alimurgia.
alimurgy; the study of wild edible plants that can be used for food, especially during times of famine or food scarcity.
Meaning & usage
alimurgy; the study of wild edible plants that can be used for food, especially during times of famine or food scarcity.
The practice of collecting and preparing such plants.
Where this word comes from
Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti in 1767, in his treatise Alimurgia, o sia Modo di render meno gravi le carestie. A learned compound of Ancient Greek ἄλιμος (álimos, “hunger-relieving”) (from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λιμός (limós, “hunger”)) + the suffix -urgia (“work, practice”) (from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”)). The term was also constructed by the author as a paronomasia or pun on the Latin alimenta urgentia (literally “urgent food/nourishment”), referring to the use of wild plants during times of famine.
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