The Names Of Plants.pdf

Glossary
Carpinus, carpinus the ancient Latin name, carpinus, for hornbeam, some derive it
from Celtic, car-pix, for a wood-headed yoke
carpo-, carpos-, -carpus -a -um (karpo-) fruit-, -fruited, -podded, karpoj, karpo-,
botanical Latin carpus
Carpobrotus Edible-fruit, karpo-brwtuj (the edible fruiting structure of hottentot
fig)
Carpodetus Bound-fruit, karpo-dethj (external appearance of the putaputawheta
fruit)
Carpodinus Top-like-fruit, karpoj-dineuw
Carpolyza Angry-fruit, karpoj-lussa (its dehiscence)
carpophilus -a -um fruit liking, karpoj-filh (fungus on rotting beech-mast)
carrerensis -is -e from Carrera Island, Trinidad
Carrichtera for Bartholomaeus Carrichter, physician to Maximillian II, author of
Kreutterbüch (1575)
Carrierea, carrierei for E. A. Carrière (1816–96), French botanist
carringtoniae for Lady Carrington, wife of the Governor of New South Wales, Sir
Charles Robert Wynn Carrington
carsonii for Alexander Carson (1850–96), who collected plants in Tanganyika
cartagensis -is -e from Cartagena, either Spain or Colombia (Carthago Nova)
cartagoanus -a -um from Cartago, Costa Rica
carthaginiensis -is -e from Carthage (Carthago), Tunis
carthamoides resembling Carthamus, Carthamus-oides
Carthamus Painted-one, from Hebrew, qarthami, an orange-red dye (false saffron,
Arabic, safra, is made from safflower, Carthamus tinctorius)
carthusianorum, carthusianus -a -um of the Grande Chartreuse Monastery of
Carthusian Monks, Chartreuse (Carthusia), France
cartilagidens having firm but not bony teeth, cartilago-dens
cartilagineus -a -um, cartilaginus -a -um cartilage-like, cartilago, cartilaginis (texture
of some part, e.g. leaf margin)
cartwrightianus -a -um for J. Cartwright, who, as British Consul in Constantinople,
discovered Crocus cartwrightianus (c. 1844)
Carum from Caria, Dioscorides’ name, karwj, for caraway
carunculatus -a -um with a prominent caruncle, carunculus (seed coat outgrowth,
usually obscuring the micropyle, literally a bit of flesh)
carunculiferus -a -um bearing a caruncle, carunculus-fero
carvi (carui) from Arabic, karwiya, caraway (Pliny derives it from an origin in
Caria, Asia Minor)
carvifolius -a -um caraway-leaved, carui-folium
Carya Walnut, karua (Dion’s daughter, Carya, was changed into a walnut tree by
Bacchus)
caryo- (karyo-) nut-, clove-, karuon, karuo-
Caryocar Nut, karuon (for the butter-nut) (Caryocaraceae)
caryocarpus -a -um having dry indehiscent fruits, karuo-karpoj
Caryolopha Nut-crest, karuo-lofia (the nutlets are borne in a ring)
caryophyllacearus -a -um of chickweeds, living on Caryophyllaceae (Melampsorella,
basidiomycete witches broom on Abies and telutospore phase on Cerastium and
Stellaria)
caryophyllaceus -a -um, caryophylleus -a -um resembling a stitchwort, clove-pink
coloured, from Arabic, karanful, for cloves or clove pinks
caryophylloides resembling Dianthus caryophyllus, clove-pink-like
Caryophyllus Nut-leaved, karuofullon (a former generic name for clove tree,
Arabic karanful, Eugenia caryophyllata); clove-fragrance or colour in other genera
has transferred this meaning to the epithet, and given such cognate names as
gillyflower (Dianthus caryophyllus, Orobanche caryphyllacea, Cyperus caryophyllea)
caryopteridifolius -a -um Caryopteris-leaved, Caryopteris-folium
Caryopteris Wing-nut, karuo-pteruc (the fruit-body splits into four winged nutlets)
Caryota a name, karuotij, used by Dioscorides for a date palm
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