The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
pudens drooping, modest, present participle of pudet, pudere, puduit<br />
pudibundus -a -um modest, pudibundus<br />
pudicus -a -um retiring, chaste, modest, bashful, pudicus (Mimosa pudica, the<br />
humble plant, ‘hides’ itself when touched, by folding together all its leaflets)<br />
pudorosus -a -um very bashful, pudet, pudere, puduit (puditum) (shy flowers)<br />
Puelia, puelii for Timothée Puel (1812–90), French botanist in Syria<br />
puellaris -is -e girlish, young wife; youthful, puella, puellae<br />
Pueraria for Marc Nicolas Puerari (1765–1845), Swiss Professor of Botany at<br />
Copenhagen<br />
puertoricensis -is -e from Puerto Rica, W Indies<br />
pugionacanthus -a -um having dagger-shaped thorns, botanical Latin from pugionis<br />
and akanqoj<br />
pugioniformis -is -e (us) dagger-shaped, (pugio, pugionis)-forma<br />
pugnax obstinate, aggressive, pugnax, pugnacis<br />
pugniformis -is -e with the shape of a fist, botanical Latin from (puc, pugmh) and<br />
forma<br />
pulchellus -a -um beautiful, pretty, diminutive of pulcher<br />
pulcher -chra -chrum beautiful, handsome, fair, pulcher, pulchri<br />
pulcherrimus -a -um most beautiful, most handsome, superlative of pulcher<br />
pulchriflorus -a -um having beautiful flowers, pulchri-florum<br />
pulegioides resembling Pulegium, Pulegium-oides<br />
Pulegium, pulegius -a -um Flea-dispeller, pulex, pulicis (Pliny’s name, pulegium, for a<br />
plant whose burning leaves kill fleas)<br />
Pulicaria, pulicarius -a -um Fleabane, Latin name for a plant which wards off fleas,<br />
pulex, pulicis<br />
pulicaris -is -e of fleas, pulex, pulicis (e.g. the shape of the fruits)<br />
pullatus -a -um clothed in black, sad-looking, mournful, pullus<br />
pulloides resembling (Campanula) pulla<br />
pullus -a -um raven-black, almost dead-black, pullus<br />
Pulmonaria Lung-wort, pulmones (the signature of the spotted leaves, herba pulmonariae<br />
maculosae, as indicative of efficacy in the treatment of respiratory disorders)<br />
pulmonarioides resembling Pulmonaria, Pulmonaria-oides<br />
pulmonarius -a -um like the lungs, pulmo, pulmonis (appearance or texture)<br />
pulposus -a -um fleshy, pulpy, pulpa, pulpae<br />
Pulsatilla, pulsatillus -a -um Quiverer, pulsata (Brunfels’ name for the movement of<br />
the flowers in the wind, ‘pulsatione floris vento’ in Linnaeus)<br />
pulveratus -a -um, pulverulus -a -um, pulverulentus -a -um covered with powder,<br />
powdery, full of dust, pulvis, pulveris<br />
pulviger -era -erum dusted, powdered, bearing dust, pulvis-gero<br />
pulvinaris -is -e sacred couch, cushioned, pulvinate, pulvinus, pulvini (the swollen<br />
appearance of these organs of movement)<br />
pulvinatus -a -um cushion-like, cushion-shaped, with pulvini, pulvinus, pulvini pulvinus,<br />
pulvini<br />
pulviniformis -is -e having swellings resembling pulvini, pulvinus-forma<br />
pumilio, pumilus -a -um very small, low, small, dwarf, pumilio, pumilionis<br />
pumilionus -a -um dwarf, pumilio, pumilionis (habit)<br />
punctati-, puncti-, punctatus -a -um punctate, with a pock-marked surface, spotted,<br />
pungo, pungere, pupugi, punctum<br />
punctatifolius -a -um having leaves bearing dots or small indentations, punctusfolium<br />
punctatissimus -a -um the most puncate or spotted, superlative of punctatus<br />
puncticulatus -a -um, puncticulosus -a -um covered in small spots, punctum, puncti<br />
punctilobulus -a -um dotted-lobed, botanical Latin from punctatus and loboj<br />
punctorius -a -um dotted, spotted, punctate, punctum, puncti<br />
punctulatus -a -um covered in small dots, minutely punctate, punctum, puncti<br />
pungens ending in a sharp point, pricking, pungo, pungere, pupungi, punctum<br />
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