The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
morindoides resembling Morinda, Morinda-oides<br />
Moringa from a Malabar vernacular name, moringo, for the horse-radish-tree<br />
(Moringaceae)<br />
morinifolius -a -um with leaves resembling those of Morina, Morina-folium<br />
morio the name, mwrion, of a plant causing madness (mwria, folly)<br />
Morisia for Giuseppe Giacinto (Josephi Hyacinthi) Moris (1796–1869), professor of<br />
botany at Turin, Italy<br />
Morisonia for Robert Morison (1620–83), Director of Royal Garden at Blois,<br />
Physician to Charles II, Professor of Botany at Oxford, author of Praeludia botanica<br />
(1669), influenced Linnaeus on classification of plants<br />
moritzianus -a -um for Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz (1796–1866), who travelled in<br />
Venezuela and the West Indies<br />
-morius -a -um -divisions, -parts, -merous, morion (of the flower)<br />
Mormodes Goblin-like, mormo-wdhj (suggested by the flower shape)<br />
mormomicus -a -um annoying, spectral, mormwj<br />
mormos bugbear, spectre, goblin, mormw, mormwn, mormoj, mormouj (Botrychium<br />
mormos, goblin fern)<br />
morpho-, -morphus -a -um appearance-, -shaped, -formed, morfh<br />
morrenianus -a -um, morrenii for Professor Charles François Antoine Morren<br />
(1807–58) of Liège, Belgium<br />
morrisonensis -is -e, morrisonicolus -a -um from Morrison, Illinois, USA<br />
morrisonmontanus -a -um from the environs of the Chung Yang (Morrison) range,<br />
Taiwan<br />
morsus-ranae bite of the frog, morsus-(rana, ranae) (frog-bit)<br />
mortefontanensis -is -e from the Motrefontaine nursery of Chantrier brothers, France<br />
mortuiflumis -is -e of dead water, growing in stagnant water, mortuus-(flumen,<br />
fluminis)<br />
Morus the ancient Latin name, morus, for the mulberry (Moraceae)<br />
mosaicus -a -um tessellated, parti-coloured, coloured like a mosaic, modern Latin,<br />
musaicus<br />
moschatellinus -a -um a little bit musky, an old generic name for Adoxa, moschatel,<br />
feminine double diminutive of moschatus (has a musky fragrance when wet)<br />
moschatus -a -um musk-like, musky-scented, mosxoj (sprout, descendant, young<br />
bull)<br />
moscheutos a vernacular name for swamp rose-mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos<br />
moschiferus -a -um bearing a musky fragrance, mosxoj-foroj<br />
Moschosma Musk-fragrant, mosxoj-osmh<br />
moschus -a -um fragranced, musk-like, mosxoj<br />
mosera, moseri, moserianus -a -um for Moser, the French nurserymen<br />
mossiae, mossii for Mrs Moss of Otterspool, Liverpool c. 1838<br />
motorius -a -um agitated, kept in motion, moto, motare<br />
moulmainensis -is -e from Moulmein, Mayanmar (Burma)<br />
moupinensis -is -e from Mupin, W China<br />
moxa a vernacular name for the woolly leaves of Artemisia moxa<br />
mucidus -a -um snivelling, mouldy, mucidus<br />
Mucor Mould (mucidus mouldy)<br />
mucosus -a -um slimy, mucosus<br />
mucro-, mucroni- pointed-, sharp-pointed-, mucro, mucronis<br />
mucronatus -a -um mucronate, with a hard sharp-pointed tip, mucro, mucronis (see<br />
Fig. 7b)<br />
mucroniferus -a -um bearing short straight points, mucronis-fero (at leaf apex)<br />
mucronifolius -a -um with mucronate leaves, mucronis-folium<br />
mucronulatus -a -um with a hard, very short, pointed tip, diminutive of mucronatus<br />
Mucuna the Brazilian vernacular name for cow-itch, Mucuna pruriens<br />
Muehlenbeckia for Dr H. Gustave Muehlenbeck (1798–1845), Alsatian physician<br />
muelleri for Otto Frederik Müller (1730–84), author of Flora Danica, or Ferdinand<br />
von Müller (1825–96)<br />
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