The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
pseudoscaber false or pseudo (Asparagus) scaber, false or pseudo (Porphyrellus)<br />
scaber<br />
pseudosecalinus -a -um false or pseudo (Bromus) secalinus<br />
pseudosibiricum false or pseudo (Geranium) sibiricum<br />
pseudosieboldianum false or pseudo (Acer) sieboldianum<br />
pseudosikkimensis -is -e false or pseudo (Primula) sikkimensis<br />
pseudospathulata false or pseudo (Alstoemeria) spathulata<br />
Pseudostellaria false or pseudo Stellaria<br />
pseudostrobus false or pseudo (Pinus) strobus<br />
pseudosuber false or pseudo (Quercus) suber<br />
pseudotinctoria false or pseudo (Inidigofera) tinctoria<br />
Pseudotsuga false or pseudo Tsuga<br />
pseudoturneri false or pseudo (Quercus) turneri<br />
pseudoversicolor false or pseudo (Pedicularis) versicolor<br />
pseudoviola false or pseudo (Impatiens) viola<br />
pseudovirgata false or pseudo (Euphorbia) virgata<br />
Pseudowintera false or pseudo Wintera<br />
Psidium a Greek name, yidion (formerly for the pomegranate, for the similarity of<br />
the fruits)<br />
psilanthus -a -um slender-, smooth- or naked-flowered, yilo-anqoj<br />
psilicolus -a -um prairie-dwelling, living in empty places, botanical Latin from<br />
yiloj and colo<br />
psilo- slender-, smooth-, bare-, yiloj, yilopsilocaulis<br />
-is -e slender or bare stemmed, yiloj-kauloj<br />
Psilocybe Bald-head, yiloj-kubh (the pileus of the liberty cap toadstool resembles<br />
the Phrygean bonnet given to freed Roman slaves)<br />
psiloglottis -is -e having a smooth tongue, lip or labellum, yiloj-glwtta<br />
psilostachyus -a -um having slender spikes, yiloj-staxuj<br />
Psilostemon, psilostemon Slender- or Naked-stamens, yiloj-stemon<br />
Psilostrophe Naked-carrier, yiloj-(trofoj, trofeuj) (the naked receptacle as the<br />
‘nurse’)<br />
Psilotum Naked, yiloj (hairless) (Psilotaceae)<br />
psittacinus -a -um parrot-like, yittakoj (contrasted colouration of parrot toadstool)<br />
psittacoides resembling a parrot, yittakoj-oeidhj (brightly coloured flower-heads<br />
of Cirrhopetalum)<br />
psittacorus -a -um of parrots, yittakoj, psittacus<br />
Psittacula Parrot-like, feminine diminutive from yittakoj, psittacus (the troublesome<br />
ring-necked parakeet)<br />
Psoralea Warted-one, yoraleoj (the dot-marked vegetative parts)<br />
Psyche Love, for Psyche (one of the Dryad nymphs married to Cupid, often personified<br />
in female form as the soul of man or as a butterfly)<br />
psychodes, psycodes butterfly-like, yuxh-wdej (like Psyche the Dryad nymph)<br />
Psychotria Refreshment, yuxh (for the reputed medicinal properties of some)<br />
psychrophilus -a -um cold-loving, yuxroj-piloj<br />
Psylliostachys Bare-spike, yilo-staxuj<br />
Psyllium, psyllium of fleas, yulla (from a Greek name, yullion, refers to the resemblance<br />
of Plantago psyllium seed to a fleas, yulla) (gall-forming jumping plant<br />
lice, Psylla, are homopterans, not fleas)<br />
psyllocephalus -a -um having a head of seeds looking like fleas, yulla-kefalh<br />
Ptarmica, ptarmica causing sneezes, ptarmikoj (Dioscorides’ onomatopoeic<br />
generic name, ptarmikh) (Gerard translated the apothecaries’ herba sternutatoria<br />
as sneezewort, Achillea ptarmica)<br />
ptarmiciflorus -a -um with sneezewort-like flower heads, ptarmica-florum<br />
ptarmicoides resembling Achillea ptarmica, ptarmica-oides<br />
Ptelea the ancient Greek name, ptelea (for elm, transferred for the similarity of the<br />
fruit)<br />
Pteleopsis Ptelea-like, ptelea-oyij (resembling the hop-tree)<br />
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