The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
nocturnalis -is -e, nocturnus -a -um at night, for one night, nocturnus (flowering)<br />
nodiferus -a -um carrying knobs or girdles, nodus-fero (at the nodes)<br />
nodiflorus -a -um flowering at the nodes, (nodus, nodi)-florum<br />
nodosus -a -um many-jointed, conspicuously jointed, knotty, nodosus<br />
nodulosus -a -um with swellings (on the roots), noduled, diminutive of nodosus<br />
noeanus -a -um for either Wilhelm Noe, or Frank Vicomte de Noë<br />
Nolana Small-bell, diminutive of nola (Nolanaceae)<br />
Nolina for P. C. Nolin, French writer on agriculture c. 1755<br />
noli-tangeri do not touch, (noli, nolite)-(tango, tangere, tetigi, tactum) (on being<br />
touched, the ripe fruit ruptures, expelling seed)<br />
noma-, nomo- meadow-, dwelling-, pasture-, nomh<br />
nomados wandering, roaming, nomaj, nomadoj<br />
Nomalxochia the Mexican vernacular name<br />
Nomimium, nominius -a -um Customary-violet, nomimoj-ion<br />
Nomocharis Meadow-grace, nomo-xarij<br />
non- un-, no-, not-, non<br />
Nonnea (Nonea) for J. P. Nonne (1729–72), botanical writer from Erfurt, Germany<br />
nonpictus -a -um of plain colour, not painted, non-pictus<br />
nonscriptus -a -um, (nondescriptus -a -um) unmarked, not written upon, non-scriptus<br />
nootkatensis -is -e, nutkatensis -is -e from Nootka (Nutka) Island or Nootka Sound,<br />
British Columbia, area of the Nootka Indians, Vancouver Island<br />
norbitonensis -is -e from Norbiton<br />
Nordmannia, nordmannianus -a -um for either Alexander von Nordmann<br />
(1843–1866), zoologist of Odessa and Helsingfors, or M. Nordmann, German<br />
botanist<br />
normalis -is -e representative of the genus, usual, around the norm, norma<br />
northiae, northianus -a -um for Miss Marianne North (1830–96), botanical artist at<br />
Kew<br />
northlandicus -a -um from the North Island, New Zealand<br />
norvegicus -a -um from Norway (Norvegia), Norwegian (of high altitude in<br />
Scotland)<br />
nossibensis -is -e from the volcanic Nosy Be (Nossi-Bé) Island, NW Madagascar<br />
Nostoc an alchemical name used by Paracelsus, who assumed that the slime came<br />
from shooting stars (falling star)<br />
notabilis -is -e notorious, remarkable, notabilis<br />
notatus -a -um distinguished, spotted, lined, noted, marked, nota, notae<br />
Notelaea Southern-olive, notoj-elaia<br />
notero- moist-, southern-, noteroj, noteronotho-,<br />
nothos-, nothus -a -um false-, bastard-, noqoj, noqo-, noq-, nothus, notho-<br />
Nothofagus False-beech, notho-fagus<br />
Notholaena Spurious-cloak, noqoj-xlaina, notho-laena<br />
Notholirion False-lily, noqoj-lirion<br />
Nothoscordum Bastard-garlic, noqo-skorodon<br />
nothoxys falsely pointed, pungent, passionate or bold, noq-ocuj<br />
noti, notio, noto- of the southwest wind, southern-, notoj. noto-, notnoto-<br />
southern-, notoj, noto-; the back-, nwton, nwtoj, nwto-<br />
Notospartium Southern-Spartium (New Zealand)<br />
Notothlaspi Southern-Thlaspi (New Zealand)<br />
-notus -a -um -at the back, nwton, nwtoj<br />
novae-angliae, nova-anglica from New England, novus-Anglia, novus-Anglicus<br />
novae-belgii (novi-belgae) from New Belgium, novus-Belgae (New Netherlands or<br />
New York)<br />
novae-britanniae from New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea (named by William<br />
Dampier 1699)<br />
novae-caesareae (novi-caesareae) from New Jersey, novus-Caesaria, USA<br />
novae-guineae from New Guinea, botanical (including Papua New Guinea, Irian<br />
Jaya and Indonesia)<br />
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