The Names Of Plants.pdf
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The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
pedemontanus -a -um from Piedmont, N Italy (foot of the hills)<br />
pedialis -is -e with a long flower-stalk, pes, pedis<br />
pedicellatus -a -um, pedicellaris -is -e (pediculatus) each flower clearly borne on its<br />
own individual stalk in the inflorescence, pedicellate, modern Latin pedicellus<br />
Pedicularis Louse-wort, pedis, pedis; pediculus<br />
pedicularis -is -e of lice, pedis, pedis (a name for a plant in Columella thought to be<br />
associated with lice)<br />
pedifidus -a -um shaped like a (bird’s) foot, pedis-(findo, findere, findi, fissum)<br />
pedil-, pedilo- shoe-, slipper-, pedilon<br />
Pedilanthus Shoe-flower, pedil-anqoj (involucre of bird cactus)<br />
pediophilus -a -um growing in upland areas, pedio-filoj<br />
peduncularis -is -e, pedunculatus -a -um with the inflorescence supported on a distinct<br />
stalk, pedunculate, diminutive from pedatus<br />
pedunculosus -a -um with many or conspicuous peduncles, pedunculus<br />
Peganum <strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name, phganon, for rue<br />
pekinensis -is -e from Peking (Beijing), N China; or for Pekin, Illinois, USA<br />
pel- throughpelargoniifolius<br />
-a -um with leaves resembling those of Pelargonium, Pelargoniumfolium<br />
Pelargonium Stork, pelargoj (Greek name compares the fruit shape of florists’<br />
geranium with a stork’s head)<br />
pelegrina from a vernacular name for Alstroemeria pelegrina<br />
pelewensis -is -e from the volcanic islands of Pelew (Palau), E Pacific Ocean<br />
pelianthinus -a -um clay-flowery, phlinoj-anqinoj<br />
pelicanos pelican-like, pelekan<br />
peliorrhincus -a -um, peliorrhynchus -a -um like a stork’s beak, pelargoj-rugxoj<br />
pelios- black-, livid-, pelioj<br />
Peliosanthes Livid-flowered-one, pelioj-anqoj<br />
pelisserianus -a -um for Guillaume Pelisser, sixteenth-century Bishop of<br />
Montpellier, mentioned by Tournefort as discoverer of Teucrium scordium and<br />
Linaria pelisseriana<br />
Pellaea Dusky, pelloj (the fronds of most)<br />
pellitus -a -um skinned, covered with a skin-like film, pellis<br />
pellucidus -a -um, perlucidus -a -um through which light passes, transparent, clear,<br />
pellucid, perluceo, perlucere, perluxi; perlucidus<br />
pellucipes transparent-stalked, perlucidus(pellucidus)-pes (perluceo, perlucere,<br />
perluxi)<br />
pellus -a -um dusky, pelloj<br />
pelo-, pelonus -a -um clay-, muddy-, phloj<br />
pelocarpus -a -um mud-fruit, fruit of the mud, phloj-karpoj<br />
pelochtho- mud-bank-, river’s edge, phloj-oxqoj<br />
peloponnesiacus -a -um from the Peloponnese (Peloponnisos), Greece<br />
peloritanus -a -um from the Peloritani mountains, Messina, Sicily, Italy<br />
pelorius -a -um monstrous, peloric, pelwrioj (e.g. radial forms of normally bilateral<br />
flowers)<br />
pelta-, pelti-, pelto- shield-, pelth, pelta, peltae<br />
peltafidus -a -um with peltate leaves that are cut into segments, pelta-(findo, findere,<br />
findi, fissum)<br />
Peltandra Shield-stamen, pelth-anhr<br />
Peltaria Small-shield, diminutive from pelth<br />
peltastes lightly armed, peltasthj<br />
peltatus -a -um stalked from the surface (not the edge), peltate, pelth (see Fig. 5d)<br />
peltifolius -a -um having peltate leaves, pelta-folium<br />
Peltiphyllum Shield-leaf, pelth-fullon (the large leaves that follow the flowers);<br />
see Darmera<br />
Peltophorum, peltophorum Shield-bearer, pelth-foroj (the shape of the stigma)<br />
peltophorus -a -um with flat scales, shield-bearing, pelth-fora<br />
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