The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
cheiro- hand-, hand-like-, xeir, xeiro-; bad-, mean-, weak-, xeirwn<br />
cheiropetalus -a -um having fingered petals, lobed petals, xeiro-petalon<br />
cheirophyllus -a -um having hand-like, lobed leaves, xeiro-fullon<br />
Cheirostemon Hand-of-stamens, xeiro-stemon (the disposition of the anthers on the<br />
united filaments)<br />
cheirostyloides resembling Cheirostylis, xeiro-stuloj-oeidhj<br />
Cheirostylis Hand-column, xeiro-stuloj (alluding to the finger-like appendages<br />
and rostellar-lobes)<br />
chelidoniifolius -a -um with leaves like those of Chelidonium, Chelidonium-folius<br />
chelidonioides resembling Chelidonium, xelidwn-oeidhj<br />
Chelidonium Swallow-wort, Dioscorides’ name, xelidwn, Greek for a swallow<br />
(flowering at the time of their migratory arrival)<br />
Chelone Turtle-like, xelwnh (the form of turtle head’s corolla)<br />
chelonius -a -um similar to Chelone<br />
chelonoides resembling Chelone, xelwnh-oeidhj<br />
Chelonopsis Chelone-like, xelwnh-oyij<br />
chelophyllus -a -um having claw-like leaves, botanical Latin from xelh-fullon<br />
chelsiansis -is -e for Bull’s nurseries at Chelsea<br />
chenopodii of fat hen, living on Chenopodium (Pegomyia, leaf miner)<br />
chenopodioides resembling Chenopodium, xhno-podion-oeidhj<br />
chenopodiophyllus -a -um with Chenopodium like leaves, xhno-podion-fullon<br />
Chenopodium Goose-foot, xhno-podion (l’Ecluse’s name refers to the shape of the<br />
leaves) (Chenopodiaceae)<br />
chensiensis -is -e from Shensi (Shaanxi), Henan Province, China<br />
cherimola, cherimolia a Peruvian-Spanish name, cherimoya<br />
Cherleria for J. H. Cherler (1570–1610), Swiss physician and son-in-law of Johann<br />
Bauhin<br />
chermisinus -a -um red, crimson, see kermesinus (as if dyed with spruce gall aphid,<br />
Chermes)<br />
cherokeensis -is -e from Cherokee, Texas, or Iowa, USA<br />
chersinus -a -um living in dry habitats, xersoj, xersaioj<br />
chersonensis -is -e from Kherson or Cherson, in the Crimea<br />
chestertonii for Mr Chesterton, collector for Sander nurseries c. 1883<br />
Chevalieria for Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Chevalier de Lamarck<br />
(1744–1829), French evolutionist<br />
Chevreulia derivation uncertain<br />
chia from the Greek island of Chios<br />
chiapasanus -a -um from the Chiapas mountains, river or state, Mexico<br />
Chiastophyllum Crosswise-leaf , xiazein-fullon (the phyllotaxy)<br />
chichibuensis -is -e from the Chichibu Basin, Honshu, Japan<br />
Chickrassia etymology uncertain (Chitagong wood)<br />
chihuahuensis -is -e from the city or state of Chihuahua, N Mexico<br />
childsii for Childs, the American nurseryman<br />
chilensis -is -e from Chile, Chilean<br />
Chilianthus, chilianthus -a -um Thousand-flowered, (xiliaj, xilioi)-anqoj (chiliarchus<br />
was an officer in command of 1000 men)<br />
chilinus -a -um from Chile<br />
Chiliotrichum Thousand-haired-one, xilioi-(qric, trixoj) (the pappus)<br />
chillanensis -is -e from Chillan, Bio-Bio region of central Chile<br />
chilli from the Nahuatl vernacular name, for the fruits of Capsicum frutescens<br />
Chilocarpus, chiliocarpus -a -um Thousand-fruited, xilioi-karpoj (many-fruited)<br />
chiloensis -is -e from Chiloe Island off Chile<br />
Chilopsis Lip-like, xeiloj-oyij (the calyx)<br />
-chilos, -chilus -a -um -lipped, xeiloj<br />
chima-, chimon- winter-, xeima, xeimwn, xeimwnoj<br />
chimaerus -a -um monstrous, fanciful (the mythological ximaira, Chimera, was a<br />
fire-breathing she-goat with lion’s head and serpent’s tail)<br />
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