The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
erythrochlamys cloaked in red, eruqro-xlamuj<br />
erythrococcus -a -um with red berries, eruqro-kokkoj<br />
Erythronium Red, eruqroj (flower colours) (dog’s-tooth violet)<br />
erythrophaeus -a -um dusky-red, eruqro-faioj<br />
erythrophyllus -a -um with red leaves, eruqro-fullon<br />
erythropodus -a -um with red stalks, eruqro-podion<br />
erythropus red-stalked, eruqro-pouj<br />
erythrorhizus -a -um red-rooted, eruqro-riza<br />
erythrosepalus -a -um with red sepals, eruqro-skeph<br />
erythrosorus -a -um with red sori, eruqro-swroj<br />
erythrostachyus -a -um with red spikes, eruqro-staxuj<br />
erythrostictus -a -um with red dots, eruqro-stiktoj<br />
erythroxanthus -a -um orange, yellowish-red, eruqro-canqoj<br />
Erythroxylon (um) Red-wood, eruqro-culon (Erythroxylaceae)<br />
Escallonia for the Spaniard Antonio Escallon, eighteenth-century botanist, traveller<br />
and plant hunter in S America (Escalloniaceae)<br />
Eschscholzia (Eschscholtzia), eschscholtzii for Johann Friedrich Gustav von<br />
Eschscholz (1793–1831), Estonian traveller and naturalist (Californian poppy)<br />
-escens -ish, -part of, -becoming, -becoming more, -being, present participle of edo,<br />
edere; esse, edi, esum (essentia)<br />
esculentus -a -um being fit to eat, edible by humans, full of food, esca, escae (edo,<br />
edere, esse, edi, esum)<br />
esparto rope, the Spanish derivative of the name, spartum, in Pliny for the grass<br />
used for ropes, mats and wickerwork, sparton<br />
Espeletia for Don José de Espeleta, Viceroy of New Grenada<br />
-esthes clothing, garment, layer of covering, esqhma, esqhj, esqhtoj, esqhsij (with a<br />
qualitative or quantitative prefix)<br />
estriatus -a -um without stripes, e-(striata, striatae)<br />
esula an old generic name, esula, in Rufinus for a spurge<br />
etesiae yearly, ethsioj (applied to herbaceous growth from perennial rootstock)<br />
Ethulia etymology uncertain<br />
-etorus -a -um -community (indicating the dominant component of the habitat)<br />
etruscus -a -um from Tuscany, the area of the Etruscans, between the Tiber and the<br />
Arno, (Etruria), Italy<br />
ettae for Miss Etta Stainbank<br />
eu- well-, good-, proper-, completely-, right-, eu, eu-<br />
Euadenia Well-marked-glands, eu-adhn (the five lobes at the base of the gynophore)<br />
euanthemus -a -um showy, nicely-flowered, eu-anqemon<br />
eublepharus -a -um having nice eyelashes, well fringed, eu-blefaron<br />
euboeus -a -um, euboicus -a -um from the Greek Aegean island of Evvoia (Euboea)<br />
Eucalyptus Well-covered, eu-kaluptoj (the operculum of the calyx conceals the<br />
floral parts at first) (gum trees)<br />
Eucharis Graceful, eu-xarij<br />
Euchlaena Beautiful-wool, eu-xlaina (the tasselled stigmas)<br />
euchlorus -a -um of beautiful green, true green, eu-xlwroj<br />
euchlous -a -um of good appearance, with a good texture, eu-xloh<br />
Euchresta Beneficial, euxrhstoj (used in Chinese medicine as a febrifuge)<br />
euchrites fit for service or use, useful, euxrhstoj<br />
euchromus -a -um, euchrous -a -um well-coloured, eu-xrwma<br />
Euclea Good-fame, eukleia<br />
Euclidium Great-beauty, eu-xlidh, or for the Greek mathematician Euclid (c. 330<br />
bc), or well closed, eu-kleiw (indehiscent)<br />
Eucnide Good-nettle, eu-knidh (stinging hairs)<br />
Eucodonia Beautiful-trumpet, eu-kwdwn (the corolla tube)<br />
Eucomis Beautiful-head, eu-komh (the head of leaves above the flowers)<br />
Eucommia Good-gum, eu-kommi (some yield gutta-percha) (Eucommiaceae)<br />
eucosmus -a -um well ordered, well decorated, eu-kosmoj<br />
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