The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
helianthemoides resembling Helianthemum, Helianthemum-oides<br />
Helianthemum Sun-flower, hli-anqemion (rock rose)<br />
helianthi resembling Helianthus<br />
helanthoides resembling Helianthus, Helianthus-oides<br />
Helianthus Sun-flower, hli-anqoj (the large golden heads of many species tend to<br />
follow the sun, girare-sole, cognate with Jerusalem [artichoke])<br />
helianthus-aquatica humid or aquatic sunflower, Helianthus-aquaticus<br />
helicanthus -a -um twisted-flower, elik-anqoj<br />
helichrysoides resembling Helichrysum<br />
Helichrysopsis Resembling Helichrysum, hli-xrusouj-oyij<br />
Helichrysum Golden-sun, hli-xrusouj<br />
helici- coiled like a snail-shell, wreathed, twisted, elic, elikoj, eliko-, elik-<br />
Helicia Spiralled, elikoj (perianth lobes)<br />
helicocephalus -a -um having a twisted (flowering) head, eliko-kefalh<br />
Helicodiceros Two-twisted-horns, eliko-dij-keraj (the basal lobes of the leaves)<br />
helicoides, helicoideus -a -um of a coiled or twisted appearance, elic-oeidhj<br />
Heliconia for Mount Helicon, Boetea, Greece, sacred to the Muses of mythology<br />
(Heliconiaceae)<br />
Helicostylis Coiled-style, eliko-stuloj<br />
Helicteres Ear-drop, elikthr (the screw-shaped ear-ring-like carpels)<br />
Helicteropsis resembling-Helicteres. elikthr-oyij<br />
helicto- twisted-, wreathed-, rolled-, eliktoj, elikto-<br />
Helictonema Twisted-threads, elikto-nhma (filaments)<br />
Helictotrichon (um) Twisted-hair, elikto-trixoj (the geniculate awns)<br />
Helinus Tendrilled, elic (climbing by spiral tendrils)<br />
helio- sun-like, sun-, hlioj, hlio-<br />
Heliocarpus Sun-fruit, hlio-karpoj (the fringed fruits)<br />
heliolepis -is -e sun-scaled, with golden scales, hlio-lepij<br />
Heliophila Sun-lover, hlio-filoj (exposed habitats)<br />
heliophyllus -a -um having leaves adapted to full sun, hlio-fullon<br />
Heliopsis Sun-like, hlio-oyij (for the yellow flower-heads)<br />
helioscopius -a -um sun-observing, sun-watching, Dioscorides’ name, hlioskopion<br />
(the flowers track the sun’s course)<br />
heliospermus -a -um having flat and round seeds, hlio-sperma<br />
Heliotropium Turn-with-the-sun, hlio-(troph, tropew, trepein) (turnsole)<br />
Helipterum Sun-wing, hli-pteron (the fruit’s plumed pappus)<br />
helix winding, elic, elikoj ancient Greek name for twining plants<br />
Helixanthera Twisted-anther, elic-anqera<br />
helleborifolius -a -um with Helleborus-like leaves, Helleborus-folium<br />
helleborine hellebore-like, adjectival suffix Helleborus-ina<br />
Helleborus Poison-food, hlleim-(bora, bosij) (the ancient Greek name for the medicinal<br />
H. orientalis)<br />
hellenicus -a -um from Greece, Grecian, Greek, Hellenic (Hellas, Helladis)<br />
Helleriella for Alfonse Heller, botanist in Nicaragua (diminutive suffix for Heller’s<br />
dotted orchid)<br />
helmandicus -a -um from the environs of the Helmand river (Erymandrus),<br />
Afghanistan<br />
Helmholtzia for Herman Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821–94), German<br />
physicist and physiologist<br />
helminth-, helmintho- worm-, elminqoj, elminqo-<br />
Helminthia (Helmintia) Worm, elminj, elminqoj ( Picris, for the elongate wrinkled<br />
fruits)<br />
helminthorrhizus -a -um having worm-like roots, elminqo-riza<br />
Helminthostachys Worm-like-spike, elminqo-staxuj (the fertile spike of the ‘flowering’<br />
fern)<br />
Helminthotheca Worm-like-case, elminqo-qhkh (the beaked fruits)<br />
helo-, helodes of bogs and marshes, elwdhj, elodej<br />
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