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Glossary<br />

calisaya Andean vernacular for the yellow-bark Cinchona calisaya<br />

calistemon resembling Callistemon<br />

Calla Beauty, kalloj (a name, calsa, used in Pliny)<br />

calleryanus -a -um for J. M. M. Callery (1810–62), missionary and botanist in Korea<br />

and China<br />

calli-, callis- beautiful-, kalloj, kalli-<br />

Calliandra Beautiful-stamens, kalli-anhr (shaving-brush tree)<br />

Callianthemum Beautiful-flower, kalli-anqemoj<br />

callianthus -a -um, callianthemus -a -um beautifully flowered, kalli-anqoj, kallianthemij<br />

callibotryon, callibotrys having beautiful clusters, beautifully bunched, kallibotruj<br />

Callicarpa, callicarpus -a -um Beautiful-fruit, kalli-karpoj (purple mulberry’s<br />

metallic-violet drupes)<br />

callicephalus -a -um having beautiful heads, beautifully headed, kalli-kefalh<br />

Callichilia Beautiful-box, kalli-xhloj (the fruit)<br />

callichromus -a -um beautifully coloured, kalli-xrwma<br />

callichrous -a -um beautifully complexioned, with a beautiful surface, kalli-(xrwj,<br />

xrwtoj)<br />

callichrysus -a -um of a beautiful golden colour, kalli-xrusouj<br />

callicomus -a -um beautifully hairy, kalli-komh<br />

callidictyon beautifully netted, kalli-diktuon (venation)<br />

Calliergon Beautiful-thing, kalli-ergon<br />

callifolius -a -um Calla-leaved, Calla-folium<br />

Calligonum Beautiful-joints, kalloj-gonu (the nodes)<br />

Callilepis Beautiful-scaled-one, kalloj-lepij<br />

callimischon beautifully pedicelled, kalli-misxoj<br />

callimorphus -a -um of beautiful form or shape, kalli-morfh<br />

calliprinos beautifully early, kalli-prin; beautiful Ilex (Prinus Ilex; or the hollyleaved<br />

Quercus prinus)<br />

Callipsyche Beautiful-soul, kalloj-yuxh (Yuxh may also be portrayed as a butterfly)<br />

Callirhoe for the daughter of the river god, Achelous, and wife of Alcmaeon<br />

Callisia Beauty, kalloj (appearance and violet-fragrance)<br />

callistachys, callistachuus -a -um beautifully spicate, kalli-staxuj<br />

callistegioides resembling Calystegia, Calystegia-oides<br />

Callistemon, callistemon Beautiful-stamens, kalli-stemon (bottle-brush tree)<br />

Callistephus Beautiful-crown, kalli-sthfoj (the flower-heads of China aster)<br />

callisteus -a -um the most beautiful, kallisteuw<br />

callistus -a -um very beautiful, kallisteuw<br />

Callitriche Beautiful-hair, kalli-(qric, trixoj) (Callitrichaceae)<br />

callitrichis -is -e, callithrix having beautiful hair, kalli-(qric, trixoj)<br />

callitrichoides resembling Callitriche, kalli-trixoj-oeidhj<br />

Callitris Beauty, kalloj (the general morphology)<br />

Callitropsis Callitris-looking, kalloj-oyij<br />

Callixene Beautiful-stranger, kalli-cenoj (for the surprise that it graces Magellanica)<br />

callizonus -a -um beautifully girdled, banded or zoned, kalli-zwnh (colouration)<br />

callosus -a -um hardened, with a hard outer layer, callosus<br />

Calluna Beautifier, kallunw (former common use as brushes)<br />

callybotrion fine-racemed, botanical Latin from kalloj and botryosus<br />

calo- beautiful-, kalloj, kaloj, kali-, kalo-, kalcalobotrys<br />

having beautiful clusters, kalo-botruj<br />

calocarpus -a -um beautiful fruit, kalo-karpoj<br />

Calocedrus Beautiful-cedar, kalo-kedroj<br />

Calocephalus, calocephalus -a -um Beautiful-headed-one, kalo-kefalh<br />

Calocera Beautiful-antler, kalo-keraj (the bright yellow fruiting bodies)<br />

Calochilus, calochilus -a -um Beautiful-lip, kalo-xeiloj (the labellum)<br />

calochlorus -a -um of beautiful green colour, kalo-xlwroj<br />

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