The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
parcifrondiferus -a -um bearing few or small leafy shoots, with few-leaved fronds,<br />
parci-frondis-fero<br />
parciovulatus -a -um having few ovules, parcus-ovulum (diminutive of ovum)<br />
pardalianches leopard-strangling, pardalij-agxw (a name, pardaliagxej, in<br />
Aristotle for plants poisonous to wild animals; an undeserved name for<br />
Doronicum pardalianches, leopard’s-bane)<br />
pardalianthes spotted-flowered, pardali-anqoj<br />
pardalinus -a -um, pardinus -a -um spotted or marked like a leopard, pardalij,<br />
pardus<br />
Pardancanda the composite name for hybrids between Pardanthus and Belamcanda<br />
pardanthinus -a -um resembling Belamcanda (Pardanthus)<br />
Pardanthopsis resembling Pardanthus, pardoj-anqoj-oyij<br />
Pardanthus Leopard-flower, pardoj-anqoj (spotting of the corolla)<br />
parellinus -a -um, parellus -a -um litmus-violet, modern Latin from the French,<br />
parelle, for the dye-lichen, Lecanora parella)<br />
Parentucellia for Thommaso Parentucelli (1397–1455), Pope Nicholas V, who<br />
founded the Vatican Apostolic Library and Botanic Garden<br />
pari-, parilis -is -e uniform-, paired-, equal-, parilis<br />
paricymus -a -um having equal or uniform cymes, parilis-cyma<br />
parietalis -is -e, parietarius -a -um, parietinus -a -um of walls, parietal (also, the placentas<br />
on the wall within the ovary)<br />
Parietaria Wall-dweller (a name, herba parietaria, in Pliny used for a plant growing<br />
on walls, paries, parietis); cognate via old French, peletre, is pellitory<br />
parilicus -a -um of the Roman Parilia festival for the goddess Pales, equal, parilis<br />
Parinarium (Parinaria) from a Brazilian vernacular name, parinari<br />
paripinnatus -a -um with an equal number of leaflets and no odd terminal one<br />
Paris Equality, par, paris (the regularity of its leaves and floral parts); in mythology,<br />
Paris was the son of Priam and declared Venus the most beautiful goddess<br />
parishii for Reverend Charles S. Pollock Parish (1822–97), specialist on Burmese<br />
orchids<br />
parisiensis -is -e French, parisiensis (continental)<br />
Parkia, parkii for Mungo Park (1771–1806), Scottish explorer whose 1795 Niger<br />
expedition failed and who died on his second Niger expedition of 1805<br />
Parkinsonia for either John Parkinson (1567–1629), author of Paradisi in sole, or<br />
Sydney Parkinson (1745–71), illustrator on Joseph Banks’ Endeavour trip of<br />
1768–71<br />
parkinsonianus -a -um for John P. Parkinson FLS (c. 1772–1847), Consul General in<br />
Mexico, orchid collector<br />
Parlatoria, parlatorei, parlatoris -is -e for Filippo Parlatore (1816–77), Professor of<br />
Botany at Florence and author of Flora Italiana<br />
Parmentiera for Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737–1813), French writer on<br />
edible plants (P. cerifera is the candle-tree)<br />
parmularius -a -um like a small round shield, parmula<br />
parmulatus -a -um with a small round shield, parmula, parmulae<br />
parnassi, parnassiacus -a -um from Mount Parnassus, Greece<br />
Parnassia l’Obel’s name for Gramen Parnassium – grass of Parnassus (Dioscorides’<br />
name, agrwstij en parnasso, gave the Latin name, gramen parnasium)<br />
(Parnassiaceae)<br />
parnassifolius -a -um having leaves similar to those of Parnassia, Parnassia-folium<br />
Parochetus Brookside, par-oxetoj<br />
Parodia for Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966) of Buenos Aires, botanist and<br />
writer on grasses<br />
Paronychia Beside-nail, par-onuc (Dioscorides’ name, paronuxoj, for its former<br />
use to treat whitlows)<br />
paronychioides resembling Paronychia, Paronychia-oides<br />
Paropsis Dish-of-food, par-oyij (a small dish)<br />
parqui from the Chilean name for Cestrum parqui<br />
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