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Glossary<br />

pigrus -a -um sluggish or slow-growing, pigro, pigrare; pigror, pigrari<br />

pilanthus -a -um having flowers with a felted texture, piloj-anqoj<br />

pilaris -is -e pilose, piloj, pilo-, pilus, pili<br />

Pilea Felt-cap, pileus<br />

pileatus -a -um capped, having a cap, pileus<br />

pileo- cap-, piloj, pileus (literally, the felt cap presented when a slave was manumitted)<br />

Pileostegia Felt-cap-covered, piloj-stegh<br />

piliferus, pilifer -era -erum bearing hairs, with short soft hairs, ending in a long fine<br />

hair, (pilus, pili)-fero<br />

pilo- felted with long soft hairs, piloj, pilo-, pilus, pili<br />

Pilocarpus, pilocarous -a -um Felted-fruit, piloj-karpoj<br />

Pilosella, pilosella Soft-haired, feminine diminutive of pilosus (Rufinus’ name for<br />

Hieracium pilosella)<br />

pilosellae of hawkweed, living on Hieracium pilosella (Cystiphora, dipteran gall<br />

midge)<br />

piloselloides hawkweed-like, Pilosella-oides<br />

pilosellus -a -um tomentose, finely felted with soft hairs, diminutive of pilosus<br />

pilosissimus -a -um very pilose, superlative of pilosus<br />

pilosiusculus -a -um hairy-ish, with sparse very fine hairs, somewhat pilose,<br />

diminutive of pilosus<br />

pilosulus -a -um loosely pilose, somewhat hairy, diminutive of pilosus<br />

pilosus -a -um covered with soft distinct hairs, pilose, pilosus<br />

piluiformis -is -e globular, pilula-forma<br />

Pilularia Small-balls, diminutive of pila (the shape of the sporocarps)<br />

pilularis -is -e, pilulifer -era -erum having glands or globular structures, bearing<br />

small balls, pilula-fero<br />

Pimelea Fat, pimelh (the oily seeds of rice flower)<br />

pimeleoides resembling Pimelea<br />

pimelus -a -um oily or fatty, pimelh<br />

Pimenta from the Spanish name, pimienta, for allspice, the dried fruit of Pimenta<br />

officinalis, pimento (Latin pigmenta, spices)<br />

pimentoides allspice-like, Pimenta-oides<br />

Pimpinella, pimpinella a medieval name of uncertain meaning, first used by<br />

Matthaeus Sylvaticus (cognates include pimpernel and, probably, piper and<br />

prunella)<br />

pimpinellae on burnet saxifrage, living on Pimpinella (Kiefferia, dipteran gall midge)<br />

pimpinellifolius -a -um Pimpernel-leaved, Pimpinella-folium<br />

pimpinelloides resembling Pimpinella<br />

pinaster Wild-pine, pinus-aster, Pliny’s name for Pinus sylvestris<br />

pindicola, pindicus -a -um living in, or from, the Pindus mountain range, Greece,<br />

botanical Latin from Pindus and colo<br />

pindrow the W Himalayan vernacular name for Abies pindrow<br />

Pinellia for Giovanni Vincenzo Pinelli (1535–1601), of the Naples botanic garden<br />

pineolens smelling of pine, present participle from pinus-(oleo, olere, olui)<br />

pineticolus -a -um dwelling on or amongst pines, pinus-colo<br />

pinetorum associated with pines, of pine woods, genitive plural of pinus<br />

pineus -a -um cone-producing, of pines, resembling a pine, pinus<br />

pingui- fat-, pinguis (pinguior fatter)<br />

Pinguicula Grease, feminine diminutive of pinguis (the fatty appearance of the<br />

leaves of butterwort)<br />

pinguifolius -a -um waxy-leaved, thick-leaved, pinguis-folium<br />

pini-, pini pine-like, pine-, living on Pinus (Eriophyes, acarine gall mite)<br />

pinicolus -a -um living amongst pines, pini-colo<br />

pinifolius -a -um pine-leaved, with needle shaped leaves, pini-folium (see Fig. 5c)<br />

pinnati-, pinnatus -a -um set in two opposite ranks, winged, feathered, pinnate,<br />

pinnatus (see Fig. 5c)<br />

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