The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
cedroensis -is -e from Cedros Island off Baja California peninsula, Mexico<br />
Cedronella Resembling-cedar, diminutive of kedroj (fragrance)<br />
cedrorus -a -um of cedars, Cedrus<br />
Cedrus the ancient Greek name, kedroj, for a resinous trees with fragrant wood,<br />
Arabic, kedri<br />
Ceiba from a vernacular S American name for silk-cotton tree<br />
ceilanicus -a -um from Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Ceilan)<br />
celans hiding, becoming hidden, present participle of celo, celare, celavi, celatum<br />
celastri-, celastrinus -a -um Celastrus-like-<br />
Celastrus <strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name, khlastroj, for an evergreen tree, retaining fruit<br />
over winter (possibly an Ilex) (Celastraceae)<br />
celatocaulis -is -e with concealed stems, celans-caula (concealed by density of<br />
growth)<br />
celatus -a -um hidden, concealed, celo, celare, celavi, celatum<br />
celebicus -a -um from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Celebes)<br />
celer, celeratus -a -um hastened, growing rapidly, celero, celerare<br />
cellulosus -a -um with little rooms, many-celled, cellula, cellulae (tube-stalked sori of<br />
Trichomanes cellelosum)<br />
-cellus -a -um -lesser, -somewhat<br />
Celmisia for Celmisius, the son of the nymph Alciope, in Greek mythology<br />
Celosia Burning (from keloj, for the burnt or dry flowers of some)<br />
celosioides resembling Celosia, Celosia-oides<br />
Celsia, celsianua -s -um, celsii for Olaf Celsius (1670–1756), professor at Uppsala<br />
University, author of Hierobotanicon<br />
celsimontanus -a -um of high mountains, celsus-montanus<br />
celsus -a -um haughty, eminent, loft, high, celsus<br />
celtibiricus -a -um from Aragon, Spain (Celtiberia)<br />
celticus -a -um from Gaul, of the area of the Celtic people, celtae, celtarum; celticus<br />
celtidifolius -a -um with leaves resembling those of Celtis, Celtis-folium<br />
Celtis ancient Greek name, khltij, for a tree with sweet fruit; Linnaeus applied<br />
this to the European hackberry<br />
cembra the old Italian name for the arolla or Swiss stone pine; some derive it from<br />
German, Zimmer, a room<br />
cembroides, cembrus -a -um resembling Pinus cembra, cembra-oides<br />
Cenarrhenes Empty-male, kenoj-arrhn (the stamen-like glands)<br />
cenchroides resembling Cenchrus, kegxroj-oeidhj<br />
Cenchrus Piercing-one, kegxroj, (the involucre of sharp, sterile spikelets create<br />
burrs that attach to animal fur)<br />
Cenia Empty, kenoj (the hollow receptacle of the inflorescence)<br />
cenisius -a -um from Mont Cenis (Monte Cenisío) on the French–Italian border<br />
ceno-, cenose- empty-, fruitless-, kenoj, keno-, kencenocladus<br />
-a -um having empty (leafless) branches, keno-kladoj<br />
Cenolophium Hollow-bristles, keno-lofia<br />
Centaurea Centaur, Centauros (mythical creature with the body of a horse replacing<br />
the hips and legs of a man, the name, kentaurion, kentaureion, used by<br />
Hippocrates, centaureum, centauria in Pliny; in Ovid the centaur Chiron was cured<br />
with this plant of Hercules’ arrow wound in the hoof)<br />
centaureoides resembling Centaurea, kentaurion-oeidhj<br />
Centaurium, centaurium for the centaur, Chiron, who was fabled to have a wide<br />
knowledge of herbs and used this plant medicinally, cognate with Centaurea<br />
centi- one hundred-, many-, centum<br />
centifolius -a -um many-leaved, centum-folium<br />
centilobus -a -um many-lobed, centum-lobus<br />
Centopedia, centipedus -a -um Many-stemmed-one, centum-pes<br />
Centotheca Prickly-sheath, kento-qhkh (reflexed bristles on the upper lemmas)<br />
centra-, centro-, -centrus -a -um, -centron spur-, -spurred, kentron, kentro-, kentr-<br />
Centradenia Spur-gland, kentr-aden (the anthers have spur-like glands)<br />
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