The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
resinifer -era -erum bearing resin, (resina, resinae)-fero<br />
resplendens shining brightly, shining out, resplendeo, resplendere<br />
restibilis -is -e perennial, able to return, resto, restare, restiti; able to stay behind,<br />
restito, restitare<br />
Restio Rope-maker, restio, restionis (use of the fibrous leaves)<br />
restitutus -a -um returning, renewing, restored, restituo, restituere, restitui,<br />
restitutum<br />
restrictus -a -um confined, sparing, checked, restringo, restringere, restrinxi,<br />
restrictum<br />
resupinatus -a -um inverted, resupinate, resupino, resupinare (e.g. those orchids with<br />
twisted ovaries)<br />
ret-, reti- net-, rete, retis<br />
retama from the Spanish for Genista, from the bushland of S Spain<br />
retatus -a -um netted, net-like, rete, retis<br />
retectus -a -um lacking a cover, revealed, open, retego, retegere, retexi, retectum<br />
reticosus -a -um net-veined, rete, retis<br />
reticulatus -a -um reticulate, conspicuously net-veined, netted, rete, retis<br />
reticulosus -a -um somewhat netted with veins, rete, retis<br />
Retinispora (Rerinospora) a former generic synonym for Thuja later used to describe<br />
coniferous ‘seedling-forms’ (produced from juvenile material) that retain (retineo,<br />
retinere, retinui, retentum) the juvenile foliage characteristic (cf. the process and<br />
nature of Hedera arborescens)<br />
retinodes tenacious looking, (retineo, retinere, retinui, retentum)-odes<br />
retirugus -a -um with prominent netted ridges (the sporulating surface of<br />
Leptoglossum retirugum)<br />
retortus -a -um twisted or turned back, retorqueo, retorquere, retorsi, retortum<br />
retractus -a -um drawn backwards; revised; hesitant, retraho, retrahere, retraxi,<br />
retractum<br />
retro- back-, behind-, backwards-, retro<br />
retroflexus -a -um turned backwards or downwards, retro-(flecto, flectere, flexi,<br />
flexum)<br />
retrofractus -a -um stubborn, turned aside, refracted, retro-(frango, frangere, fregi,<br />
fractum)<br />
retrorsus -a -um curved backwards and downwards, retrorsum<br />
retrospiralis -is -e with a downwards spiral growth, retro-(spira, spirae)<br />
retroversus -a -um turned back, retro-(verto, vertere, versi, versum)<br />
retusiusculus -a -um slightly or shallowly knotched, diminutive of retusus<br />
retusus -a -um blunt with a shallow notch at the tip, retusus (e.g. leaves; see Fig.7f),<br />
retuse<br />
reventus -a -um returning, coming back, revenio, revenire, reveni, reventum<br />
reversus -a -um reversed, upside down, resupinate, revertor, reverti, reversus<br />
revirescens re-greening, re-(viresco, virescere) (produces a late growth and flowering<br />
if dead-headed)<br />
revolutus -a -um rolled back, rolled out and under (e.g. leaf margin), revolute,<br />
revolvo, revolvere, revolvi, revolutum<br />
rex king, rex, regis<br />
Reynoutria ( Polygonum)<br />
rhabarbarum foreign rha, rabarbaron (the root of Rheum officinalis came from<br />
China via the Volga (ra) and became the ‘Volga drug of the foreigners’, rha-barbarikoj,<br />
or rhu-barb)<br />
rhabdo- rod-like, rod-, rabdoj, rabdo-<br />
Rhabdophaga Rod-eater, rabdoj-fagoj (gall mite on leaf margins and twig ends)<br />
rhabdospermus -a -um having rod-shaped seeds, rabdoj-sperma<br />
Rhabdothamnus Rod-bush rabdo-qamnoj (for its entangled habit)<br />
rhabdotus -a -um stiped, with a stipe (stalk), rabdoj<br />
rhache-, -rhachis -is -e backbone-, rachis-, -rachis, raxij<br />
Rhachicallis Beautiful-rachis, raxij-kaloj<br />
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