Keyword: «extralinguistic factors»

Phytonymic vocabulary reflects the life experience of any person, the results of his observations of the world around him. That is why, the names of plants make it possible to see the specific features of the cultural and historical traditions of the people. The whole number of differential signs or motivems was highlighted to identify and associate patterns and assign names to plants both in Latin and Russian. As a result of the investigation of Latin and Russian phytonyms we have found out firstly – the signs and properties of the denotate reflect the experience of native speakers; secondly – they are transmitted descriptively or by metaphorical comparison with other objects with the same meaning.