The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
racemosus -a -um having racemose inflorescences, racemus (see Fig. 2b)<br />
racemus -a -um racemose, having pedicelled flowers arranged singly along the<br />
rachis, racemus (literally a bunch of grapes)<br />
rache-, rachi-, -rachis rachis-, -rachis, backbone, raxij (used botanically for the axis<br />
of compound structures such as leaves)<br />
rachimorphus -a -um back bone-like, with a zigzag central axis, raxij-morfh (as in<br />
Rottboellia)<br />
raco- ragged-, tattered-, patched-, rakoj, rako-<br />
Racopilum Tattered-felt-hat, rakoj-piloj (the calyptra)<br />
Racosperma Patched-seed, rakoj-sperma (the testa)<br />
raddeanus -a -um for Gustav Ferdinand Richard Radde (1831–1903), Director of the<br />
Tiflis Caucasian Museum<br />
radens rasping, scraping, present participle from rado, radere, rasi, rasum (the rough<br />
surface)<br />
radialis -is -e of long olives; actinomorphic, radial, radius<br />
radians shining, radiating, present participle of radio, radiare<br />
radiatiformis -is -e with the ligulate florets increasing in length toward the outside<br />
of the capitulum, radius-forma<br />
radiatus -a -um radiating outwards, radiant, radiatus<br />
radicalis -is -e arising from a root or a crown, radix, radicis<br />
radicans with rooting stems or leaves, present participle from radico, radicare, radicavi,<br />
radicatum<br />
radicantissimus -a -um having the most adventitious roots, superlative of radicans<br />
radicatus -a -um with roots or root-like structures, past participle of radico, to strike<br />
root<br />
radicicola living in roots, radix-colo (Rhizobium nodule bacterium)<br />
radiciflorus -a -um flowering from roots or rootstocks, radix-florum<br />
radicosus -a -um with a large, conspicuous or numerous roots, comparative of<br />
radico<br />
radiiflorus -a -um with radiating flowers or perianth segments, radius-florum<br />
radinus -a -um ray-like, slender, radinoj, radius, radii<br />
radioferens light bearing, glittering, present participle of radio-(fero, ferre, tuli,<br />
latum)<br />
Radiola Radiating, diminutive of radius (the branches)<br />
radiosus -a -um having many rays, radius, radii<br />
radula scraping, rough, rasping, like a rasp, modern Latin from rado, radere, rasi,<br />
rasum<br />
radulifolius -a -um having leaves similar to (Pelargonium) radula, radula-folium<br />
raffia, roffia see Raphia<br />
Rafflesia, rafflesianus -a -um for Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781–1826), diplomat,<br />
orientalist, naturalist and a founder of London Zoo (Rafflesiaceae)<br />
ragas fissured, ragaj<br />
ragusinus -a -um from Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia<br />
rajah ruler, from the Hindi, raja, prince (Sanskrit, rajan, king)<br />
rakaiensis -is -e from the Rakai Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand<br />
rakiurus -a -um ragged-tailed, ragoj-oura; from Stewart Island, New Zealand<br />
ramalanus -a -um from Mount Ramala, W China; having twigs, ramalia<br />
Ramaria Twiggy, ramalia, ramalium (the numerous branches of the fruiting body)<br />
ramealis -is -e of twigs or branches, rameus<br />
ramellosus -a -um like brushwood, twiggy, diminutive of ramus<br />
ramentaceus -a -um covered with scales, ramentum, ramenti (ramenta)<br />
-rameus -a -um -branched, ramus, rami<br />
rami- branches-, of branches-, branching-, ramus, rami<br />
ramiferus -a -um bearing branches, branched, ramus-fero<br />
ramiflorus -a -um with flowers on the branches, ramus-florum<br />
ramipressus -a -um having very closely arranged branches, ramus-(premo, premere,<br />
pressi, pressum)<br />
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