Besser

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Besser A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784-1842). === Further reading === Author query of the International Plant Names Index == English == === Etymology === From the German surname, from Middle High German bezzerære, agent noun from Old High German bezzern (“to collect fines”). === Proper noun === Besser A surname. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Besser”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149.