The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
candelaris -is -e taper or candle-like, with tall tapering stems, candela, candelae<br />
candelilius -a -um small candles, diminutive from candela<br />
candens dazzling-white, candens, candentis<br />
candicans white, hoary-white, with white woolly hair, present participle of candico<br />
Candollea, candollei for Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841), Professor of<br />
Botany at Geneva<br />
candidissimus -a -um the whitest, superlative of candidus<br />
candidulus -a -um off-white, whitish, diminutive of candidus<br />
candidus -a -um shining-white, candidus (candeo, candere)<br />
candiae from Crete, Cretan (Candia)<br />
candius -a -um from Crete, Cretan (Candia)<br />
Canella Little reed, diminutive of Canna (for the rolled, peeling bark)<br />
(Canellaceae)<br />
canephorus -a -um like a basket bearer, bearing a basket-like structure, kaneon-fora<br />
canescens turning hoary-white, with off-white indumentum, present participle of<br />
canesco, canescere<br />
caninus -a -um of the dog, sharp-toothed or spined, repellent to dogs, usually<br />
implying inferiority, wild or not of cultivation, canis, canis<br />
canis-dalmatica white with spots, like a Dalmatian dog<br />
Canistrum Wicker-basket, canistrum, canistri (the inflorescence)<br />
Canna, canna Reed, canna, cannae (an uncertain comparison for Indian shot)<br />
(Cannaceae)<br />
cannabifolius -a -um with Cannabis-like leaves<br />
cannabinus -a -um Cannabis-like (leaves of hemp agrimony, wild hemp, kannabij<br />
agria of Dioscorides)<br />
Cannabis Hemp, kannabij (Dioscorides’ name for hemp) (Cannabaceae)<br />
cannalinus -a -um somewhat like Canna, reed- or pipe-like, canna<br />
cannifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Canna<br />
cano- grey-, white-, hoary-, canus<br />
canocarpus -a -um hoary-fruited, cano-carpus<br />
canovirens greyish-green, cano-virens<br />
-cans -being (e.g. albicans being white)<br />
Canscora from a Malabari vernacular name, kansjan-cora, for Canscora perfoliata<br />
cantabile having a smooth or flowing habit, Italian for singable<br />
cantabricus -a -um from Cantabria, N Spain<br />
cantabrigiensis -is -e from Cambridge (Cantabrigia)<br />
cantaburiensis -is -e from Canterbury (Cantaburia) (England, New Zealand or USA)<br />
cantalupensis -is -e from Villa Mandela (Cantalupo), between Tivoli and Arsoli,<br />
Italy, where warty melons (Cantaloups) were first raised from seed<br />
canterburyanus -a -um for Alfred Milner (1845–1925), Viscount Canterbury, of<br />
Sturry Court, Kent<br />
Cantharellula feminine diminutive of Cantharellus<br />
Cantharellus Little-tankard, diminutive of cantharus (the fruiting body of the<br />
edible chanterelle fungus) (cantharis, Spanish-fly beetle)<br />
Canthium from the Malabar vernacular name, cantix<br />
cantianus -a -um from Kent, England (Cantium)<br />
cantonensis -is -e, cantoniensis -is -e from Kuangchou, or Guangzhuo, SE China<br />
(Canton)<br />
Cantua from a Peruvian vernacular name, cantu, for C. buxifolia<br />
cantuariensis -is -e from Canterbury (Durovernum or Cantaburia)<br />
canus -a -um whitish-grey, white, caneo, canere, canui<br />
caoutchouc from the Amerindian vernacular name, cauchuc, for the solidified latex<br />
of Hevea brasiliensis<br />
capax wide, broad, able, fit, capax<br />
capensis -is -e from Cape Colony, or Cape of Good Hope, S Africa<br />
caperatus -a -um of goats, caper, capri<br />
caperratus -a -um wrinkled, caperro, caperrare<br />
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