The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Drimioposis resembling Drimia, drimuj-oyij<br />
drimyphilus -a -um salt-loving, halophytic, drimuj-filoj<br />
Drimys Acrid, drimuj (the taste of the bark of winter-bark)<br />
dros- dew, drosoj<br />
Drosanthemum Dewey-flower, drosoj-anqemion (glistens with epidermal hairs)<br />
Drosella Little-dewy-one, feminine diminutive from drosoj<br />
Drosera Dewy, drosoj, droseroj (the glistening glandular hairs of the apothecaries’<br />
ros solis, the sundew) (Droseraceae)<br />
droserifolius -a -um having leaves similar to those of Drosera, Drosera-folius<br />
drosocalyx having a calyx with, or appearing to have, spots of dew, drosoj-kaluc<br />
Drosophyllum Dewy-leaved, drosoj-fullon (the droplet-tipped leaf-glands)<br />
drucei for George Claridge Druce (1859–1932), British botanist<br />
Drummondia for Thomas Drummond (c. 1790–1835), of Havana, who collected in<br />
N America and died collecting<br />
drummondii for Dr James Larson Drummond (1783–1853) founder of the Belfast<br />
Botanic Garden, or James Drummond (1784–1863), Curator of Cork Botanic<br />
Garden, or James Ramsay Drummond (1851–1921), of the Indian Civil Service, or<br />
Thomas Drummond<br />
drumonius -a -um of woodlands, drumoj<br />
drupaceus -a -um stone-fruited with a fleshy or leathery pericarp, drupe-like,<br />
druppa<br />
drupiferus -a -um drupe-bearing, druppa-ferw, drupa-fero<br />
drusorum of oak woods, druj, druoj<br />
dryadeus -a -um of oaks, druoj (Inonotus dryadeus is a fungal parasite on oak)<br />
dryadifolius -a -um having Dryas like foliage, Dryas-folium<br />
dryadioides of shady habitats; resembling Dryas, druoj-oeidhj<br />
Dryandra for Jonas Dryander (1746–1819), Swedish botanist<br />
Dryas, dryas Oak-nymph, druaj (the leaf shape) one of the mythological<br />
tree nymphs or Dryads (oak-like leaves of mountain avens); of woodland<br />
shade<br />
drymeius -a -um of woods, woodland, druj, drumoj<br />
drymo- wood-, woodland-, druj, drumo-<br />
Drymoglossum Wood-tongue, drumo-glwssa (the arboreal habitat)<br />
Drynaria Woodland, druj (forest margin habitat)<br />
drynarioides resembling Drynaria, Drynaria-oides<br />
dryophilus -a -um woodland-, shade- or oak-loving, druj-filew<br />
dryophyllus -a -um oak-leaved, druj-fullon<br />
Dryopteris, dryopteris Oak-fern, druj-pteruc, Dioscorides’ name, druopterij, for a<br />
woodland fern (buckler ferns)<br />
Drypetes Stone-fruits (the hard seeds), druptw to lacerate (spiny)<br />
Drypis <strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name, druptw, for the scratching, spiny leaves<br />
dualis -is -e two fold, duaj, dualis<br />
dubayanus -a -um from Dubai, United Arab Emirates<br />
dubitans doubting, wavering, present participle of dubito, dubitare, dubitavi,<br />
dubitatum<br />
dubius -a -um uncertain, doubtful, dubito, dubitare, dubitavi, dubitatum<br />
Duchesnea for Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747–1827), French botanist<br />
duclouxianus -a -um, duclouxii for Mon. Father Ducloux (b. 1864), collector in<br />
Yunnan, China<br />
duffii for Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (1829–1906), botanist, Governor<br />
of Madras<br />
dulcamara bitter-sweet, dulcis-amara<br />
dulciferus -a -um bearing sweetness, dulcis-fero<br />
dulcificus -a -um sweetening, making sweet, dulcis-(fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum)<br />
dulcis -is -e sweet-tasted, mild, dulcesco, dulcescere<br />
dumalis -is -e, dumosus -a -um thorny, compact, bushy, dumosus<br />
Dumasia for Jean B. Dumas (1800–84), French pharmacist and chemist<br />
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