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 />
cucurbitinus -a -um melon- or marrow-like, gourd-like, Cucurbita<br />
Cudrania from a Malayan vernacular name for the silk-worm thorn, Cudrania tricuspidata<br />
cuencamensis -is -e from Cuencamé, Durango, Mexico<br />
cujete a Brazilian vernacular name for the gourds of Crescentia cujete<br />
Culcas the Arabic name for Colocasia antiquorum<br />
Culcasia from the Arabic vernacular name, kulkas<br />
culiciferus -a -um bearing gnats, (culex, culicis)-fero; bearing small cups, (kulic,<br />
kulikoj)-ferw<br />
culinaris of food, of the kitchen, culina, culinae<br />
culmicolus -a -um growing on other plant’s stalks, culmus-colo<br />
cultoris, cultorus -a -um of gardens, of gardeners, cultor, cultoris<br />
cultratus -a -um, cultriformis -is -e shaped like a knife-blade, culter, cultri<br />
cultrifolius -a -um having leaves shaped like a knife-blade, cultri-folius<br />
cultus -a -um cultivated, grown, past participle of colo, colere, colui, cultum<br />
-culus -a -um -lesser<br />
cumbalensis -is -e from Cumbal, Nevado, Colombia<br />
cumberlandensis -is -e from any of the Cumberlands in Australia, Canada, England,<br />
USA or Vanatu<br />
cumingianus -a -um, cumingii for Hugh Cuming (1791–1865), collector in Malaya<br />
and Philippines<br />
Cuminum Mouse-plant, kuminon, for the near-tautological Cuminum cyminum<br />
cumulatus -a -um piled-up, enlarged, perfect, cumulo, cumulare, cumulavi,<br />
cumulatum<br />
cumuliflorus -a -um having massed heads of flowers, (cumulus, cumuli)-florus<br />
cunarius -a -um from the area of the Cuna Indians of Panama<br />
cundinamarcensis -is -e from Cundinamarca, Colombia<br />
-cundus -a -um -dependable, -able<br />
cuneatifolius -a -um, cuneifolius -a -um with wedge-shaped leaves, broader to the<br />
apex, cuneatus-folius, cune-folius<br />
cuneatus -a -um, cuneiformis -is -e narrow below and wide above, wedge-shaped,<br />
cuneate, cuneus-forma<br />
cuneiflorus -a -um triangular-flowered, cune-florus (isosceles shaped)<br />
Cunila the ancient Latin name for a fragrant herb<br />
Cunninghamia, cunnunghamii for either James Cunningham, discoverer in 1702 of<br />
C. lanceolata in Chusan, China, or his brother A. Cunningham, botanist in<br />
Australia (Chinese firs)<br />
Cunonia for J. C. Cuno (1708–80), Dutch naturalist (Cunoniaceae)<br />
cupatiensis -is -e from the Cupati mountains of Colombia<br />
Cuphea Curve, kufoj (cigar flower’s capsule shape)<br />
cupidus -a -um desirous, passionate, cupidus<br />
cupreatus -a -um bronzed, coppery, late Latin cuprum (from cyprium aes, Cyprus<br />
metal)<br />
cupreiflorus -a -um having bronze-coloured flowers, cuprum-florum<br />
cupressifolius -a um cupressoid-leaved, Cupressus-folium<br />
cupressiformis -is -e Cypress-like, Cupressus-forma (conical habit)<br />
cupressinus -a -um, cupressoides cypress-like, resembling Cupressus, Cupressus-oides<br />
Cupressocyparis the composite name for hybrids between Cupressus and<br />
Chamaecyparis<br />
cupressorus -a -um of cypresses, cupressus, cupressi<br />
Cupressus Symmetry, kuo-parisoj (the conical shape) (in mythology Apollo<br />
turned Cupressos into an evergreen tree, cognate with cypress) (Cupressaceae)<br />
cupreus -a -um copper-coloured, coppery, cuprum<br />
cuprispinus -a -um having coppery thorns, cuprus-spina<br />
Cupularia Cupped, cupula (the fused, outer whorl of pappus hairs)<br />
cupularis -is -, cupulatus -a -um forming, with, or subtended, by a cup-like structure,<br />
cupula<br />
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