See Also: Stowe, Harriet Beecher(dictionary)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher(encyclopedia)
eschscholtzia(medicine)
eschscholtzia(dictionary)
Tubman, Harriet(dictionary)
Wilson, Harriet E.(encyclopedia)
Tubman, Harriet(encyclopedia)
Monroe, Harriet(encyclopedia)
Martineau, Harriet(encyclopedia)
Harriet (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher (oh) and eschscholtzia (medicine)


Stowe, Harriet Beecher (oh)



(1811-96) a US writer whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin influenced many people in the US, especially in the North, to oppose slavery (=the system where black people were owned by white people and made to work for them) . In the 20th century, the book was criticized for the way it shows the relationship between slaves and their owners, and the expression "Uncle Tom" is used in a disapproving way to describe a black person who is too eager to please white people.

eschscholtzia (medicine)


eschscholtzia
<botany> A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-coloured, or white flowers; the California poppy.

Origin: NL. Named after Dr. Eschscholtz, a German botanist.

Source: Websters Dictionary