The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
muriculatus -a -um somewhat rough-surfaced, diminutive of muricatus<br />
murinus -a -um mouse-grey, of mice, mus, muris<br />
murorum of walls, murus, muri<br />
murra myrrh, murra, murrae<br />
Murraya, murrayanus -a -um either for Johan Andreas Murray (1740–91), Swedish<br />
pupil of Linnaeus and, as Professor of Botany at Göttingen, editor of his works, or<br />
for Stewart Murray (?1789–1858) of Glasgow Botanic Garden<br />
Musa for Antonio Musa (63–14 bc), physician to Emperor Augustus; from<br />
Egyptian, mauz or mouz (Sanscrit, moka); Musa was a Roman inspirational<br />
goddess (Musaceae)<br />
musaicus -a -um mottled like a mosaic; resembling Musa<br />
musalae from Mount Musala, Bulgaria<br />
Musanga from a Congo vernacular name, given by Christian Smith (Musanga<br />
smithii)<br />
Muscadinia, muscadinus -a -um Muscadine, from French, muscade, for nutmeg<br />
(musky-flavoured grapes of SE USA, Vitis rotundifolia)<br />
muscaetoxicus -a -um, muscitoxicus -a -um fly-poisoning, musca-toxicum (Zigadenus<br />
muscaetoxicus has been used to prepare a fly poison)<br />
Muscari Musk-like (from the Turkish, moscos, fragrance)<br />
muscari- fly-, like Muscari inflorescencemuscariformis<br />
-is -e resembling Muscari, Muscari-forma; shaped like a fly trap, muscarium-forma<br />
(fly-brush-like)<br />
Muscarimia, muscarimi Muscari-like<br />
muscarioides resembling Muscari, Muscari-oides<br />
muscarius -a -um of flies, musca, muscae (use of fly agaric in milk to attract and<br />
stupefy flies); forming a loose irregular corymb, muscarium<br />
musci- fly-, musca, muscae; moss-, muscus, musci; mouse-, mus, muris<br />
muscicolus -a -um living amongst mosses, musci-colo<br />
muscifer -era -erum fly-bearing, musci-fero (floral resemblance)<br />
musciformis -is -e moss-like, musci-forma<br />
muscipulus -a -um fly-catching, musca-capio (muscipula was a mousetrap, musculus<br />
a mouse; Dionaea muscipula, Venus’ flytrap)<br />
muscitoxicus -a -um fly-inebriating, musci-toxicus<br />
muscivorus -a -um fly-eating, musci-(voro, vorare, voravi, voratum)<br />
muscoides moss-like, musci-oides (moss saxifrage)<br />
muscorus -a -um of mosses, of mossy habitats, muscus, musci<br />
muscosus -a -um musky; moss-like, mossy, muscus<br />
musi- banana-, Musamusicolus<br />
-a -um growing on or with bananas, Musa-colo<br />
musifolius -a -um banana-leaved, with leaves resembling Musa, Musa-folium<br />
musimomum 10000 to 1, musioi-omoj<br />
muskingumensis -is -e from the Muskingum river in E central Ohio, USA<br />
Mussaenda from a Singhalese vernacular name for M. frondosa<br />
Musschia for J. H. Mussche (1765–1834), director of Ghent Botanic Garden and<br />
author of its catalogue in 1810<br />
mussini for Count Grafen Apollos Apollosowitsch Mussin-Puschkin (d. 1805), phytochemist<br />
from the Caucasus (Nepeta mussini)<br />
mustangensis -is -e from Mustang island or creek, USA<br />
mustellinus -a -um brown like a weasel, mustela, mustelae<br />
mutabilis -is -e changeable (in colour), mutable, muto, mutare, mutavi, mutatum<br />
mutans changing, variable, mutant, muto, mutare, mutavi, mutatum<br />
mutatus -a -um changed, altered, muto, mutare, mutavi, mutatum<br />
muticus -a -um, mutilatus -a -um cut off, without a point, not pointed, blunt, mutilo,<br />
mutilare, mutilavi, mutilatum<br />
mutilus -a -um rudimentary, maimed, mutilus<br />
Mutisia (Mutisa) for José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio (1732–1808), Spanish<br />
writer on the flora of Colombia and discoverer of Cinchona<br />
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