The Names Of Plants.pdf
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The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
cerinus -a -um the colour of bees-wax, waxy-yellow, kera, keroj<br />
Ceriporiopsis Looking-like-porous-wax, kera-poroj-oyij (texture of fruiting body)<br />
cernuus -a -um drooping, curving forwards, facing downwards, cernuus<br />
Ceropegia Fountain-of-wax, keroj-phgh (appearance of the inflorescence)<br />
Ceroxylon Waxy-wood, keroj-culon (for the waxy exudate on the trunks)<br />
cerris the ancient Latin name, cerrus, for turkey oak<br />
cerulatus -a -um waxen, waxy, cerula, cerulae<br />
cerusatus -a -um white, appearing to be painted with white lead, cerussa, cerussae<br />
cervianus -a -um from Cervia, N Italy; of the hind or stag, cervus, cervinus (Mollugo<br />
cervianus)<br />
cervicarius -a -um, cervicatus -a -um constricted, keeled, cervix, cervicarius<br />
cervicornis -is -e, cervicornu curved like a deer’s horn, curvus-cornu<br />
cervinus -a -um tawny, stag-coloured, cervus, cervinus (a hind)<br />
Cespedesia for Juan Maria Cespedes, priest of Santa Fé de Bogota<br />
cespitosus -a -um growing in tufts (see caespitosus)<br />
cestroides Cestrum-like, kestron-oeidhj<br />
Cestrum an ancient Greek name, kestron, of uncertain etymology<br />
Ceterach etymology dubious, from an Arabic name, chetrak, for a fern, or from the<br />
German, Krätze, for an itch (referring to the scurfy epidermis)<br />
cetratus -a -um armed with a targe, caetratus (shape of the pileus)<br />
ceylanicus -a -um from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)<br />
chacaoensis -is -e from Chacao, Venezuela, or the area of the Chacao Straits, Chile<br />
chacoanus -a -um from the chaco (annually flooded flatlands of Argentina, extending<br />
into Paraguay and Bolivia)<br />
Chaenactis Gaping-ray, xainw-aktij (the ray florets have a conspicuous mouth)<br />
chaeno- splitting-, gaping-, xainw<br />
Chaenomeles Gaping-apple, xainw-mhlon (Japanese quince)<br />
chaenomeloides resembling Chaenomeles, xainw-mhlon-oeidhj<br />
Chaenorhinum, Chaenorrhinum Gaping-nose, xainwrrinon (analogy with<br />
Antirrhinum)<br />
Chaenostoma Gaping-mouth, xainw-stoma (the corolla)<br />
chaero- pleasing-, rejoicing-, xairw<br />
chaerophylloides resembling Chaerophyllum, xairw-fullon-oeidhj<br />
Chaerophyllum, chaerophyllus -a -um, chaerophyllon Pleasing-leaf, xairw-fullon (the<br />
ornamental foliage)<br />
Chaetacanthus Hair-thorned, xaith-akanqa<br />
Chaetanthera Haired-anther, xaith-anqera (the anthers have hair-tufts)<br />
chaeto- long hair-like-, xaith, xait-<br />
Chaetocalyx Bristly-calyx, xaith-kaluc<br />
chaetocarpus -a -um hairy-fruited, xaith-karpoj<br />
Chaetogastra Bristly-belly, xaith-gasthr (the bristly calyx tube)<br />
chaetomallus -a -um having a main, fleecy-haired, xaith-malloj<br />
chaetophyllus -a -um fleecy-leaved, xaith-fullon<br />
chaetorhizus -a -um having hair-like or hair-covered roots, xaith-riza<br />
chailaricus -a -um of Chailu, Punjab region of Pakistan (salt range area)<br />
chaixii for Abbé Dominique Chaix (1731–1800), French botanist and a collaborator<br />
of Villars in producing Histoire des plantes Dauphinoises<br />
chalarocephalus -a -um having open or tired-looking heads (of flowers), xalarojkefalh<br />
chalcedonicus -a -um from Chalcedonia, Turkish Bosphorus<br />
chalcospermus -a -um having seeds of a coppery appearance, xalko-sperma<br />
chalepensis -is -e from Aleppo, from the Arabic name (see halapensis)<br />
chalusicus -a -um from Chalus, France, or the Chalus river area of the Elbrz mountains,<br />
N Iran<br />
chalybaeus -a -um grey, the colour of steel, xaluy, xaluboj<br />
chamae- on-the-ground-, lowly-, low-growing-, prostrate-, false-, xamai<br />
Chamaeangis Dwarf-vessel, xamai-aggeion<br />
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