The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
aporo- without means of achieving-, without thoroughfare-, a-poroj<br />
appendiculatus -a -um with appendages, appendaged, appendicula, appendiculae<br />
applanatus -a -um flattened out, ap-planus<br />
applicatus -a -um enfolded, placed close together, ap-(plico, plicare, plicavi (plicui),<br />
plicatum (plicitum))<br />
appressus -a -um lying close together, adpressed, ad-(presso, pressare)<br />
appropinquatus -a -um near, approaching, appropinquo, appropinquare, appropinquavi,<br />
appropinquatum (resemblance to another species)<br />
approximans drawn close together but not united, to the nearest, ad-proximus<br />
approximatus -a -um near together, ad-proximus<br />
apricus -a -um sun-loving, of exposed places, apricus (cognate with praecox)<br />
aprilis -is -e of April, Aprilis (the flowering season)<br />
Aptenia Wingless, a-(pthn, pthnoj) (the capsules)<br />
apterus -a -um without wings, wingless, a-pteron<br />
Aptosimum Not-falling, a-(ptwma, ptwsij, ptwsimoj) (persistent capsules)<br />
apulus -a -um from Apulia, S Italy<br />
apus lacking a stalk, a-pouj<br />
aquaticus -a -um living in water, aquaticus<br />
aquatilis -is -e living under water, aquatilis<br />
Aquifolium Thorny-leaved, acus-folium (a former generic name for Ilex)<br />
(Aquifoliaceae)<br />
aquifolius -a -um holly-leaved, with pointed leaves, spiny-leaved, acus-folium<br />
Aquilegia Eagle, aquila (claw-like nectaries) or from medieval German Acheleia,<br />
Akelei<br />
aquilegifolius -a -um with Aquilegia-like leaves, Aquilegia-folium<br />
aquilinus -a -um of eagles, eagle-like (Linnaeus noted that in the obliquely cut<br />
rhizome of Pteridium the appearance of the vasculature ‘refert aliquatenus aquilam<br />
imperialis’, suggests to some extent the imperial eagle)<br />
aquilus -a -um blackish-brown, swarthy, aquilus<br />
aquosus -a -um rainy, humid, damp, aquosus<br />
arabicus -a -um, arabus -a -um of Arabia, Arabian (Arabia, Arabiae)<br />
Arabidopsis Arabis-resembling, Arabis-opsis<br />
Arabis Arabian, arabia, arabiae (derivation obscure)<br />
Arachis ancient Greek name for a leguminous plant, arakoj, arachus in Galen<br />
(groundnut). Some translate it as a-raxij, without a branch<br />
arachniferus -a -um cobwebbed, bearing a weft of cobweb-like hairs, araxnh-ferw<br />
Arachniodes Spider-like, araxnh-wdhj<br />
arachnites spider-like, araxnh-ithj<br />
arachnoides, arachnoideus -a -um cobwebbed, araxnh-oeidhj, covered in a weft of<br />
hairs<br />
aragonensis -is -e from Aragon, NE Spain (Aragonia)<br />
araiophyllus -a -um slender leaved, araio-fullon<br />
Araiostegia Thin-cover, araioj-stegh (the indusium)<br />
Aralia origin uncertain, could be from French Canadian, aralie (Araliaceae)<br />
aralioides resembling Aralia, Aralia-oides<br />
araneosus -a -um spider-like, like a cobweb, arania, araneosus<br />
aranifer -era -erum spider-bearing, aranea-fero<br />
araraticus -a -um from Agri Dagi (Ararat mountains), Turkey<br />
araroba the Brazilian name for the powdery excretion produced by Andira araroba<br />
aratophyllus -a -um with plough-like leaves, aratrum, aratri, a plough<br />
araucanus -a -um from the name of a tribal area of Chilean Indians in southern<br />
Chile<br />
Araucaria from the Chilean name, araucaros, for the tree (Araucariaceae)<br />
araucarioides resembling Araucaria, Araucaria-oides<br />
Araujia from the Brazilian name for the cruel plant<br />
arborea-grandiflora tree-like and large-flowered, arbor-grandis- floris<br />
arborescens becoming or tending to be of tree-like dimensions, arbor-essentia<br />
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