The Names Of Plants.pdf

Glossary
delavayanus -a -um, delavayi for l’Abbé Jean Marie Delavay (1834–95), French missionary
and collector of plants in China
delectus -a -um choice, chosen, deligio, deligere, delegi, delectum
delegatensis -is -e from Delegate, New South Wales
delibutus -a -um smeared, delibuo, delibuere, delibui, delibutum
delicatissimus -a -um most charming, most delicate, superlative of delicatus
delicatus -a -um, delicatulus -a -um charming, voluptuous, soft, delicatus
deliciosus -a -um of pleasant flavour, delicious, delightful, deliciae, deliciarum
delicus -a -um soft, with fine (lines), botanical Latin
delileanus -a -um, delilei for Alire Raffeneau Delile (1778–1850), French botanist
delineatus -a -um seducing, soothing, delenio, delenire, delenivi, delenitum
deliquescens melting, turning to liquid, present participle of deliquesco, deliquescere,
delicui (autolysing)
delitescens hiding away, skulking, growing under cover, present participle of
delitesco, delitescere, delitui
delo-, delos- manifest-, visible-, evident-, clear-, plain-, dhloj
Delonix Distinct-claw, dhloj-onuc (on the petals)
Delosperma Evident-seed, dhloj-sperma
Delostoma Clear-mouthed-one, dhloj-stoma (wide-mouthed flowers)
delphicus -a -um from Delphi, Greece, Delphic, Delphi, Delphorum, delphicus
delphinanthus -a -um Delphinium-flowered dolphin-flowered, delfinoj-anqoj
delphinensis-is -e from the former Dauphiné province, SE France (the lands formerly
held by the Dauphin, called the delphinate, terrae delphinatus)
Delphinium Dolphin, delfij, delfinoj (the name, delfinion, used by Dioscorides,
for the unopened flower’s appearance)
deltanthus -a -um having triangular outlined flowers, delta-anqoj
deltodon having a triangular tooth, delta-odontoj
deltoides, deltoideus -a -um triangular-shaped, deltoid, delta-oeidhj (see Fig. 8b)
delus -a -um plain, clear, evident, visible, conspicuous, dhloj
-deme a definable grouping of individuals of a specified taxon, dhmoj
demersus -a -um underwater, submerged, demergo, demergere, demersi, demersum
demetrionis -is -e for Demeter, corn goddess and mother of Persephone
deminutus -a -um shrunken, small, deminuo, deminuere, deminui, deminutm
demissus -a -um hanging down, low, weak, dwarf, demitto, demittere, demisi,
demissum
dendr-, dendri-, dendro-, -dendron, (-dendrum) tree-, tree-like-, on trees-, dendron,
dendro-, dendroj, dendrithj
Dendranthema Tree-flower, dendro-anqemion (woody Chrysanthemum)
dendricolus -a -um tree-dwelling, botanical Latin from dendron and colo
dendrobiopsis -is -e having the appearance of Dendrobium, dendro-bioj-oyij
Dendrobium Tree-dweller, dendro-bioj (epiphytic)
Dendrocalamus Tree-Calamus, dendro-kalamoj (taller than Calamus)
dendrocharis -is -e tree of beauty, dendron-xarij
Dendrochilum Tree-lip, dendron and xeiloj (tree dwelling and with a distinctive lip)
dendroides, dendroideus -a -um, dendromorphus -a -um tree-like, branched, dendronoeidhj
Dendromecon Tree-poppy, dendron-mhkwn (shrubby habit)
dendromorphus -a -um having tree-like form, dendron-morfh
Dendropanax Tree-Panax, dendro-panakej
dendrophilus -a -um tree-loving, dendron-filoj (arboreal habitat)
Dendroseris Tree-endive, dendron-serij (the foliage)
dendrotragius -a -um goat-tree, dendron-tragoj (they climb it for its leaves)
Dennettia for Richard E. Dennett, an early twentieth-century forester in Nigeria
Dennstaedtia for August Wilhelm Denstaedt (c. 1818), German botanist
(Dennstaedtiaceae)
densatus -a -um, densi- crowded, close, dense, densus (habit of stem growth)
dens-canis dog’s tooth, (dens, dentis)-canis
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