The Names Of Plants.pdf

The Names of Plants
gloeo- sticky-, gloia, gloioj, gloio-
Gloeocapsa, gloeocapsus -a -um Sticky-box, gloio-kaya (the investing layers of
mucilage)
Gloeophyllum Sticky-leaf, gloio-fullon
Gloeosporium Sticky-spored, gloio-sporoj (the spores of several parasitic imperfect
fungi)
glomeratus -a -um collected into heads, aggregated, glomerate, glomero, glomerare,
glomeravi, glomeratum
glomerulans clustering, accumulating, forming into balls, present participle of
glomero, glomerare, glomeravi, glomeratum
glomerulatus -a -um with small clusters or heads, from the diminutive of glomus
glomeri- clustered-, crowded-, glomero, glomerare, glomeravi, glomeratum
glomeruliflorus -a -um with small flower heads, diminutive of glomeri-florum
gloriana glorious, a name for several Saxifraga hybrids, glorior, gloriari, gloriatus
Gloriosa, gloriosus -a -um Superb, full of glory, gloriosus (the flowers)
glossa-, glosso-, -glossus -a -um tongue-shaped-, -tongued, glwssa, glwsso-,
Glossocalyx Tongue-calyx, glwsso-kaluc (the elongated calyx lobe)
Glossodia Tongue-like, glwssa-eidw (the appendages on the labellum)
glossoides tongue-like, glwssa-oeidhj
glossomystax having a moustached lip or labellum, glwssa-mustac
Glossonema Tongue-thread, glwsso-nhma (the stamens)
Glossopetalon, Glossopetalum Tongue-petalled, glwsso-petalon (the narrow petals)
Glossorhyncha Tongue-snouted, glwssa-rugxoj (the nectary-spur)
Glossostelma Tongue-crowned, glwssa-stelma (the coronna)
Glossostemon Tongue-stamened, glwssa-sthmwn (the androecium)
Glossostigma Tongue-stigma, glwssa-stigma (the compressed stigma)
glotti-, glotto-, -glottis -little-tongued, glwtta, glwtth, glwtto- (simile with the
epiglottis, separating the oesophagus and trachea, below the tongue)
Glottidium Little-tongue, diminutive variant of glwtta (for the mode of separation
of the seeds)
Glottiphyllum Tongue-leaved, glwtto-fullon (leaf-shape)
Gloxineria the composite name for hybrids between Gloxinia and Gesneria
Gloxinia for Peter Benjamin Gloxin of Comar, eighteenth-century physician and
naturalist, author of Observationes botanicae, 1785 (florists’ Gloxinia is Sinningia)
glumaceus -a -um with chaffy bracts, conspicuously glumed, with husks, gluma
glumaris -is -e husk or chaff-like, gluma, glumae
Glumicalyx Chaffy-calyx, botanical Latin from gluma and kaluc
-glumis -is -e -glumed, gluma
Gluta Glue, gluten, glutinis (for their exudations of Lac)
glutiniferus -a -um having a sticky exudate, glue-bearing, gluten-fero
glutinosus -a -um sticky, viscous, glutinous, with glue, gluten, glutinis
Glyceria Sweet, glukuj, glukeroj (the sweet grain of Glyceria fluitans)
glycicarpus -a -um having sweet fruit, glukuj-karpoj
Glycine Sweet, glukuj (the roots of some species) (Glycine max seeds are wild soya
beans, sauces are prepared by fermentation from G. soja)
glycinoides resembling Glycine, Glycine-oides
glyciosmus -a -um sweet-smelling, gluko-osmh
glyco-, glycy- sweet-tasting or -smelling, glukeroj, glukuj, gluku-, gluko-
Glycosmis, glycosmus -a -um Sweet-smelling, gluko-odmh (fragrant flowers)
glycyphyllos sweet-leaved, gluko-fullon (the taste)
Glycyrrhiza (Glycorrhiza), glycyrrhizus -a -um Sweet-root, gluko-riza, glukurriza
(the rhizomes are the source of the cognate, liquorice)
Glyphia Engraved, glufw (the elongate grooves on the fruit wall, glufij a notch)
glypho- marked, etched, engraved, glufw
Glyphochloa Engraved-grass, glufw-xloh
glypto- cut-into-, carved-, glupthj, gluptoglyptocarya
having deeply grooved kernels, glupto-karuon
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