The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Astrantia Masterwort (l’Ecluse’s name, from magistrantia, Meisterwürz)<br />
astrantioideus -a -um resembling Astrantia<br />
astrictus -a -um drawn together, adstringo, adstringere, adstrinxi, adstrictum<br />
astringens contracting, becoming drawn in, present participle of adstringo<br />
Astripomoea Star-Ipomoea, asthr-iy-omoioj<br />
astro- star-shaped-, astrum, astron, astro-<br />
Astrocarpus Star-fruit, astro-karpoj<br />
astroites star-like, astron-itikoj<br />
Astronium Star-like, astron (the flowers)<br />
astrophoros star-bearing, aster-foroj<br />
Astrophytum Star-plant, astro-futon (the morphology of the plant)<br />
astrotrichus -a -um having star-shaped hairs, stellate-hairy, astro-trixoj<br />
-astrum somewhat like, wild, inferior, as good as, ad instar<br />
asturicus -a -um, asturiensis -is -e from Asturias, NW Spain<br />
astutus -a -um cunning, deceptive, astutus<br />
astylus -a -um lacking a distinct style, a-stuloj<br />
asymmetricus -a -um irregular, lacking symmetry, a-sum-metrioj<br />
Asyneuma derivation uncertain (?a-sun-eu-ma, relationship to Phyteuma)<br />
Asystasia derivation uncertain, a-sustasij, lacking association<br />
atacamicus -a -um from the Atacama desert of Chile<br />
Ataenidia Without-a-small-band, a-tainia (no spur on the staminode)<br />
Atalantia for Atalanta, the swift-footed huntress of Greek mythology<br />
atalantoides resembling Atalantia, Atalantia-oides<br />
atamasco an Amerindian vernacular name for Zephyranthes atamasco<br />
atavus -a -um great-great-great-grandfather, of great age, ancient, atavus, atavi<br />
ataxacanthus -a -um having irregularly arranged prickles, ataktoj-akanqa<br />
ater, atra, atrum matt-black, ater, atris<br />
Athamanta Athamas-one, athamanticus -a -um (athemanticus), of Mount Athamas,<br />
Sicily, or for the King Athamas of the Minyans, in mythology<br />
Athanasia Immortal, a-qanasimoj (without death, funerary use of Tanacetum)<br />
atheniensis -is -e from Athens (Athenae)<br />
athero- bristle-, beard-, aqhr, aqeroj<br />
atherodes bristle-eared, (aqhr, aqeroj)-wdhj<br />
Atherosperma Bearded-seed, aqhro-sperma<br />
athois -is -e, athous -a -um from Mount Athos, NE Greece<br />
athro- crowded, aqrooj, aqroathrostachyus<br />
-a -um having crowded spikes, aqro-staxuj<br />
Athrotaxis Crowded-order, aqrooj-tacij<br />
Athyrium Sporty, aqurw (sporty in an earlier sense of variability, from the varying<br />
structure of ladyfern sori) (Athyriaceae)<br />
-aticus -a -um,-atilis -is -e -from (a place)<br />
atlanticus -a -um of the Atlas Mountains (Atlas, Atlantis), N Africa, of Atlantic areas<br />
(the western limits of the classical Old World)<br />
atlantis -is -e from the Atlas mountains (Atlas, Atlantis), Morocco/Algeria/Tunisia,<br />
N Africa; for the giant Atlas of mythology<br />
atomarius -a -um small, pigmy, unmoved, indivisible, atomoj, atomus, atomi<br />
atomerius -a -um speckled (atomate); having very small parts, atom-merij<br />
Atractogyne Spindle-fruited-one, atraktoj-gunh (fusiform fruits of some)<br />
Atractylis Spindles, atraktoj (the long spines of the outer bracts)<br />
atractyloides resembling Atractylis, Atractylis-oides<br />
atramentarius -a -um with black eruptions, atra-mentagra (sycosis)<br />
atramentiferus -a -um carrying a black secretion, atra-mentagra-fero<br />
atrandrus -a -um having dark stamens, botanical Latin ater-andrus<br />
Atraphaxis an ancient Greek name, atrafacuj, for Atriplex (q.v.)<br />
atratus -a -um blackened, clothed in black, blackish, ater<br />
atrebatus -a -um swarthy, blackened, from the Celtic Atrebates tribe of Roman<br />
England, South of the Thames and in Gaul – famous as ironworkers<br />
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