Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by:
delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: March 19, 2013 11:58AM
Egon, good to hear from you.
I'm afraid you misinterpreted my answer to question 7. There are two distinct meanings of the verb "to wear" that apply to my item, but neither has to do with bodywear, be it functional or ornamental.
0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.
4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? No.
5) Have you got moss growing in your breadbox? No. The item I have in mind would have fitted into it, but only in single - a pair wouldn't. [edit: an average breadbox might contain about four]
6) Is the vegetable cooked? No, not "cooked", although some kind of heating is usually applied to it for the last century or so.
7) Is the item for wearing? In the sense of clothes, shoes, etcetera: No. In certain [edit: two] other senses, the verb "to wear" is applicable to the item, though.
8) Is the vegetable element wood? (would that we knew). I had to look up this one: It would be wood if the definition of wood would allow for such an interpretation. In normal usage it does not. Confusingly, the generic name for the item (mind I'm asking for a specific) is named after some kind of wood even though technically it isn't nowadays.
9) Is it worn ornamentally? No. The item as it stands can be ornamental, though.
I now see that my original answer two question 5 could be misleading. My last breadbox was rather small which made me state it could contain at most one item. Reconsidering I must admit that an average breadbox might contain about four.
Since we are heading halfway and no-where near to even the generic description of the item, let me hint that this generic has appeared in this thread before.