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Glossary<br />

glastifolius -a -um with woad-like leaves, glastum-folius<br />

glaucescens, -glaucus -a -um developing a fine whitish bloom, bluish-green, seagreen,<br />

glaucous, glaucus-essentia<br />

glauci-, glauco-, glaucus -a -um with a white or greyish bloom, glaucous (from Latin<br />

glaucuma, a cataract)<br />

Glaucidium Glaucium-like<br />

glaucifolius -a -um with grey-green leaves, glaucus-folius<br />

glauciifolius -a -um with leaves resembling those of horned poppy, Glaucium<br />

glaucinus -a -um a little clouded or bloomed, diminutive of glaucus (milky)<br />

Glaucium Grey-green, glaukoj (Dioscorides’ name, glaukion, for the colour of<br />

horned poppy latex)<br />

glaucoalbus -a -um having a greyish bloom, glaucus-albus<br />

glaucocarpus -a -um having a waxy bloom on the fruits, glauko-karpoj<br />

glaucochrous -a -um sea-green complexioned, glaukoj-xrwj<br />

glaucoglossus -a -um with a glaucous tongue, glauko-glwssa<br />

glaucopeplus -a -um robed in sea-green, glauko-peploj<br />

glaucophylloides resembling (Salix) glaucophylla<br />

glaucophyllus -a -um glaucous-leaved, glauko-fullon<br />

glaucopruinatus -a -um having a frosting of bluish green bloom, glaucus-pruinosus<br />

glaucopsis -is -e glaucous-looking, glauk-oyij<br />

glaucopus -a -um glaucous-stalked, glauko-pouj<br />

glaucosericeus -a -um having greyish-blue silky hairs, glaucus-serricus<br />

glaucovirens greyish-green, glaucus-virens<br />

glaucus -a -um clear, gleaming, sea-green, bluish: with a waxy bloom, glaukoj,<br />

glaucus<br />

Glaux a name, glauc, used by Dioscorides<br />

glaziouanus -a -um for A. M. F. Glaziou (1828–1906), French director of the Imperial<br />

Gardens, Rio de Janiero, Brazil<br />

glebarius -a -um lump, clod, sod, forming tumps of tufts, gleba, glaeba<br />

Glechoma, glechoma Dioscorides’ name, blhxwn, glhxwn, for penny-royal<br />

glechomae of ground ivy, living on Glechoma (Dasyneuran, dipteran gall midge)<br />

Gleditsia (Gleditschia) for Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (Gleditsius) (1714–86) of the<br />

Berlin Botanic Garden, locust trees<br />

Gleichenia for F. W. Gleichen (1717–83), German director of Berlin Botanic Garden<br />

(Gleicheniaceae)<br />

Gliricidia Dormouse-killer, (glis, gliris)-cidium (the poisonous seed and bark)<br />

glischrus -a -um petty, slippery, glandular bristly, clammy, glisxroj<br />

globatus -a -um arranged or collected into a ball, globus, globi<br />

Globba from an Amboina Island vernacular name, galoba<br />

globiceps globe-headed, having crowded flower heads, globus-ceps<br />

globiferus -a -um, globigerus -a -um carrying spheres, globi-fero (heads of flowers)<br />

globiflorus -a -um globe-flowered, globi-florum<br />

globispicus -a -um having short, globular spikes, globi-spica<br />

globosus -a -um, globularis -is -e with small spherical parts, spherical, globus, globi<br />

(e.g. flowers)<br />

Globularia Globe, globulus (the globose heads of flowers) (Globulariaceae)<br />

globularifolius -a -um having leaves similar to those of Globularia<br />

globularis -is -e globe shaped, globulus, globuli<br />

globulifer -era -erum, globuligerus -a -um carrying small balls, globuli-fero (the sporocarps<br />

of pillwort)<br />

globuligemmus -a -um having spherical buds, globuli-(gemma, gemmae)<br />

Globulostylis Globular-styled-one, globulus-stilus<br />

globulosus -a -um small round-headed, diminutive of globosus<br />

globulus -a -um round or spherical, globus, globi (diminutive suffix)<br />

glochi-, -glochin point-, -pointed, glwxij<br />

glochidiatus -a -um burred, with short barbed detachable bristles, botanical Latin<br />

glochidiatus<br />

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