The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
atri-, atro- better-, dark-, black-(a colour), ater, atra, atrum, atroatrichus<br />
-a -um lacking hairs, a-trixoj<br />
Atriplex the name used by Pliny, ater-plexus, black and intertwined (from the<br />
ancient Greek name, atrafacuj)<br />
atriplicifolius -a -um Atriplex-leaved, Atriplex-folium<br />
atriplicis -is -e of Atriplex (aphis)<br />
atrispinus -a -um having black spines or thorns, atra-spina<br />
atrocarpus -a -um dark-fruited, botanical Latin atro-carpus<br />
atrocaulis -is -e having dark stems, botanical Latin atro-caulis<br />
atrocinereus -a -um dark-grey, dark-ashen coloured, atro-cineris<br />
atrocintus -a -um being girdled with black, atro-(cingo, cingere, cinxi, cinctum)<br />
atrococcus -a -um black-berried, athr-kokkoj<br />
atrocyaneus -a -um dark-blue, athr-kuanoj<br />
atrofuscus -a -um dark-swarthy, dark-brown coloured, atro-fuscus<br />
atroides somewhat darkened, athr-oeidhj<br />
Atropa Inflexible, atropoj (Atropa, one of three Fates or Moirai)<br />
Atropanthe Atropa-flowered-one, Atropoj-anqeroj<br />
atropatanus -a -um from Azarbaijan, N Iran (the area of N Media was given by<br />
Alexander to Atropates and became the kingdom of Artopatene)<br />
Atropis, atropis -is -e Keel-less-one, without a keel, a-tropij<br />
atropurpureus -a -um dark-purple coloured, atro-purpureus<br />
atrorubens dark-red coloured, atro-rubens<br />
atrosanguineus -a -um the colour of congealed blood, black-blooded, atro-(sanguis,<br />
sanguinis)<br />
atrosquamosus -a -um having dark scales, atro-(squama, squamae)<br />
atrotomentosus -a -um having a dark-hairy tomentum, atro-(tomentum, tomenti)<br />
atrovaginatus -a -um with a black sheath, atro-(vagina, vaginae)<br />
atroviolaceus -a -um very dark violet coloured, atro-(viola, violae)<br />
atrovirens, atroviridis -is -e very dark green, atro-(viresco, virescere), atro-viridis<br />
atrox hideous, dreadful, savage, atrox, atrocis<br />
atrum black, ater, atri<br />
attavirius -a -um from Mount Atáviros, Rhodes, Greece<br />
attenuatus -a -um tapering, drawn out to a point, flimsy, weak<br />
atticus -a -um from around Athens, Greece (Attica)<br />
attractus -a -um drawn towards, attractive, past participle of attraho, attrahere,<br />
attraxi, attractum<br />
-atus -a -um -rendered, -being, -having (prefixed by some observable attribute)<br />
aubertii for Père GeorgeAubert, French missionary in China c. 1899<br />
aubretioides resembling Aubretia, Aubretia-oides<br />
Aubrieta (Aubretia) for Tournefort’s artist friend, Claude Aubriet (1665?–1742)<br />
auct. of authors, used by a writer to indicate a name used in an alternative sense<br />
by other authors. See hort., below, and sensu, page 14 and below.<br />
auctus -a -um enlarged, augmented, great, past participle of augeo, augere, auxi,<br />
auctum<br />
Aucuba (Aukuba) Latinized Japanese name, aokiba<br />
aucuparius -a -um bird-catching, of bird catchers, avis capio (use of fruit as bait),<br />
aucupor, aucupare, aucupatus<br />
audax bold, proud, audacious, audax, audacis<br />
augescens increasing, past participle of augesco, augescere<br />
augurius -a -um of the soothsayers, augur, auguris, augurius<br />
augusti-, augustus -a -um stately, noble, tall, majestic, augustus<br />
augustifolius -a -um having impressive foliage, majestic-leaved, augusti-folium<br />
augustinii for Dr Augustine Henry (1857–1930), plant collector in China and<br />
Formosa, Professor of Forestry, Dublin<br />
augustissimus -a -um the most majestic, superlative of augustus<br />
aulacanthus -a -um having grooved spines, aulako-akanqoj<br />
aulaco- furrowed-, grooved-, aulac, aulakoj, aulako-<br />
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