The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
asperus -a -um rough, asper<br />
Asphodeline Asphodelus-like<br />
asphodeloides Asphodelus-like. Asphodelus-oides<br />
Asphodelus the Latin name, asphodilus, in Homer, asfodeloj, for Asphodelus<br />
ramosus (silver rod) (Asphodelaceae)<br />
Aspidistra Small-shield, aspidiseon (the stigmatic head, analogy with Tupistra)<br />
Aspidium Shield, aspidion, diminutive of aspij, aspidoj (the shape of shield fern’s<br />
indusium) (Aspidiaceae)<br />
Aspidoglossum Shield-tongue, aspidoj-glwssa (the dorsally flattened corolla<br />
lobes)<br />
Aspidotis Shield-like-eared, aspidoj-wtoj (the false indusium)<br />
Aspilia Without-blemish, a-spiloj<br />
aspleni- Asplenium-, spleen-wortasplenifolius<br />
-a -um Asplenium-leaved, Asplenium-folium<br />
Aspleniophyllitis the compound name for hybrids between Asplenium and Phyllitis<br />
Asplenium Without-spleen, a-splhn Dioscorides’ name, asplhnon, for spleenwort<br />
(Aspleniaceae)<br />
assa-foetida fetid-mastic, botanical Latin from Persian, azu, and Latin, foetida<br />
assamensis -is -e, assamicus -a -um from Assam, India<br />
assimilis -is -e resembling, like, similar to, adsimulo, adsimulare, adsimulavu, adsimulatum<br />
(another species)<br />
assinboinensis -is -e from the area of Assinboine mountain, Alberta, Canada; or<br />
Assinboia, Saskatchewan, Canada<br />
assoanus -a -um from Aswan, Egypt<br />
assurgens, assurgenti- rising upwards, ascending, present participle of adsurgo,<br />
adsurgere, adsurrexi, adsurrectum<br />
assurgentiflorus -a -um with flowers presenting upwards, adsurgens-florum<br />
assyriacus -a -um, assyricus -a -um from northern Iraq (Assyria)<br />
Astartea for Astarte, the Syrian equivalent of Venus<br />
Astelia Stemless, a-sthlh (some are epiphytes)<br />
astelifolius -a -um Astelia-leaved, Astelia-folium<br />
Aster Star, asthr, asteroj (Asteraceae)<br />
-aster -ra -rum, -istrum -partial similarity, -wild, -inferior, (used as a suffix to the<br />
generic name to denote a section, e.g. Trifoliastrum); star-, stellate-, asthr,<br />
asteroj, astrum, astri<br />
Asteranthera Star-flowered, asthr-anqoj (the disposition of the anthers)<br />
asterias star-like, asthr, asteroj<br />
asterictos unsupported, weak, asthriktoj<br />
asterioides, asterodes, asteroides Aster-like, aster-wdhj, asthr- oeidhj<br />
Asteriscus Small-star, asteriskoj<br />
Asteromoea Resembling-Aster, asthr-omoioj<br />
Asterophora Star-bearer, asthr-fora (the processes covering the chlamydospores)<br />
asterosporus -a -um with star-shaped spores, asteroj-sporoj (the spores have<br />
blunt spines)<br />
Asthenotherum Poor-harvest, asqenhj-qeroj (a desert grass)<br />
asthmaticus -a -um of asthma, asqma (its medicinal use for shortage of breath)<br />
astictus -a -um immaculate, without blemishes, unspotted, a-stiktoj<br />
Astilbe Without-brilliance, a-stilbh, a-stilboj (the flowers)<br />
Astilboides, astilboides Astilbe-like, a-stilbw-oeidhj<br />
astracanicus -a -um from Astrakhan province, Volga Delta, Russia<br />
astrachinus -a -um having a dark, curly indumentum; from Astrakhan, Russia<br />
(simile with fleece of karakul lambs)<br />
Astraeus Star-shaped, astrum, the outer wall of spore producing body of the earthstar<br />
fungus (Astraeus was father of the winds – by which the spores are dispersed)<br />
Astragalus Ankle-bone, astragaloj, a Greek name in Pliny for a plant with vertebra-like<br />
knotted roots<br />
Astranthium Star-flower, asthr-anqoj<br />
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