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Glossary<br />

flagelliflorus -a -um flowering on whip-like stems, flagelli-florum<br />

flagellifolius -a -um having long whip-like leaves, flagelli-folium<br />

flagelliformis -is -e long and slender, whip-like, flagelliform, flagelli-forma<br />

flagellus -a -um whip-like, flagellum, flagelli<br />

flammans flame-like, flaming, flammeo, flammare, flammavi, flammatum<br />

flammeus -a -um flame-red, fiery-red, flamma, flammae<br />

flammiferus -a -um flame-bearing, flamma-fero (having fiery flowers)<br />

Flammula Little-flame, an old generic name for lesser spearwort, some suggest a<br />

reference to the burning taste<br />

flammulus -a -um little flame, flame-coloured, diminutive of flamma, flammae<br />

flandrius -a -um from lowland areas of Holland, Belgium and France, Flandrian<br />

(Flandria)<br />

flav-, flavi-, flavo- yellowish, flavus, flavi-, flavoflavantherus<br />

-a -um having yellow flowers, botanical Latin from flavus and anqhroj<br />

flavens being yellow, flavens, flaventis<br />

flaveolus -a -um somewhat yellow, flaveus<br />

flaveoplenes fully yellow, flavus-plenus<br />

flavescens pale-yellow, turning yellow, present participle of flavesco, flavescere<br />

flavicans, flavidus -a -um somewhat yellow, comparatives of flavus<br />

flavissimus -a -um the yellowest, superlative of flavus<br />

flavo-albus -a -um yellow and white, flavo-albus<br />

flavonutans yellow-drooping, flavo-(nuto, nutare)<br />

flavovirens greenish yellow, flavo-virens<br />

flavus -a -um bright almost pure yellow, flavus<br />

flectens turning round or aside, flecto, flectere, flexi, flexum<br />

fleischeri for M. Fleischer (1861–1930), of Mentone, France<br />

fletcherianus -a -um for Reverend J. C. B. Fletcher, orchid grower of Mundam,<br />

Chichester<br />

flexi-, flexilis -is -e pliant, flexible, flecto, flectere, flexi, flexum<br />

flexicaulis -is -e with curved or bending stems, flexi-caulis<br />

flexifolius -a -um pliant-leaved, flexi-folius<br />

flexilis -is -e flexile, pliant, flexilis<br />

flexipes pliant-stalked, flexi-pes<br />

flexuosiformis -is -e zigzag-shaped, flexuosus-forma (stems or inflorescence axes)<br />

flexuosus -a -um zigzag, sinuous, winding, much bent, tortuous, flexuosus<br />

flexus -a -um, -flexus -a -um -turned, flecto, flectere, flexi, flexum<br />

flocc-, flocci-, flocco- trivial; a bit of wool, floccus, flocci<br />

floccifer -era -erum, flocciger -era -erum, floccosus -a -um bearing a woolly indumentum<br />

which falls away in tufts, floccose, (floccus, flocci)-fero or gero<br />

flocciflorus -a -um having woolly flowers, flocci-florum<br />

floccipes with floccose stalks, flocci-pes<br />

floccopus floccose-stalked, flocci-pes<br />

floccosus -a -um having woolly tufts, floccosus<br />

flocculentus -a -um a little woolly, diminutive of floccosus<br />

flocculosus -a -um woolly, wool-like, floccus, flocci<br />

flora flowered, flos, floris; Flora was the Roman goddess of flowering plants<br />

flore-albo white-flowered, flore-albus<br />

florentinus -a -um from Florence, Florentine (Florentia)<br />

flore-pleno double-flowered, full-flowered, florum-plenus<br />

floribundus -a -um abounding in flowers, freely-flowering, florum-abundus<br />

floridanus -a -um from Florida, USA<br />

floridulus -a -um somewhat flowery, diminutive of floridus<br />

floridus -a -um florid, ornate; free-flowering, flowery, floridus<br />

floriferus -a -um flower-bearing, producing many flowers, florum-fero<br />

florindae for Mrs Florinda N. Thompson<br />

floripecten comb-flower, florum-(pecten, pectinis)<br />

floripendulus -a -um having hanging flowers, florum-pendulus<br />

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