The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Desmoschoenus Banded-Schoenus, botanical Latin from desmoj and Schoenus<br />
(banded variegation)<br />
desolatus -a -um abandoned, solitary, left alone, desolo, deslare, desolavi, desolatum<br />
despectens despised, looked down upon, open to view, present participle of<br />
despecto, despectare<br />
desquamatus -a -um lacking scales, peeled, desquamo, desquamare<br />
destitutus -a -um deficient, wanting, forsaken, destituo, destiuere, detstui, destitutum<br />
desuetus -a -um not-customary, unusual, unaccustomed, de-(suesco, suescere, suevi,<br />
suetum)<br />
detergens breaking-off, clearing, cleaning, detergo, detergere, detersi, detersum<br />
deterrinus -a -um off-putting, deterring, frightening off, deterreo, deterrere, deterrui,<br />
deterritum (the colour variations)<br />
detersibilis -is -e broken off, clean, clear, detergo, detergere, detersi, detersum<br />
detersus -a -um wiped clean, detergo, detergere, detersi, detersum<br />
detonsus -a -um shorn, stripped, shaved, bald, detondeo, detondere, detondi, detonsum<br />
detortus -a -um turned aside, distorted, detorqueo, detorquere, detorsi, detortum<br />
detruncatus -a -um mutilated, beheaded, cut off, detrunco, detruncare, detruncavi,<br />
detruncatum<br />
deumanus -a -um to beg for, to want or wish for, dew, deomai<br />
deustus -a -um scorched, burned, frosted, deuro, deureri, deussi, deustum<br />
Deutzia for Johannes van der Deutz (1743–88), sheriff of Amsterdam and Karl<br />
Pehr Thunberg’s patron<br />
devastatrix laying waste, feminine of devastor, from devasto, devastare<br />
devoniensis-is-e from Devon, England (Devonia)<br />
devrieseanus -a -um for Willem Hendrik de Vriese (1806–62), Dutch botanist<br />
devriesianus -a -um for Hugo de Vries (1848–1935) Professor of Botany at<br />
Amsterdam<br />
dextro- right-, dexter, dexteri, dextri<br />
dextrorsus -a -um twining to the right, dextrorsum, dextrorse (anticlockwise<br />
upwards as seen from above)<br />
di-, dis- twice-, two-, between-, away from-, duaj, duadoj, dij, didia-<br />
-through-, across-, diadiabolicus<br />
-a -um slanderous, two-horned, devilish, diaboloj<br />
diacanthus -a -um double-thorned, di-akanqa<br />
diacritus -a -um distinguished, separated, diakrisij<br />
diadema, diadematus -a -um band or fillet, crown, crown-like, diadema<br />
Dialaeliocattleya the formulaic name for hybrids between Diacrium, Laelia and<br />
Cattleya<br />
dialy- disbanded-, very deeply incised-, separated-, dialuw<br />
dialystemon separated stamens, free-stamened, dialuw-stemma<br />
diamensis -is -e from Tasmania (prior to 1855 called Van Diemen’s Land)<br />
Diandrolyra Two-stamened-rice, di-anhr-olura (affinity to Olyra)<br />
diandrus -a -um two-stamened, di-(anhr, androj)<br />
Dianella Diana, diminutive of Diana (for the goddess of hunting)<br />
dianthiflorus -a -um Dianthus-flowered<br />
dianthoidea, dianthoides like Dianthus, dioj-anqoj-oeidhj<br />
Dianthus Zeus’-flower, dioj-anqoj (a name, diosanqoj, used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus)<br />
Diapensia Twice-five, dia-pente (formerly an ancient Greek name for sanicle but reapplied<br />
by Linnaeus) (Diapensiaceae)<br />
diapensioides resembling Diapensia, Diapensia-oides<br />
Diaphananthe Transparent-flowered, diafanhj-anqoj (texture of the corolla of wax<br />
orchids)<br />
diaphanoides resembling (Hieracium) diaphanum (in leaf form), diafanhj-oeidhj<br />
diaphanus -a -um transparent, diafanhj (leaves)<br />
diaprepes distinguished, conspicuous, excellent, diaprepw<br />
Diarrhena Two-males, di-(arrhn-arrenoj)<br />
Diascia Two-sacked, di-askoj (the two spurs) (some derive it from diaskao,toadorn)<br />
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