The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Glossary<br />
meridianus -a -um, meridionalis -is -e southern, midday, of noon, merides, merideie<br />
(flowering at midday)<br />
Merinthosorus Divided-sorus, (merizw) merinqoj-soroj<br />
merismoides divided-looking, merismoj-oeidhj (the surface of the fruiting body has<br />
numerous radiating ridges)<br />
meritus -a -um deserved, to be acquired, past participle of mereo, merere, merui;<br />
mereor, mereri, meritus<br />
Mertensia for Franz Karl Mertens (1764–1831), Professor of Botany at Bremen<br />
mertensianus -a -um for Karl Heinrich Mertens (1795–1830), who collected in<br />
Alaska<br />
mertonensis -is -e from Merton College, Oxford<br />
-merus -a -um -partite, -divided into, -merous, -parts, -meroj<br />
merus undiluted, pure, bare, mere, merus, mera<br />
Meryta Rolled, meruj (the appearance of the male flowers)<br />
mes-, mesi-, meso- somewhat-, between-, middle-, mesoj, meso-, mesmesacanthus<br />
-a -um with moderately large spines, mes-akanqoj<br />
mesadenius -a -um with central glands (petiolar), moderately glandular, mes-adhn<br />
mesaeus -a -um intermediate, neutral, meseuw<br />
Mesanthemum Middle-flowered, meso-anqemon (the flowers are surrounded by<br />
involucral bracts)<br />
mesargyreus -a -um with silver towards the middle, mes-arguroj (leaf colouration)<br />
mesariticus -a -um from the Mesará plain of S Crete<br />
Mesembryanthemum (Mesembrianthemum) originally, Midday-flower, mes-hmbriaanqemon,<br />
mes-hmbrinoj-anqemon (flowers of some open in full midday sun) but<br />
current name recognizes night-flowering components and derives as mesojembruon-anqemon,<br />
flower with a central embryo<br />
mesentericus -a -um mesentery-like, mesenterion (the texture and colouration of the<br />
tripe-fungus, Auricularia mesenterica)<br />
meso- intermediate, middle, mesoj<br />
mesochoreus -a -um from the middle region, country or land, from the midlands,<br />
meso-xwra<br />
mesogaeus -a -um of middle earth, meso-(gh, gaia)<br />
mesoleucus -a -um with white centres, meso-leukoj<br />
mesophaeus -a -um with a dark centre, meso-faioj (colouring)<br />
mesopolius -a -um with a grey centre, meso-polioj<br />
mesoponticus -a -um from the middle sea, meso-pontioj (lakes of central Africa)<br />
mesopotamicus -a -um from between the rivers, meso-potamoj<br />
mesozygius -a -um yoked or united in the middle, meso-zugoj<br />
mespiliformis -is -e resembling a medlar, Mespilus-forma<br />
Mespilus Half-felted, meso-piloj (<strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name, mespilh sataneioj, for the<br />
medlar)<br />
messanensis -is -e, messanius -a -um from Messina area, Italy (Messana)<br />
messeniacus -a -um, messeniensis -is -e from Messenia, Morea, Greece<br />
-mestris -is -e -months, mensis, mensis (the period of growth or flowering) (semester<br />
six-months)<br />
met-, meta- amongst-, next to-, after-, behind-, later-, with-, meta<br />
metallicus -a -um lustrous, metallic in appearance, metallikoj<br />
metalliferus -a -um bearing (metal or) a metallic lustre, metallikoj-ferw<br />
Metasequoia Close-to-Sequoia, botanical Latin from meta and Sequoia (resemblance<br />
of the dawn redwood)<br />
metel an Arabic vernacular name for Datura metel<br />
meteloides resembling (Datura) metel<br />
meteoris -is -e dependent upon the weather, metewroj (flowering)<br />
methipticos intoxicating, mequskw (to make drunk)<br />
methistico-, methysticus -a -um intoxicating, mequskw (Piper methysticum is intoxicating<br />
pepper, or [Tongan] kava)<br />
metrius -a -um estimable, measured, passed over, metrew<br />
257
Change language