The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
didymophyllus -a -um having paired leaflets or leaves, didumo-fullon<br />
Didymosalpinx Two trumpeted-one, didumo-salpigc (the flower arrangement)<br />
Didymosperma Two-seeded-one, didumo-sperma (fruits usually have two seeds)<br />
didymus -a -um twofold, double, didumoj (testicle) (as the dumb-bell-shaped fruit<br />
of Coronopus didymus)<br />
Dieffenbachia, dieffenbachianus -a -um, dieffenbachii for Herr Dieffenbach, gardener<br />
of Schönbrunn, Austria (dumb cane)<br />
dielsianus -a -um, dielsii for Frank L. E. Diels (1874–1945), of the Berlin Dahlem<br />
Botanic Garden<br />
diemenicus -a -um from Tasmania (prior to 1855 called Van Diemen’s Land)<br />
Dierama Funnel, dierama, di-eramai (the shape of the perianth)<br />
Diervilla for M. Dièreville, French surgeon and traveller in Canada during<br />
1699–1700<br />
Dietes Two-years, diethj, dietia (wedding lily)<br />
difficilis -is -e difficult, awkward, difficilis<br />
difformis -is -e, diformis -is -e of unusual or abnormal form or shape, irregular,<br />
deformo, deformare, deformavi, deformatum<br />
diffractus -a -um shattering, becoming tessellated with cracks, present participle of<br />
diffringo, diffringere<br />
diffusiflorus -a -um with open inflorescences, (diffundo, diffundere, diffudi, diffusum)florum<br />
diffusus -a -um loosely spreading, diffuse, diffundo, diffundere, diffudi, diffusum<br />
digamus -a -um having both sexes in the same inflorescence, dij-gamoj<br />
digeneus -a -um produced sexually, containing both sexes, of two (dissimilar)<br />
species, di-genoj (hybrid name)<br />
digitaliflorus -a -um with flowers similar to Digitalis, Digitalis-florum<br />
Digitalis, digitalis -is -e Finger-bonnet, Fingerstall (Fuchs’ translation of the<br />
German Fingerhut) (foxglove)<br />
digitaloides resembling Digitalis<br />
Digitaria Fingered, digitus, digiti (the radiating spikes)<br />
digitatus -a -um fingered, hand-like, lobed from one point, digitate, digitus, digiti<br />
(see Fig. 8c)<br />
digitiformis -is -e fingered, finger-shaped, digitus-forma<br />
dignabilis -is -e noteworthy, digno, dignare, dignor, dignari<br />
Digraphis, digraphis -is -e Twice-inscribed, di-grafij (with lines of two colours, <br />
Phalaris)<br />
digynus -a -um with an ovary having two carpels, di-gunh<br />
Diheteropogon Doubled-Heteropogon (has paired racemes)<br />
dijonensis -is -e from Dijon, France<br />
dilatatopetiolaris -is -e with inflated petioles, dilatatus-petiolus<br />
dilatatus -a -um, dilatus -a -um widened, spread out, dilated, dilato, dilatare, dilatavi,<br />
dilatatum<br />
dilectus -a -um picking, selection; beloved, past participle of diligo, diligere, dilexi,<br />
dilectum<br />
Dillenia for Johann Jacob Dillenius (1687–1747), Professor of Botany at Oxford,<br />
author of Historia Muscorum and Hortus Elthamensis (Dilleniaceae)<br />
dilleniifolius -a -um, dillaniaefolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Dillenia<br />
diluculus -a -um of dawn, of the dawn, diluculum, diluculi (early flowering)<br />
dilutus -a -um pale, washed-out, past participle of diluo, diluere, dilui, dilutum<br />
dimidiatus -a -um with two equal parts, dimidiate, halved, dimidiatus<br />
diminutus -a -um very small, de-(minuo, minuere, minui, minutum)<br />
dimitrus -a -um having two covers or head-dresses, di-mitra, di-(mitra, mitrae)<br />
(doubled corolla)<br />
dimorph-, dimorpho-, dimorphus -a -um two-shaped, with two forms, di-morfh (of<br />
leaf or flower or fruit)<br />
dimorphanthus -a -um having flowers of two forms, di-morfh-anqoj<br />
dimorphoelytrus -a -um having two distinct coverings, di-morfh-elutron<br />
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