Traditional Carpathian Ethnobotany

• Giant fennel — A popular or regional name given to certain plant species of the Ferula genus (such as wild ox-eye or foxglove variations), herbaceous plants in the Apiaceae family structurally characterized by tall, branched stems and large umbels of yellowish or white flowers, typically growing in rocky mountainous zones or dry meadows.
• Small wild garlic — A small popular or regional name (encountered in some Transylvanian dialects) for a variety of wild garlic or a small herbaceous plant with a faint garlic odor, belonging to the Allium genus; small garlic. The term is used in traditional rural phytotherapy to designate plants gathered in early spring for depurative roles.
• Wild garlic plant — A popular regional name attributed to small herbaceous plant species that emit a garlic-like odor when crushed (such as certain varieties of wild garlic or pteridophytes); it can also represent a double diminutive form for a small or early head of green garlic, used in the household language of certain rural areas.
• Wild herb variety — A popular or regional name attributed to a herbaceous plant from the spontaneous flora or a plant variety recognized in Romanian villages for its resistance to drought and scorching heat. In archaic dialects, the term can also represent the contextual feminine form adapted to describe a small piece of wood used as a domestic measuring unit.