The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
cupuliferus -a -um bearing small cup-like structures, cupula-fero<br />
cupuliflorus -a -um having small cup-like flowers, cupula-florum<br />
curassavicus -a -um from Curaçao, Leeward Islands, W Indies<br />
curcas ancient Latin name for Jatropha curcas (physic nut)<br />
Curculigo Weevil, curculio (the beak of the fruit)<br />
curculigoides resembling Curculigo, Curculigo-oides<br />
Curcuma the Arabic name, kurkum, kunkuma, for turmeric and its saffron-like<br />
colour<br />
curiosus -a -um different, requiring thought, curiosus<br />
curti-, curto-, curtus -a -um arched, curved, kurtoj, kurto-; shortened-, short, curtus,<br />
curticurtipendulus<br />
-a -um shortly-pendent, curti-pendulus<br />
curtipes short-stalked, curtus-(pes, pedis)<br />
curtophyllus -a -um having curved leaves, kurtoj-fullon<br />
Curtisia for William Curtis (1746–99), founder of the Botanical Magazine and Flora<br />
Londiniensis<br />
curtisii for Charles Curtis (1853–1928), Assistant Superintendent of Gardens and<br />
Forests, Straits Settlements<br />
curtisiliquus -a -um short-podded, botanical Latin, curti-siliquus<br />
curtus -a -um as if cut short or broken off, incomplete, short, curtus<br />
curuzupensis -is -e from area of the Curuzupe, Paraguay<br />
curvatus -a -um, curvi- curved, past participle of curvo, curvare, curvavi, curvatum<br />
curvibracteatus -a -um with curved bracts, curvi-bracteatus<br />
curvidens with curved teeth, curvi-dens<br />
curviflorus -a -um with curved flowers, curvi-florum<br />
curvipes with a curved stalk, curvi-pes<br />
curviramus -a -um having arched branches, curvi-(ramus, rami)<br />
curvisiliquus -a -um having long, curved pods, curvi-(siliqua, siliquae)<br />
curvistylus -a -um having a curved style, curvi-stylus<br />
curvulus -a -um slightly curved, diminutive of curvus<br />
cusickii for William C. Cusick (1842–1922) of Oregon, USA<br />
Cuscuta the name used by Rufinus (thirteenth-century botanist) for dodder, from<br />
Arabic, kechout (Cuscutaceae)<br />
cuscutiformis -is -e resembling dodder, Cuscuta-forma, of a Cuscuta-like nature<br />
(slender runners with plantlets at their tips)<br />
cuspidatus -a -um, cuspidi- cuspidate, abruptly narrowed into a short rigid point,<br />
cuspis, cuspidis<br />
cuspidifolius -a -um having short leaves with a pointed apex, (cuspis, cuspidis)folium<br />
Cussonia for Pierre Cusson (1727–83), Professor of Botany at Montpellier<br />
Cuthbertia for Alfred Cuthbert (1857–1932), collector of SE American plants<br />
cuticularis -is -e cuticulate or heavy-barked, skin-like, cuticula, cuticulae<br />
cutispongeus -a -um spongy-barked (Polyscias cutispongea is the sponge-bark tree)<br />
Cuviera for Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier<br />
(1769–1832), French zoological anatomist and systematist<br />
cuzcoensis -is -e from Qosqo (Cusco or Cuzco), one-time Inca capital of SE Peru<br />
cyan-, cyano- dark-blue-, corn-flower-blue-, kuaneoj, kuano-, kuancyanandrus<br />
-a -um having blue stamens, kuan-anhr<br />
Cyananthus, cyananthus -a -u Blue-flower, kuan-anqoj<br />
cyanaster bluish; bluish-flowered, botanical Latin from kuaneoj and aster<br />
Cyanella feminine diminutive from cyanus<br />
cyanescens turning blue, becoming blue, kuaneoj<br />
cyaneus -a -um, cyano- Prussian-blue, dark-blue, kuaneoj<br />
cyanocarpus -a -um with blue fruits, kuaneoj-karpoj<br />
cyanocentrus -a -um having a blue spur, kuano-kentron<br />
cyanocrocus -a -um saffron and blue, blue Crocus-like, kuano-krokoj<br />
cyanophyllus -a -um blue-leaved, kuano-fullon<br />
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