#Aedlinn
#Oblika (Oblikas)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Sorrel, dock, Rumex. Leaves of the broad-leaved dock, Rumex obtusifolius, traditionally used to soothe brushes with stinging-nettles; research has shown them to contain anti-histamines. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Palderjani.
August 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#Aianduse (Aiandus)
Gardening, horticulture. One of Tallinn’s second-largest street zones built on former market-garden land in #MäheAedlinn, see #Arnika.
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Horticulture #Aiandus
March 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#Käokäpa (Käokäpp)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Cowslip. Lit. cuckoo’s claw. One of many names for the #harilikNurmenukk, #PrimulaVeris. For Darwin: the “cowslip is habitually visited during the day by the larger humble-bees [...] and at night by moths”. One of the Mähe flower-name group.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#Rukkilille (Rukkilill)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Cornflower (lit. rye flower), bachelor’s button, bluebottle... #CentaureaCyanus, #Estonia’s national flower. Once considered a weed in cornfields where the latter was once a generic term for any field containing corn, rye, wheat, etc.
October 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
February 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#Arnika (Arnika)
#Arnica, Arnica spp. Also one of the alternative names of harilik karutubakas, mouse-ear hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, another yellow-flowered Asteraceae which it may strongly resemble. One of the #Mähe flower-name group, see #Astla.
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Flower #Lille
March 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#Lumikellukese (Lumikelluke[ne])
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Snowdrop (lit. little snow bell; as in many languages, the #diminutive can play itself out to varying degrees. kell=bell, kelluke=little bell, kellukene=tiny little bell), #GalanthusSpp., one of the first flowers to pop out in spring.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#Kõdra (Kõder)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Hull, pod. Not exactly a plant or flower itself, but part of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Kõlviku.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
July 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#Jasmiini (Jasmiin)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Jasmine, Jasminum spp., from #Persian yasmin, ‘gift of God’. National flower of #Pakistan. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Jumika.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
July 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#Varjulille (Varjulill)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Lit. #ShadowFlower: #woodruff, squinancy wort, #AsperulaSpp. Name due to former use in treating #quinsy, or #PeritonsillarAbscess, a sometime complication of #tonsillitis or, for #GeorgeWashington, possible cause of #death (although
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December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#Kummeli (Kummel)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Camomile, Latin name debated. Plant beloved by new-agers for treating alcohol withdrawal, asthma, bronchitis, colic, cough, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, ear infection, brain extraction and nuclear winters. Street name with longest (?) anagram:
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October 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#Tolmuka (Tolmukas)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Stamen. Another entry not exactly a plant or flower itself, but part of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Ubalehe.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
October 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#Rukkilille (Rukkilill)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Cornflower (lit. rye flower), bachelor’s button, bluebottle... #CentaureaCyanus, #Estonia’s #NationalFlower. Once considered a weed in cornfields where the latter was once a generic term for any field containing corn, rye, wheat, etc.
September 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#Käokannu (Käokannus)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Toadflax. Lit. cuckoo’s spur, #LinariaSpp. Two species common to Estonia: harilik käokannus, common toadflax or ‘butter-and-eggs’, #LVulgaris, and joonik käokannus, pale toadflax, #LRepens, both, oddly, also known as common #chaenorhinum.
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#Priimula (Priimula)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Primrose, primula, apparently any member of the large #Primula family, along with the auricula, cowslip and oxlip. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Rebasesaba.

#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#Maikellukese (Maikelluke[ne])
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Lily of the valley (lit. little may bell), #ConvallariaMajalis, lone species in the #Convallaria genus, aka lambakeel, sheep’s tongue. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Mugula.

#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#Randvere (Randvere)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Pirita #Mähe #Mähe #Aedlinn
Road leading to village of that name, first recorded (1397) as #Randyver, and inhabited by #Swedish immigrants from 13th C on. #Rand, here, presumably straight from #Swedish for ‘shore’ or ‘beach’ (see #Ranna) and although the
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November 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#Varjulille (Varjulill)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
Lit. shadow flower: woodruff, squinancy wort, Asperula spp. Name due to former use in treating quinsy, or peritonsillar abscess, a sometime complication of tonsillitis or, for George Washington, ...
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January 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM