The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
magnicalcaratus -a -um having notable spurs, magnus-(calcar, calcaris)<br />
magnificus -a -um great, eminent, distinguished, magnificent, magnifico, magnificare<br />
magniflorus -a -um large-flowered, magnus-florum<br />
magnifolius -a -um large-leaved, magnus-folium<br />
Magnolia for Pierre Magnol (1638–1715), Professor of Botany and Director of<br />
Montpellier Botanic Garden (Magnoliaceae)<br />
magnus -a -um great, large, high, noble, magnus<br />
mahagoni mahogany, from a S American vernacular name for Swietenia mahagoni<br />
mahaleb an Arabic vernacular name for Prunus mahaleb<br />
Mahernia an anagram of Hermannia, a related genus<br />
Mahoberberis the composite name for hybrids between Mahonia and Berberis<br />
Mahonia for Bernard McMahon (1775–1816), American horticulturalist<br />
mahonii for John Mahon (1870–1906), of the Uganda Botanical Garden<br />
mai-, maj- May-, maius<br />
Maianthemum May-flower, mai-anqemion (maimakthriwn, the Attic fifth month was<br />
our November)<br />
mairei for Professor Edouard le Maire of Ghent, who collected in S Africa<br />
maius -a -um of the month of May, maius, mai<br />
majalis -is -e (magalis) of the month of May, maius (flowering time)<br />
majesticus -a -um majestic, maiestas, maiestatis<br />
major -or -us larger, greater, bigger, maior, maioris, comparative of magnus<br />
Majorana medieval Latin, maiorane, for sweet marjoram, Majorana hortensis (wild<br />
marjoram is Origanum vulgare)<br />
majoricus -a -um of Majorca (Majorica) Balearics<br />
majusculus -a -um somewhat larger, maior (diminutive suffix)<br />
makinoi for Tomitaro Makino (1863–1957), Japanese botanist<br />
makoyanus -a -um for Jacob Mackoy (1790–1873), nurseryman of Liège<br />
malabaricus -a -um from the Malabar coast, S India<br />
Malacantha Very-thorny, mala-akanqoj<br />
malaccensis -is -e from Maleka (Malacca), Malaysia<br />
Malachium Tenderness, malakia, malakoj<br />
malachius -a -um soft, delicate, luxurious, malakia, malakoj<br />
malaco-, malako-, mollusc-, malakia soft, tender, weak, mucilaginous, mallow-like,<br />
malakoj, malako-<br />
Malacocarpus Soft-fruit, malakoj-karpoj (the fleshy fruit)<br />
Malacodendron, malacodendron Soft-tree, malakoj-dendron (pubescence of branches,<br />
leaves and calyx)<br />
malacoides Malva-like, soft to touch, malakoj-oeidhj<br />
malacophilus -a -um pollinated by snails, snail-loving, malakoia-filoj<br />
malacophyllus -a -um with soft or fleshy leaves, malakoj-fullon<br />
malagasius -a -um from Madagascar, Madagascan (Malagasy Republic)<br />
malaianus -a -um from Malaya, Malaysian<br />
malaitensis -is -e from the volcanic Mala island (Malaita), Solomons<br />
malawiensis -is -e from Malawi, central Africa<br />
Malaxis Tenderness, malacij (hard to cultivate because adapted to Sphagnum bog<br />
conditions, Hammarbya); some interpret as Soft, for the soft foliage<br />
Malcomia (Malcolmia) for William Malcolm, eighteenth-century English nurseryman<br />
maleolens of bad fragrance, very much stinking, male-olens<br />
malesicus -a -um from the Malesian Islands (Indo/Polynesia)<br />
malevolus -a -um malicious, ill-disposed, malevolus (with spines)<br />
maliflorus -a -um apple-blossomed, Malus-florum<br />
malifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Malus, Malus-folium<br />
maliformis -is -e apple-shaped, Malus-forma (fruits)<br />
mallei-, malleo- hammer-like, malleolus, malleoli<br />
malleiferus -a -um hammer-carrying, malleolus-fero (usually a floral structure)<br />
malleolabrus -a -um having a hammer-shaped lip, malleolus-labrum<br />
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