The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
igniarius -a -um burning, igneus (Phellinus igniarius is black, cracked and reddish<br />
edged)<br />
ignivolvatus -a -um having a flame-coloured volva, ignis (the bright orange velar<br />
remnants)<br />
ignotus -a -um unknown, obscured, overlooked, inferior, ignotus<br />
iguaneus -a -um chameleon-like, of variable colour, botanical Latin from Spanish<br />
iguana (Arawak, iwana)<br />
Iguanura Lizard-tail, botanical Latin from Spanish iguana (Arawak, iwana) and<br />
oura (for the inflorescence)<br />
ikariae from Ikaria island, Samos department, Greece<br />
il-, im-, in- in-, into-, for-, contrary-, contrariwise-<br />
Ilex, ilex Holly, the Latin name, ilex (ilignus, for the holm-oak, Quercus ilex)<br />
ilici-, ilicinus -a -um holly-, Ilex-, ilex, ilicis<br />
ilicifolius -a -um holly-leaved, Ilex-folium<br />
ilicis of holly, living on Ilex (symbionts, parasites and saprophytes)<br />
iliensis -is -e from the area of the Ili river, China/Kazakhstan<br />
-ilis -is -e -able, -having, -like, -resembling (suffix turning a noun into an adjective)<br />
illaquens ensnaring, entangling, present participle of illaqueo, illaqueare<br />
illecebrosus -a -um alluring, enticing, charming, seductive, illecebrosus<br />
Illecebrum Attraction, illicio, illicere, illexi, illectum (a name, illecebra, in Pliny)<br />
(Illecebraceae)<br />
Illicium Seductive, illicio, illicere, illexi, illectum (the fragrance) (Illiciaceae)<br />
-illimus -a -um -est, -the best, -the most (superlative),<br />
illinatus -a -um, illinitus -a -um smeared, smudged, illino, illinere, illevi, illitum<br />
illinoiensis -is -e from Illinois, USA<br />
-illius -a -um -lesser (a diminutive suffix)<br />
illustratus -a -um pictured, painted, as if painted upon, illustro, illustrare, illustravi,<br />
illustratum<br />
illustris -is -e distinguished, distinct, bright, clear, illustris<br />
illyricus -a -um from western former Yugoslavia (Illyria)<br />
ilvensis -is -e from the Isle of Elba, Italy, or the river Elbe, Germany (Ilva)<br />
Ilysanthes Mud-flower, iluj-anqoj (the habitat of most)<br />
imanto- leathery, thong, imantinoj, imanto-<br />
Imantophyllum Thong-leaf, imanto-fullon<br />
imbecillis -is -e, imbecillus -a -um feeble, weak, frail, imbecillus<br />
imberbis -is -e without hair, unbearded, in-barba<br />
imbricans, imbricatus -a -um overlapping like tiles, imbrex, imbricis (leaves, corolla,<br />
bracts, scales), imbricate<br />
imeretinus -a -um (imeritina) from Imeretie, W Caucasus (? without merit, i-meritus)<br />
Imerinaea from Imerina county of Madagascar<br />
imitans imitating, copying, present participle of imitor, imitare, imitatus<br />
Imitaria Look-alike, imitor, imitare, imitatus (the cactus-like form)<br />
immaculatus -a -um unblemished, immaculate, without spots, im-(macula, maculae)<br />
immanis -is -e enormous; monstrous, savage, immanis<br />
immarginatus -a -um without a rim or border, im-(margo, marginis)<br />
immersus -a -um growing under water, immergo, immergere, immersi, immersum<br />
immodestus -a -um extravagant, without restraint or modesty, immodestus<br />
impar, impari- unpaired-, unequal-, impar, imparis<br />
Impatiens, impatiens Impatient, impatiens, impatientis (touch-sensitive fruits)<br />
impeditus -a -um tangled, impeding, obstructing, impedio, impedire, impedivi(-ii),<br />
impeditum<br />
Imperata, imperati for Ferrante Imperato (1550–1625), Italian botanist of Naples,<br />
author of Del l’historia naturale (1599)<br />
Imperatoria, imperator, imperatoria Imperial, emperor, ruler, master, imperator,<br />
imperatoris (masterwort)<br />
imperatricis for Napoleon I’s Empress, Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie<br />
(1763–1814), feminine form of imperator<br />
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