The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Equisetum Horse-bristle, equus-saeta (a name in Pliny for a horsetail)<br />
equitans riding, as if astride, present participle of equito, equitare (leaf bases of some<br />
monocots)<br />
equitantifolius -a -um having equitant leaves, with leaf-bases that are astride the<br />
stem or axis, equitans-folium<br />
eradiatus -a -um lacking radiance, privative, e-radiatus<br />
eradicatus -a -um having no roots, e-(radix, radicis); destructive, eradico, eradicare, to<br />
root out or destroy<br />
Eragrostis, eragrostis Love-grass, eraw-agrwstij<br />
Eranthemum Love-flower, eraw-anqemion<br />
Eranthis Spring-flower, ear(hr)-anqoj (winter aconite’s early flowering season)<br />
erba-rotta red-herb (Achillea)<br />
Ercilla for Don Alonso de Ercilla (1533–95)<br />
erebius -a -um of the underworld, erebeus dark, gloomy(-coloured), erebennoj, ereboj<br />
erectiflorus -a -um having upright flowers, erectus-florum<br />
erectus -a -um upright, erect, erigo, erigere, erexi, erectum<br />
erem- solitary-, lonely-, helpless-, desert-, erhmia<br />
Eremanthe Solitary-flower, erhmoj-anqoj<br />
Eremia Solitary, erhmia (single-seeded loculi)<br />
eremicolus -a -um, eremocolus -a -um living in solitude or empty habitats (deserts<br />
etc), botanical Latin from erhmoj and colo<br />
eremo- lonely-, desert-, destitute-, solitary-, erhmoj, erhmo-<br />
Eremomastax Solitary-mouth, erhmo-mastac (the long-tubed corolla)<br />
eremophilus -a -um desert-loving, erhmo-filoj (living in desert conditions)<br />
Eremopogon Solitary-bearded, erhmo-pwgwn (the single racemes)<br />
eremorus -a -um of deserts or solitary places, erhmoj<br />
Eremospatha Solitary-spathe, erhmo-spaqh<br />
Eremurus Solitary-tail, erhmoj-oura (the long raceme)<br />
eri-, erio- woolly-, erion, erioeriantherus<br />
-a -um with woolly stamens, eri-anqhroj<br />
Erianthus, erianthus -a -um Woolly-flowers, eri-anqoj<br />
Erica Pliny’s version of an ancient Greek name, ereikh, used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus<br />
(Ericaceae)<br />
ericetinus -a -um, ericetorum of heathland, of Erica dominated vegetation<br />
ericifolius -a -um Erica-leaved, Erica-folium<br />
ericinus -a -um, ericoides, erici- of heaths, heath-like, resembling Erica, Erica-oides<br />
ericssonii for Mr Ericsson, who collected for Sander in Malaya c. 1892<br />
erigens rising-up, present participle of erigo, erigere, erexi, erectum (for horizontal<br />
branches which turn up at the end)<br />
erigenus -a -um Irish-born, of Irish origin, Erin, archaic name for Ireland, erin-genus<br />
Erigeron Early-old-man, erio-gerwn, <strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name (early-flowering<br />
fleabanes)<br />
Erinacea, erinaceus -a -um Prickly-one, prickly, hedgehog-like, er, eris (hedgehog<br />
broom), resembling Erinacea (cf. Echinacea)<br />
Erinus, erinus <strong>Of</strong>-spring, earinoj (Dioscorides’ name for an early-flowering basillike<br />
plant) (Erinus was an avenging deity)<br />
erio- woolly-, wool-, eirion, eirioj, erion, erioerioblastus<br />
-a -um having woolly buds, erio-blastoj<br />
Eriobotrya Woolly-cluster, erio-botruj (the indumentum almost hides the heads of<br />
small flowers of the loquat, Cantonese, lu kywit)<br />
eriobotryoides resembling Eriobotrya, erio-botruj-oeidhj<br />
eriocalyx having a woolly-surfaced calyx, erio-kaluc<br />
eriocarpus -a -um with woolly fruits, erio-karpoj<br />
Eriocaulon Woolly-stem, erio-kauloj (Eriocaulaceae)<br />
Eriocephalus, eriocephalus -a -um Woolly-headed-one, erio-kefalh (with a woolly<br />
fruiting head)<br />
Eriochloa Woolly-grass, erio-xloh<br />
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