The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
pomeridians, pomeridianus -a -um of the afternoon, pm, post-meridianus (afternoon<br />
flowering)<br />
pomi- apple-like-, pomum<br />
pomifer -era -erum pome-bearing, bearing apple-like fruits, pomum-fero<br />
pomiformis -is -e apple-shaped, pomum-forma<br />
pomponius -a -um having a top-knot or pompon, of great splendour, pompous,<br />
pompa<br />
ponapensis -is -e from Ponapé, Caroline Islands, W Pacific<br />
Poncirus from the French name, poncire, for Japanese bitter orange<br />
ponderosus -a -um heavy, large, ponderous, ponderosus<br />
pondoensis -is -e from Pondoland, eastern province of S Africa<br />
poneanthus -a -um behind-flowered, with flowers not conspicuous, pone-anthus<br />
Pontederia, pontederae for Guillo Pontedera (1688–1757), Professor of Botany at<br />
Padua (Pontederiaceae)<br />
ponticus -a -um of the Black Sea’s southern area, Pontus or Pontica<br />
pontophilus -a -um living in the deep sea, ponto-filoj<br />
poocolus -a -um inhabiting meadows, botanical Latin from poa and colo<br />
poophilus -a -um meadow-loving, poa-filoj<br />
popayanus -a -um from Popayán, beneath the Puracé volcano, Colombia<br />
popinalis of restaurants, popina, popinonis (Rhodocybe popinalis is of uncertain<br />
edibility)<br />
populago women-like, crowding, populus with feminine suffix<br />
populeus -a -um blackish-green (colour of leaves of Populus nigra)<br />
populifolius -a -um poplar-leaved, populeus-folium<br />
populinus -a -um of the poplar, Populus (bracket fungus also on other deciduous<br />
trees)<br />
populneus -a -um (populnaeus) poplar-like, related to Populus (inquiline beetles)<br />
populnifolius -a -um poplar-leaved, populus-folium<br />
Populus the ancient name for poplar, old French pouplier, arbor populi, tree of the<br />
people<br />
por- passage-, pore-, poroj<br />
Porania a far-eastern vernacular name for snow-creeper, Porania racemosa<br />
porcatus -a -um ridged, porca, porcae<br />
porcinus -a -um of pigs, porcus, porci<br />
poronaicus -a -um from the environs of Poronaysk and the Poronai river, S Sakhalin,<br />
Russia<br />
Poronia Tuffa-like, pwroj (the appearance of the polyporous fruiting body with<br />
the dark dots of emerging perithecia)<br />
porophilus -a -um loving soft stony ground, poro-filoj<br />
porophyllus -a -um having (or appearing to have) holes in the leaves, poro-fullon<br />
porosporus -a -um with spores having pore(s) (the truncate-pored spores of Boletus<br />
porosporus)<br />
Porphyra Purple, porfura, the Greek name for the mollusc from which the dye<br />
was made (Porphyra umbilicalis is Rhodophycean laver of Welsh cuisine; porphyry<br />
is a reddish rock containing crystals, and porphyria is an hereditary disease<br />
involving light sensitivity and breakdown of haemoglobin)<br />
Porphyrella the feminine diminutive from Porphyra<br />
porphyreus -a -um, porphyrio n, porphyrius -a -um purple, bloody, warm-coloured,<br />
reddish, porfureoj (Porphyrion, one of 24 sons of Ge and Uranus, was a giant in<br />
Roman mythology)<br />
porphyricolus -a -um living on porphyry rock formations, porphyry-colo<br />
porphyrocephalus -a -um with a reddish head, porfura-kefalh (the pileus)<br />
porphyroglossus -a -um with a dark reddish-purple tongue, porfuro-glwssa<br />
porphyroneurus -a -um with purple veins, porfuro-neura<br />
porphyrophaeus -a -um bright reddish-purple, porfuro-faioj<br />
porphyrostelis -is -e having a purple stalk, porfureoj-sthlh<br />
porosus -a -um with holes or pores, poroj, poro-<br />
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