The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Auxopus Different-stalk, auco-pouj (the yellowish weak stems of this parasitic<br />
plant)<br />
avasmontanus -a -um from Auas Berg mountains of Namibia<br />
Avellana an old name in Pliny, nux avellana, for the hazel nut, from Fonte Avellana<br />
(Avella), in the Italian Apennines<br />
avellanae of hazel, living on Corylus avellana (Eriophyes, acarine gall mite)<br />
avellanarius living in hazel woods (Muscardinus avellanarius, dormouse)<br />
avellaneus -a -um hazel-brown, Avellana<br />
avellanidens with tearing teeth, (avello, avellere, avelli(avulsi), avulsum)-(dens, dentis)<br />
(Agave leaf-margins)<br />
avellanus -a -um from Avella, Italy (Pliny’s name, nux avellana, for hazel-nut)<br />
Avellinia Small-oat-like, diminutive from Avena<br />
avellinus -a -um hazel-brown, Avellana<br />
Avena Nourishment, avena (also meant oats, reed and shepherd’s pipe)<br />
avenaceus -a -um oat-like, avena<br />
avenius -a -um lacking or with obscure veins, a-(vena, venae)<br />
avenoides resembling Avena, oat-like, Avena-oides<br />
Avenula Like-a-small-oat, feminine diminutive of avena<br />
Averrhoa for Averrhoes, twelfth-century Arabian physician, translator of Aristotle’s<br />
work<br />
Avicennia, avicennae for Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980–1037), Arabian philosopher and<br />
physician<br />
avicenniifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of the white mangrove,<br />
Avicennia-folium<br />
avicennioides resembling Avicennia, mangrove-like, Avicennia-oides<br />
avicularis -is -e of small birds, eaten by small birds, avis<br />
aviculus -a -um omen, of small birds, diminutive of avis<br />
avisylvanus -a -um of undisturbed woods, botanical Latin, avis-sylva<br />
avium of the birds, avis<br />
avocado from a Nahuatl name, ahuacatl, for the fruit (cognate with alligator [pear])<br />
axillariflorus -a -um, axilliflorus -a -um with axillary flowers, with flowers produced<br />
in the leaf axils, axilla-florum<br />
axillaris -is -e in the armpit, arising from the leaf axils, axillary, axilla, axillae<br />
Axonopus Axle-stalked, acwn-pouj (the spicate racemes radiate around the upper<br />
part of the rachis)<br />
Axyris Without-edge, acurij (the bland flavour)<br />
ayabacanus -a -um from Ayabaca, NW Peru<br />
Azalea <strong>Of</strong>-dry-habitats, azaleoj (etymology uncertain, formerly used by Linnaeus<br />
for Loiseleuria)<br />
azaleanus -a -um Azalea-like<br />
azaleodendron Azalea (flowered) tree, azaleoj-dendron<br />
azaleoides resembling Azalea, azaleoj-oeidhj<br />
Azana from a Mexican vernacular name<br />
Azanza from a Mexican vernacular name<br />
Azara for J. N. Azara, Spanish patron of botany and other sciences in the early<br />
nineteenth century<br />
azarolus the Italian vernacular name, azarolo, for Crataegus azarolus<br />
azedarach, azadarachtus -a -um a middle-eastern vernacular name, azaddirakht, for<br />
the bead tree, Melia azadarachta<br />
Azolla etymology uncertain, possibly from a South American name thought to<br />
refer to its inability to survive out of water, or azo-ollumi, to dry-to kill<br />
(Azollaceae)<br />
azonites ungirdled, (a-zona, zonae)<br />
Azorella Without-scales, a-zoraleoj, feminine diminutive of a-zwroj not strong<br />
or stout<br />
azoricus -a -um from the Azores Islands, mid-Atlantic<br />
aztecorum from the lands of the Aztecs<br />
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