The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
mallo-, -mallus -a -um fleecy, woolly, with woolly hair, malloj, mallo-, mallotoj<br />
mallococcus -a -um downy-fruited, malloj-kokkoj<br />
mallophorus -a -um wool-bearing, malloj-fora<br />
mallophyllus -a -um having woolly leaves, malloj-fullon<br />
Mallotus, mallotus -a -um Woolly, mallotoj (the fruits of some species)<br />
Malope a name for mallow in Pliny, malloj-wpoj woolly-looking?<br />
Malpighia for Marcello Malpighi (1628–94), Italian professor at Pisa<br />
(Malpighiaceae)<br />
Malus, malus the ancient Latin name, malus, mali, for an apple tree<br />
Malva Soft, malva (the name in Pliny), cognate via old English, mealwe, with<br />
mallow (Malvaceae)<br />
malvacearus -a -um of Malva, living on Malva (symbionts, parasites and saprophytes)<br />
malvaceus -a -um mallow-like, resembling Malva<br />
malvastroides resembling Malvastrum, Malvastrum-oides<br />
Malvastrum Malva-like, Malva-astrum<br />
Malvaviscus, malvaviscus -a -um Mallow-glue, malva-viscus (the wax mallow)<br />
malverniensis -is -e from the Malvern hills, Herefordshire/Worcestershire<br />
malvicolor coloured mauve, like Malva, Malva-color<br />
malviflorus -a -um with Malva-like flowers, Malva-florum<br />
malvifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Malva<br />
malvinus -a -um deep mauve, mallow-like, Malva<br />
malyi for M. Maly of Vienna Botanic Garden c. 1870<br />
mammaeformis -is -e, mammiformis -is -e shaped like a nipple, mamma, mammae<br />
Mammea from a W Indian vernacular name for mammee apple<br />
Mammillaria (Mamillaria) Nippled, mammilla, mammillae (conspicuous tubercles)<br />
mammillaris -is -e, mamillarius -a -um, mammillatus -a -um having nipple-like structures,<br />
mammillate, mammilla, mammillae<br />
mammilliferus -a -um bearing nipples, mammilla-fero (epidermal tubercles)<br />
mammosus -a -um full-breasted, mamma, mammae (covered with nipple-like outgrowths)<br />
manan a vernacular name, manao or rotan manan, in SE Asia for the rattan palm,<br />
Calamus manan<br />
manchuricus -a -um from Manchuria, E Asia<br />
mancinellus -a -um from Spanish, manzana, manzanilla, for the bitter apple-like<br />
fruit of Hippomane mancinella<br />
mancus -a -um crippled, deficient, inferior, mancus<br />
mandarinorus -a -um of the cultured classes or counsellors, from Portuguese, mandarim<br />
mandchuricus -a -um, mandshuricus -a -um from Manchuria, Manchurian<br />
Mandevilla for Henry John Mandeville (1773–1861), diplomat in Buenos Aires<br />
who introduced Chilean jasmine<br />
mandibularis -is -e jaw-like, having jaws, late Latin mandibula, from mando, mandere,<br />
mandi, mansum<br />
Mandragora, mandragor us -a -um Man-dragon, a Greek name, mandragoraj,<br />
derived from Syrian, namta ira, for mandrake<br />
manescaui for M. Manescau of Pau, France, c. 1875<br />
Manettia, manettii for Xaviero Manetti (1723–85), Prefect of the Florence Botanic<br />
Garden<br />
manghas a vernacular name for the mango-like fruit of Cerbera manghas<br />
Mangifera Mango-bearer, from the Hindu name, mangu, or Tamil, man kai, for the<br />
mango fruit, and fero<br />
Manglesia, mangle, manglesii for Captain James Mangles (1786–1867), and Robert<br />
Mangles (d. 1860) of Sunningdale, or Harry Mangles, nineteenth-century<br />
Rhododendron breeder of Valewood, Surrey<br />
mangostana from the Malayan vernacular name, mang gistan, for Garcinia mangostana,<br />
mangosteen<br />
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