The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
nigri-, nigro- black-, dark-, niger, nigri, nigronigricans<br />
almost black, blackish with age, present participle of nigro, nigrare<br />
nigripes black-stalked, niger, nigri-pes<br />
nigripetalus -a -um black-petalled, botanical Latin from niger, nigri and petalon<br />
nigristernus -a -um with black breast or heart, botanical Latin from niger, nigri and<br />
sternon<br />
nigritanus -a -um from Nigeria, W Africa<br />
nigroglandulosus -a -um having black glands, niger, nigri-(glans, glandis)<br />
nigropaleaceus -a -um bearing black scales, niger, nigri-(palea, paleae)<br />
nigropunctatus -a -um marked with black dots, niger, nigri-(pungo, pungere, pupugi,<br />
punctum)<br />
nigropurpureus -a -um dark-purple, nigro-purpureus<br />
nigrus -a -um black, niger, nigra, nigrum<br />
nikkoensis -is -e, nikoensis -is -e from Nike or Niko National Park, Honshu, Japan<br />
nil the Arabic name for Pharbitis hederacea<br />
niliacus -a -um from the River Nile (Nilus, Nili)<br />
niloticus -a -um from the Nile valley (niliacus)<br />
nimbicolus -a -um dwelling with clouds or rain-storms, nimbus-colo<br />
nimborus -a -um of clouds or rain-storms, nimbus, nimbi<br />
ningpoensis -is -e from Ningpo (Ningbo), China,<br />
nintooa the Japanese name for Lonicera japonica<br />
nipalensis -is -e, nipaulensis -is -e vide nepalensis<br />
Niphaea Snowy, nifaj, nifadoj (the white flowers)<br />
Niphimenes the composite name for hybrids between Niphaea and Achimenes<br />
nipho- snow-, nifaj, nifoniphophilus<br />
-a -um snow-loving, nifo-filoj<br />
Nipponanthemum Flower-of-Japan (N. japonicum)<br />
nipponicus -a -um, (niponicus -a -um) from Japan (Nippon), Japanese<br />
nissanus -a -um from Nish, SE Serbia<br />
Nissolia, nissolia, nissolicus -a -um for Guillaume Nissole (1647–1735), botanist of<br />
Montpellier<br />
Nitella Little-shining-one, diminutive of nitidus<br />
Nitellopsis Resembling-Nitella<br />
nitens, nitidi-, nitidus -a -um with a polished surface, neat, shining, niteo, nitere<br />
nitescens becoming glossy, present participle of nitesco, nitescere, nitui<br />
nitidellus -a -um having somewhat smooth or polished surfaces, diminutive of<br />
nitidus<br />
nitidifolius -a -um with glossy leaves, nitidus-folium<br />
nitidissimus -a -um with the most glossy surfaces, superlative of nitidus<br />
nitidulus -a -um quite smooth-surfaced, diminutive of nitidus<br />
nitidus -a -um bright, shining, clear, lustrous, nitidus<br />
Nitraria Soda-producer, nitrum, nitri (grows in saline deserts, burnt yields nitre,<br />
nitron)<br />
nitrariaceus -a -um of alkaline soils, nitrum, nitri<br />
nitratus -a -um nitrous, nitrum, nitri (smell)<br />
nitrophilus -a -um alkali-loving, nitro-filoj (growing on soda- or potash-rich soils)<br />
nivalis -is -e snow-white, growing near snow, nix, nivis<br />
niveus -a -um, nivosus -a -um purest white, snow-white, nix, nivis<br />
nivicolus -a -um living (flowering) in snow, nivi-colo<br />
nobilior more grand, more noble, comparative of nobilis<br />
nobilis -is -e famous, grand, noble, notable, nobilis<br />
nobilissimus -a -um the most notable, the grandest, superlative of nobilis<br />
nocteolens night-smelling or -stinking, present participle from noctis-(oleo, olere)<br />
nocti- night-, nox, noctis<br />
noctiflorus -a -um night-flowering, (nox, noctis)-florum<br />
Noctiluca Night-light (nox, noctis)-(lux, lucis) (phosphorescent marine organism;<br />
literally, moon-light)<br />
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