The Names Of Plants.pdf
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The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Catananche, catananche Driving-force, katanagke (of Cupid’s dart, used by Greek<br />
women in love potions)<br />
cataphractus -a -um enclosed, covered, shut in, covered in armour, katafraktoj,<br />
cataphractes, cataphractae<br />
cataphysaemus -a -um having a swollen lower portion, kata-fusaw<br />
Catapodium Trivial-stalk, kata-podion (the spikelets are subsessile)<br />
catappa from a native E Indian name for olive-bark tree<br />
cataractae, cataractarus -a -um, (catarractae, catarractarum) growing near waterfalls,<br />
tumbling like a waterfall, katarakthj<br />
cataractalis -is -e cascading, katarakthj<br />
cataria of cats, late Latin, cattus, old name for catmint (herba cataria)<br />
Catasetum Downwards-bristle, kata-seta (the two cirri on the column)<br />
catawbiensis -is -e from the area of the North American Indian Catawba tribe, from<br />
the Catawba River area, N Carolina, USA<br />
catechu a Tamil vernacular name, caycao or kaku or katti-shu, for the betel (Acacia<br />
catechu)<br />
catenarius -a -um, catenatus -a -um linked, chain-like, cateno, catenare, catenavi, catenatum<br />
catenulatus -a -um somewhat resembling a small chain, somewhat fettered,<br />
diminutive from catenus<br />
cateriflorus -a -um four-flowered, French quatre-fleur; well-flowered, kathrhj<br />
caterviflorus -a -um having crowded flower-heads, (caterva, catervae)-florum<br />
Catesbaea, catesbyi for Mark Catesby (1674–1749), of Suffolk, author of Natural<br />
History of Carolina<br />
Catha from an Arabic vernacular name, khat, for Catha edulis (the leaves are eaten<br />
and used to brew a beverage)<br />
Catharanthus Perfect-flower, kaqaroj-anqoj<br />
catharticus -a -um cleansing, purging, cathartic, kaqarthj, kaqartikoj<br />
cathartius -a -um cleansing, purifying, kaqarthj; of the territory of the vulture,<br />
Cathartae<br />
cathayanus -a -um, cathayensis -is -e from China (Cathay)<br />
Cathcartia, cathcartii for John Ferguson Cathcart (1802–51), Judge in Bengal<br />
catholicus -a -um Linnaeus used this to imply of Catholic lands (Spain and<br />
Portugal), orthodox, worldwide, universal, kaqolikoj<br />
catingaensis -is -e from the dry, thorn forests (caatingas) of S and C America<br />
catingicolus -a -um living in the Brazilian caatinga (thorn-scrub woodland or white<br />
forest)<br />
Catonia name, sedi incertis, for Marcus Porcius Cato (234–149 bc), author of De agri<br />
cultura (160 bc)<br />
Catopsis Looking-down, katw-oyij (epiphytic Bromeliads)<br />
catopterus -a -um having wings on the lower part, kat(o)-pteron<br />
Cattleya, cattleyanus -a -um for William Cattley (d. 1832), English plant collector<br />
and patron of botany<br />
caucalifolius -a -um with leaves resembling those of Caucalis, Caucalis-folium<br />
Caucalis, caucalis old Greek name, kaukalij, for an umbelliferous plant<br />
caucasiacus -a -um, caucasicus -a -um from the Caucasus, Caucasian<br />
caucasigenus -a -um born in or originating in the Caucasus, Caucasia-(gigno, gignere,<br />
genui, genitum)<br />
cauda- tail-, cauda, caudae (used for any long appendage)<br />
cauda-felis cat’s-tailed, cauda-(feles, felis)<br />
caudatifolius -a -um with tailed leaves, caudatus-folius (apices)<br />
caudatilabellus -a -um with the lip drawn out into a tail, caudatus-labellum<br />
caudatus -a -um, caudi- produced into a tail, tailed, caudatus (see Fig. 7a)<br />
caudescens developing tails, cauda-essentia<br />
caudiculatus -a -um with a thread-like caudicle, diminutive of cauda (as the tail-like<br />
threads, caudiculae, of orchid pollinia)<br />
caul-, caule-, cauli, caulo- stalk-, kauloj, caula, caulae<br />
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