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Subject: Re: eschscholtz
Author: Marc   (guest, 184.144.165.147)
Date: March 8, 2012 at 8:16:02 AM
Reply to: eschscholtz by getb
Eschscholtz is a bizarre alteration of Eschholz, a placename which means 'ash wood'. The only person who seems to have borne it was Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholtz).

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