The Names Of Plants.pdf
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The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
florulentus -a -um abundantly flowery, comparative of florum<br />
-florus -a -um -flowered, flos, floris (botanical Latin uses florus -a -um for flowered or<br />
flowering, in place of the original Latin meaning of beautiful)<br />
-flos, floris -is -e flowered, flos, floris<br />
flos-aeris air-flower, florum-aerius (epiphytic air-plants)<br />
Floscopa Floribundant, flos-(copia, copiae)<br />
flos-cuculi flower of cuckoo, flos-cuculus (flowering in the season of cuckoo<br />
song)<br />
flosculosus -a -um with small flowers, very ornamental, flosculus<br />
flos-jovis Jove’s flower, flos-Iovis<br />
flos-reginae flower of the queen, flos-regina<br />
fluctuans inconstant, fluctuating, present participle of fluctuo, fluctuare<br />
fluctuosus -a -um stormy; wavy, undulating, fluctuo, fluctuare (leaf margins)<br />
fluellyn for St Llywelyn; Lyte (1578) used llysiau fluellyn for herbs flowering<br />
around 7 April<br />
fluens flowing, fluo, fluere, fluxi, fluxum<br />
fluitans floating on water, fluito, fluitare (flote-grass)<br />
fluminensis -is -e of the river, flumen, fluminis; from Rio de Janeiro (Flumen<br />
Ianuarius)<br />
fluminis -is -e flowing, of rivers, flumen, fluminis<br />
fluvialis -is -e, fluviatilis -is -e growing in rivers and streams, of running water,<br />
fluvius, fluvi; fluvius, fluvii<br />
foecundissimus -a -um the most fruitful, superlative of fecundus<br />
foecundus -a -um fruitful, fecund, fecundus<br />
foederatus -a -um forming a compact growth of individuals, federated, foederatus<br />
foedus -a -um revolting, hideous, foedus, foederis<br />
foemina, foeminius -a -um feminine, femina, feminae<br />
foeneus -a -um hay-like, faenum<br />
foeni- fennel-like-, faenifoeniculasius<br />
-a -um resembling Foeniculum<br />
foeniculatus -a -um Foeniculum-like<br />
Foeniculum, foeniculum Fodder, diminutive of fenum, faenum, the Latin name,<br />
feniculum, faeniculum, for fennel<br />
foenisicii of mown hay, faenum-seco<br />
foenum-graecum Greek-hay, foenum-graecun, fenugreek (the Romans used Trigonella<br />
foenum-graecun as fodder)<br />
foenus -a -um fodder, hay, faenum<br />
foerstermannii for J. F. Föstermann, who collected for Sanders in Assam c. 1885<br />
foetans, foetens stinking, rank smelling, foeteo, foetere<br />
foetidissimus -a -um most smelly, very stinking, superlative of foetidus<br />
foetidolens malodorous, foul-smelling, foetidus-(oleo, olere)<br />
foetidus -a -um (fetidus, foetidus) stinking, bad smelling, foetid, foeteo, foetere<br />
Fokienia from Fujien (Fu Chien) province, SE China<br />
foliaceus -a -um leaf-like, leafy, folium<br />
foliatus -a -um, foliosus -a -um leafy, folium<br />
-foliatus -a -um -leaflets, -leafleted, folium (usually preceded by a number)<br />
foliiflorus -a -um flowering on the leaves, folium-florum<br />
folio- leaflet-, diminutive of folium<br />
-foliolatus -a -um -leafleted, foliolus (with a qualifying prefix)<br />
foliosissimus -a -um having copious leaves, superlative of foliosus<br />
foliosus -a -um leafy, well-leaved, foliosus<br />
-folius -a -um -leaved, -folium<br />
follicularis -is -e bearing follicles, folliculus (seed capsules as in hellebores, classically<br />
a small bag or egg-shell)<br />
fomentarius -a -um of poultices, fomentum, fomenti<br />
Fomes Kindling, touchwood, fomes, fomitis<br />
fonsiflorus -a -um producing fountains of flowers, (fons, fontis)-florum<br />
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