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{{Infobox plant | {{Infobox plant | ||
|icon = Lumiknoll P4 icon.png | |icon = Lumiknoll P4 icon.png | ||
|image = Lumiknoll | |image = Pikmin Garden Lumiknoll render.png | ||
|size = 270px | |||
|pikmin4 = y | |pikmin4 = y | ||
|name = Collux aeternium | |name = Collux aeternium | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
=== Dalmo's | === Dalmo's notes === | ||
{{Transcript|Nature is a high-risk, high-reward type of environment. The Lumiknoll braves the danger, risking self-destruction to emit a light that lures creatures so it can propagate more Glow Pikmin using glow pellets! But is that all? Could the glow sap also be luring us?}} | {{Transcript|Nature is a high-risk, high-reward type of environment. The Lumiknoll braves the danger, risking self-destruction to emit a light that lures creatures so it can propagate more Glow Pikmin using glow pellets! But is that all? Could the glow sap also be luring us?|block=y}} | ||
=== Olimar's | === Olimar's notes === | ||
{{Transcript| Besides the fact that they serve as incubators and nests for Glow Pikmin, we know very little about the Lumiknoll's ecology. | {{Transcript|Besides the fact that they serve as incubators and nests for Glow Pikmin, we know very little about the Lumiknoll's ecology. | ||
When nocturnal creatures die, a Lumiknoll can break them down into glow pellets through its strong dissolving enzymes. This matter, when condensed, becomes glow sap. | When nocturnal creatures die, a Lumiknoll can break them down into glow pellets through its strong dissolving enzymes. This matter, when condensed, becomes glow sap. | ||
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Lumiknolls will only appear in places where an Onion was located earlier in the day, and since they propagate Glow Pikmin, one could surmise that they are rhizomes from those Onions. Perhaps, using its dissolving powers, it returns the nectar that supports the ecosystem back to the soil.|block=y}} | Lumiknolls will only appear in places where an Onion was located earlier in the day, and since they propagate Glow Pikmin, one could surmise that they are rhizomes from those Onions. Perhaps, using its dissolving powers, it returns the nectar that supports the ecosystem back to the soil.|block=y}} | ||
=== Louie's | === Louie's notes === | ||
{{Transcript|Smells a lot like an Onion. The green juice is particularly delicious!}} | {{Transcript|Smells a lot like an Onion. The green juice is particularly delicious!|block=y}} | ||
===Pikmin Garden=== | ===Pikmin Garden=== | ||
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== Naming == | == Naming == | ||
{{naming | {{naming | ||
|common = Lumiknoll. It is a pun of "lumino-", Latin for small lights, and "knoll", a small hill. The name could also be a pun on the chemical {{w| | |common = Lumiknoll. It is a pun of "lumino-", Latin for small lights, and "knoll", a small hill. The name could also be a pun on the chemical {{w|luminol}}, used to detect trace amounts of blood in crime scenes. Like a Lumiknoll, luminol emits a luminescent glow, although this glow is blue unlike a Lumiknoll's green. | ||
|jpcommon = {{j|ヒカリヅカ|Hikaridzuka|Light Anthill}}. This refers to how it emits light and how it looks like an anthill. | |jpcommon = {{j|ヒカリヅカ|Hikaridzuka|Light Anthill}}. This refers to how it emits light and how it looks like an anthill. | ||
|jpname = {{j|トコヨノヒカリヅカ|Tokoyo no Hikaridzuka|Light Anthill | |jpname = {{j|トコヨノヒカリヅカ|Tokoyo no Hikaridzuka|Otherworldly Light Anthill}}. | ||
|scientific = ''Collux aeternium''. ''Col-'' means "with" in Latin when joined with another word. ''Lux'' means "light" in Latin, hence ''Collux'' means "with light" while ''aeternum'' means "eternal" or "everlasting. | |scientific = ''Collux aeternium''. ''Col-'' means "with" in Latin when joined with another word. ''Lux'' means "light" in Latin, hence ''Collux'' means "with light" while ''aeternum'' means "eternal" or "everlasting". Altogether, it could mean "with light everlasting". | ||
|internal = <code>WASURENAGUSA</code>. It is a romanization of {{j|ワスレナグサ|wasurenagusa|forget-me-not|f=tp}}. | |internal = <code>WASURENAGUSA</code>. It is a romanization of {{j|ワスレナグサ|wasurenagusa|forget-me-not|f=tp}}. | ||
}} | }} | ||