On Mar 14, 12:40*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:45:37 -0500, Ignoramus858

wrote:
On 2011-03-13, Jim Wilkins wrote:
What exactly does "Chernobyl" mean? I know the color but not the
second part.

Chernobyl means, in Ukrainian, this type of grass:

* * * * *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_vulgaris

Not grass, it's usually called sagebrush or wormwood. *I have some
planted in my front yard for the wonderful, rural smell. I think it's
A. ludoviciana rather than vulgaris.

Oh, Chorno, not Cherno. I wondered if it could be translated
"Blackened Crater".

jsw