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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Armand Beta-Erikson
Slytherin First Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Damien Beta-Erikson
Slytherin First Year |  Slytherin by heart
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Originally Posted by 10DesmondsDaughter14  Helena forced herself to hold back a laugh at his last remark. I already have transplanted one plant successfully, actually. I'm not sure exactly how you were disrespected by me asking a simple question, but I'm sorry you feel that way. Though the tone of her voice sounded sincere, her eyes said otherwise, as they remained icy blue. "One... plant... When others have fully thinned their planters. And if you know not how you disrespected me outside of the one question, then you are simply an idiot and unable to be helped. One way or another... 20 points from Slytherin. Your house mates can work to make it up for you. And I would watch your back."
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Originally Posted by camirayaxley She raised her hand. "Is it heart?" Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Dominic listened as the Professor spoke and then posed a question about the plant they were working with. Scratching his head thoughtfully, the fourth year hesitantly raised his hand. "Would Cardia have something to do with referring to the heart of the plant?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Fritter Christine thought hard about what Cardia meant. It reminded her of cardiac, which had to do with the heart. Christine raised her hand. Professor, does Cardia mean something along the lines of the heart? Quote:
Originally Posted by NicoT Nicholai raised his hand,
"Sir? Cardia means heart in Greek; but it is also the name for a part of the stomach." Nicholai paused and examined the planter in front of him that he and Anna had been working on, "Though I'd say in the case of these plants, 'heart' is the right meaning." Quote:
Originally Posted by MuggleBornWitch3 Anna glanced around as several other students said just the answer she had been thinking of. Nevertheless, she raised her hand and added her input, as well. "Professor, cardia comes from the Greek work kardia, and it means heart," she said. Quote:
Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMcKay Sarah's hand shot up into the air.
Great I'm going to look like an idiot for being so eager, she thought.
"Cardia means something to do with the heart,Sir" she said.
"Ummm I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the names,but.....As the plants can't survive without each other,or at least not be able to flower,are they so called because they are like the right and left sides of the heart? You need both to make it work?"
Sarah wasn't sure that made any sense...but asked anyway.
Biting her lip she waited for the reply.Probably to tell her she was stupid,and no thats not what it means. Quote:
Originally Posted by HPobsession33 Allie raised her hand.
"Cardia means heart, it is derived from the greek word, kardia ." said Allie. "It also means an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach, sir." Quote:
Originally Posted by LisaPotter1125
Astrid was sure that she knew the meaning of the word Cardia. She had remembered it from a poem that her grandmother used to read to her as a child. She raised her hand and said, "Professor, the word Cardia means heart."
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Originally Posted by fire_faerie
"It means the heart right?" Rachel answered. She knew this word from muggle biology class. Sometimes it's actually quite useful to be muggle born...
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Originally Posted by LizzieEvans Lizzie heard the professor's question, and thought for a second. She was sure her mother had told her somthing... Wasn't it something about how alike some words from different languages were?? She hesitated, but decided to take a chance again, and with her hand in the air she said. "Does it mean something about the heart, professor?" "Very good, everyone. Cardia means heart. There are several reasons for naming the plants this, though the original is lost somewhere in the past." He graced the leaves of one of the roses lightly. "Some say they are the other plant's hearts, some say it's because the rose is the heart of the mythos, some say it's because the mythos must be planted in the heart of the roses... It is only by each other that they have the possibility of reproducing, and so it may even be argued that it was symbolic of love in the area they had originally come from. I honestly don't know. However... Once you have room, please take a Cardia Mythos and plant it where you have made space. While you are doing that, someone tell me what you know about the plant just by looking at it. I'll give you a hint: the leaves are long and slender, there are no branches, just stems, and the resulting flower will be three-petaled."
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Armand and Damien Beta-Erikson
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