The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
melliolens honey-fragrant, mellis-(olens, olentis)<br />
mellitus -a -um honeyed, sweet, mellitus<br />
melo- apple-, mhlon (from mhlopepon, apple-gourd)<br />
Melocactus Melon-cactus, mhlon-kaktoj (the shape)<br />
meloctonus -a -um badger slaughtering, botanical Latin from Meles, Meles and<br />
ktonoj (Aconitum meloctonum, badger’s bane)<br />
melongena apple-bearer, mhlon-genoj (producing a tree-fruit, the egg plant)<br />
meloniformis -is -e, (meloformis -is -e) like a ribbed sphere, melon-shaped, botanical<br />
Latin from mhlon and forma<br />
Melothria the Greek name, mhloqron, for bryony<br />
membraneus -a -um, membranaceus -a -um thin in texture, parchment-like, membranous,<br />
membrana, membrana, membranae<br />
membranifolius -a -um having very thin leaves, membrana-folium<br />
Memecylon Imitation, mimhma (from the Greek name for the fruits of Arbutus, which<br />
are similar)<br />
memnonius -a -um dark brown, brownish-black, changeable, memnon<br />
memoralis -is -e remembered, famed, memoro, memorare, memoravi, memoratum<br />
mendelii for Mr Mendel of Manley Hall, Manchester, orchid grower<br />
mendocicus -a -um from the Mendoza river, Argentina<br />
mendocinensis -is -e from Mendocino, California<br />
mene-, meni- crescent-, moon-, mhn, mhnh, mhnoj<br />
-mene membrane, meninc, meningmeniscatus<br />
-a -um curved-cylindrical, mhniskoj<br />
meniscoides meniscus-shaped, concavo-convex, mhniskoj-oeidhj<br />
Menisorus Lunate-sorus, mhnh-soroj (shape of the sori)<br />
menispermifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Menispermum,<br />
Menispermum-folium<br />
menispermoides resembling Menispermum, Menispermum-oides<br />
Menispermum Moon-seed, mhnh-sperma (the compressed, curved stone of the fruit)<br />
(Menispermaceae)<br />
mensalis -is -e of plateaux or table-lands, mensa, mensae<br />
Mentha the name, menta, in Pliny, minth<br />
menthifolius -a -um mint-leaved, with leaves resembling Mentha, Mentha-folium<br />
menthoides mint-like, Mentha-oides<br />
mentiens deceptive, false, present participle of mentior, mentire, mentitus<br />
mentorensis -is -e from Mentor, Ohio, USA<br />
mentosus -a -um, -mentum having a chin, botanically a lip or labellum, mentum, menti<br />
Mentzelia for Christian Mentzel (1622–1701), early plant name lexicographer<br />
Menyanthes Moon-flower, mhnh-anqoj (various derivations have been proposed.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name, mhnhanqoj, for Nymphoides peltata) (Menyanthaceae)<br />
Menziesia, menziesii for Archibald Menzies (1754–1842), Scottish naturalist on the<br />
Discovery (1790–5) with Vancouver<br />
meonanthus -a -um few or small-flowered, meion-anqoj<br />
mephiticus -a -um emitting a foul odour, mephitis; mephiticus<br />
meracus -a -um individual, alone, pure, meracus<br />
Meratia for François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise (1780–1851), French physician<br />
and botanist<br />
mercadensis -is -e from the Cerro del Mercado area, Mexico<br />
Mercurialis <strong>Of</strong>-the-god-Mercury, herba mercurialis, named by Cato for Mercury,<br />
messenger of the gods<br />
merdarius -a -um of dung, coprophilous, merda, merdae<br />
Merendera from the Spanish vernacular name, quita meriendas<br />
merguensis -is -e from the Mergui archipelago, SE Myanmar (Burma)<br />
meri-, meros- partly-, part-, merij, meridoj, meri-<br />
-meria, -meris -is -e -parts, -merij, merizw<br />
meridensis -is -e from either the Mérida cordillera in W Venezuela, or Mérida in SW<br />
Mexico, or Mérida in W Spain.<br />
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