Hi all We are still no closer to finding Peter Taggart's desired American English term for "back yard" So perhaps we could make something up. Something along the line of "epicuticular wax" might be "posterior domiciliar enclosure" - plenty of appeal for the pedants among us - absolutely unambiguous! Or perhaps we could extrapolate on the Esperanto term for back yard [backyard?] which is "malantaukorto" or the corresponding term for back garden which is "malantaua gardeno" .... Peter in Sydney -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of penstemon Sent: Sunday, 9 February 2014 9:37 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] off topic, bloom / flower / back yard But what's an appropriate definition of door yard? I love the term, quaint but entirely useable - sorry no Whitman available to look up. Just a brief mention - I've had 3.5 inches of rain since Thursday night - lovely, lovely rain. A dooryard, which Whitman considered one word, would be a garden in front of, or near, a door. I have a dooryard. Bob Nold, Denver, Colorado, USA