Lost Words in the Garden

@ About ten years ago the Oxford Junior Dictionary (OJD) removed words from nature like acorn, buttercup, fern, heron, to make room for technology words like analogue, chatroom, and voicemail. They claimed the dictionary merely reflected the life experience of young readers. The fact that words like dandelion and doe, pelican and poppy were not part of the “life experience” of young readers concerns us. While these words are alive in the wild, children, especially those with limited access to na