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Glossary<br />
-pous -foot, -stalk, -stalked, pouj, podoj<br />
powellii for either Thomas Powell (1809–87), missionary in Samoa, or C. Baden<br />
Powell, of Tunbridge Wells (Crinum powellii c. 1885), or James Thomas Powell<br />
(1833–1904)<br />
pradhanii for D. S. Pradhan of Chandra nursery, Sikkim c. 1930<br />
prae-, pre- before-, compared-with-, in front-, praepraealtus<br />
-a -um very tall or high or deep, outstanding, prae-altus<br />
praeandinus -a -um from the Andean foothills, botanical Latin from prae- and Andes<br />
praecalvus -a -um with a transient indumentum, prematurely bald, prae-calvus<br />
praecipuus -a -um special, outstanding, praecipuus<br />
praeclarus -a -um beautiful, distinguished, very bright, praeclarus<br />
praecocissimus -a -um the most quick or early to mature, superlative from praecox<br />
praecox, praecocius -a -um premature, early-ripening, prae-coxi (coquo, coqueri, coxi,<br />
coctum)<br />
praecultus -a -um of early cultivation, praecolo, praecolere, praecolui, praecultum<br />
praecurrens spreading, running forwards, present participle of prae-(curro, currere,<br />
cucurri, cursum)<br />
praeflorens early-flowering, prae-florens; tarnishing, praefloro, praeflorare<br />
praegeri for Robert Lloyd Praeger (1865–1953), Dublin librarian and writer on<br />
Sedum and Sempervivum etc.<br />
praegerianus -a -um for Dr Robert Lloyd Praeger (vide supra)<br />
praegnacanthus -a -um having swollen thorns, prae-(g)nasci-acanthus<br />
praegnans full, swollen, pregnant(-looking), praegnans, praegnantis<br />
praelongus -a -um very long, praelongus<br />
praemorsus -a -um as if nibbled at the tip, prae-(mordeo, mordere, momordi, morsum)<br />
praenitens shining forth, seeming more attractive, praeniteo, praeniter, praenitui<br />
praepinguis -is -e very rich, prae-pinguis<br />
praeproperus -a -um rash, over-hasty, praeproperus<br />
praerosus -a -um appearing to have been gnawed off, past participle of praerodo,<br />
praerodere, praerosum<br />
praeruptorum of rough places, praerupta (living on screes)<br />
praesignis -is -e conspicuous, praesignis<br />
praestans pre-eminent, outstanding, praestans<br />
praeteritus -a -um escaped, neglected, surpassed, excluded, past participle of<br />
praetereo, praeterirr, praeterii, praeteritum<br />
praetermissus -a -um overlooked, omitted, praetermitto, praetermittere, praetermisi,<br />
praetermissum<br />
praeteruptorus -a -um beyond violation, praeter-(ruptor, ruptoris)<br />
praetervisus -a -um beyond the faculty of seeing, praeter-visus (the complexity of<br />
balistospore discharge in Peziza)<br />
praetextus -a -um bordered, fringed, disguised, praetextum<br />
praeustus -a -um appearing to have been scorched or frost-bitten, hardened at the<br />
tip, praeustus<br />
praevernalis -is -e, praevernus -a -um before spring, early, pre-vernal, prae-vernus<br />
pragensis -is -e from Prague, Czech Republic (Praga, Pragensis)<br />
praireus -a -um of American open grasslands or prairies, via French, praerie, from<br />
Latin pratum<br />
prasinatus -a -um, prasinus -a -um, prasus -a -um leek-green, leek-like, prasinus (for<br />
various Allium species)<br />
prasophyllus -a -um with leaves similar to those of a leek, prasinus<br />
pratensis -is -e of the meadows, pratum, prati<br />
pratericolus -a -um of meadows, inhabitant of grassy places, pratum-colo<br />
Pratia for M. C. L. Prat-Bernon (d. 1817), French naval officer who died on<br />
Freycinet’s expedition<br />
praticolus -a -um of meadows, inhabitant of grassy places, pratum-colo<br />
prattii for Antwerp E. Pratt (fl. 1880–1915), British explorer in China, Tibet and<br />
New Guinea<br />
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