The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Nesaea Neseia, the name of a sea nymph<br />
nesioticus -a -um of islands, islander, insular, nhsoj, nhsiwthj, nhsiwtij<br />
Neslia for the eighteenth-to nineteenth-centruy French botanist, Nesles<br />
neso- island-, nhsoj, nhso-<br />
Nesogordonia Island-Gordonia (it was originally thought to be confined to<br />
Madagascar)<br />
nesophilus -a -um island-loving, nhso-filoj<br />
nessensis -is -e from Loch Ness, Scotland, or Ness Botanic Garden, Cheshire<br />
neuro-, -neurus -a -um ribbed-, -nerved, -veined, neura, neurh, neuroneurolobus<br />
-a -um with veined lobes, neuro-loboj<br />
Neuropeltis Veined-shielded-one, neuro-pelth (the veined and enlarged bract at<br />
fruiting)<br />
neuropetalus -a -um having conspicuously marked veins in the petals, neuro-petalon<br />
neurosus -a -um having pronounced or prominent nerves or veins, neura<br />
Neurotheca Ribbed-container, neura-qhkh (the ridged calyx)<br />
neutrus -a -um nondescript, neutral, neuter, neutri<br />
nevadensis -is -e from Nevada or the Sierra Nevada, USA, or from the Sierra<br />
Nevada, Spain<br />
Neviusia (Neviusa), nevii for its finder, R. D. Nevius<br />
newellii for Mr Newell of Downham Market, Norfolk c. 1880<br />
newryensis -is -e from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland<br />
Newtonia for Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), proponent of the laws of motion<br />
nexus -a -um enslaved; connected, entwined, necto, nectere, nexi (nexui), nexum<br />
niamniamensis -is -e, niamjamensis -is -e from Nia Nia, Congo<br />
nicaeensis -is -e either from Nice (Nicaea), SE France or from Nicaea, Bithynia, NW<br />
Turkey<br />
Nicandra for Nicander of Calophon (100 bc), writer on plants and antidotes<br />
nicaraguae from Nicaragua, Central America, Nicaraguan<br />
nichollsii for Mr Nicholls, of New Zealand (Leptospermum nichollsii)<br />
nicobaricus -a -um from the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India<br />
nicolai either for King Nicolas of Montenegro, or for Tsar Nicholas of Russia<br />
Nicotiana for Jean Nicot (1530–1600), who introduced tobacco to France in the late<br />
sixteenth century<br />
nicotianifolius -a -um having leaves similar to those of Nicotiana, Nicotiana-folium<br />
nicoyanus -a -um from the Nicoya peninsula, W Costa Rica<br />
nictitans nodding, moving, blinking, winking, present participle of nicto, nictare<br />
nidi-, nidus nest, nest-like, nidus, nidi<br />
nidificus -a -um nest-like, nidus, nidi (fertile whorls of charaphyte, Tolypella)<br />
nidiformis -is -e shaped like a nest, nidi-forma<br />
nidorosus -a -um gnawed nest, nidus-(rodo, rodere, rosi, rosum) (concave pileus)<br />
nidulans crouching like a bird in its nest, nidulant, present participle of nidifico,<br />
nidificare (lying in a slight hollow)<br />
Nidularia, Nidularium, nidularius -a -um Little-nest, nidulus, niduli (organs lying in a<br />
nest-like structure or arrangement)<br />
nidus-aves bird’s-nest, nidus-avis (resemblance)<br />
niedzwetzkyanus -a -um for the Russian Judge Niedzwetzky<br />
Nierembergia for Juan Eusebia Nieremberg (1594–1658), Spanish Jesuit naturalist<br />
Nigella Blackish, diminutive of niger (the seed coats)<br />
nigellastrum medieval Latin name for corn-cockle, Nigella-ad-instar<br />
niger -gra -grum black, niger, nigeri<br />
nigercors dark-centred, black-hearted, niger-cor<br />
nigericus -a -um from Nigeria, W Africa<br />
nigramargus -a -um with black edges, dark-edged, nigra-(margo, marginis)<br />
nigrans dusky, darkening, present participle of nigro, nigrare<br />
nigratus -a -um blackened, nigresco, nigrescere<br />
nigrescens blackish, darkening, turning black, present participle of nigresco,<br />
nigrescere<br />
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