The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
sagittalis -is -e, sagittatus -a -um, sagitti- (saggitatus -a -um) arrow-shaped, sagittate,<br />
sagitta, sagittae (see Fig. 6c)<br />
Sagittaria, sagittarius -a -um Arrowhead, sagitta, (herba sagittaria, the shape of the<br />
leaf-blades re-emphasized in Sagittaria sagittifolia)<br />
sagittifolius -a -um with arrow-shaped leaf-blades, sagitta-folium<br />
sagu yielding the large starch grains, from Malayan vernacular name, sagu, for the<br />
sago palm<br />
saguntinus -a -um from Sagunto, N of Valencia, E Spain<br />
Sagus from the Malayan vernacular name, sagu<br />
sahelicus -a -um from the semi-arid Sahel zone separating the Sahara desert from<br />
the more humid savannas to the south<br />
sahyadricus -a -um from the Sahyadri mountains, Maharashtra, India<br />
Saintpaulia for Baron Walter von Saint Paul-Illaire (1860–1910), Berliner who discovered<br />
Saintpaulia ionantha<br />
sakalavarus -a -um of the Sakalava people of the western savannas of Madagascar<br />
salax lustful, salacious, salax<br />
Salaxis an unexplained name by Salisbury (who perhaps lusted, salax, salacis,<br />
after it)<br />
saldanhensis -is -e from Saldanha Bay, SW S Africa<br />
salebrosus -a -um rough, salebra, salebrae<br />
salicarius -a -um, salicinus -a -um willow-like, resembling Salix<br />
salice-, salici- willow-like, willow-, Salix<br />
salicetorum of willow thickets, Salix-etorum<br />
salicifolius -a -um with willow-like leaves, Salix-folium<br />
salicinus -a -um resembling willow, of willows, Salix (looking like, or growing with<br />
or on detritus from willows)<br />
salicolus -a -um inhabiting saline soils, (sal, salis)-colo<br />
Salicornia Salt-horn, sal-cornu (refers to the habitat and the form of the shootjoints)<br />
salicornioides resembling Salicornia, Salicornia-oides<br />
salictorus -a -um of willow habitats, Salix<br />
saliens projecting forward, present participle of salio, salire, salui, saltum<br />
salignus -a -um of willow-like appearance, willowy, resembling Salix<br />
salinus -a -um of saline habitats, halophytic, salsus<br />
salisburgensis -is -e from Salzburg (Salisburgia) Austria, or Salisbury, England<br />
Salisburia for Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761–1829) English botanist and<br />
founder member of the RHS in 1804 ( Ginkgo biloba)<br />
Salix the Latin name for willows, cognate with sallow (Salicaceae)<br />
salmanticus -a -um from Salamanca (Salmintica), W Spain<br />
Salmia, salmii for Prince Joseph Maria Franz Anton Hubert Ignaz Salm-<br />
Reifferscheid-Dyck (1773–1861), writer on succulent plants<br />
salmoneus -a -um salmon-coloured, pink with a touch of yellow (in mythology, the<br />
son of Aeolus, punished for imitating lightning)<br />
salomonis of Solomon (medieval Latin, sigillum salomonis, for Solomon’s seal,<br />
Polygonatum multiflorum)<br />
salonitanus -a -um from the environs of the Bay of Salona, Gulf of Corinth, Greece<br />
salpi- tube-, trumpet-, salpigc, salpi-<br />
Salpichroa Tube-of-skin, salpi-xroa (the form of the flower)<br />
Salpiglossis Trumpet-tongue, salpi-glwssa (the shape of the style)<br />
salpingophorus -a -um trumpet-bearing, (salpigc, salpiggoj)-foroj<br />
Salsola Salt, salsus (Cesalpino’s name for the taste and the habitat)<br />
salsoloides resembling Salsola, Salsola-oides<br />
salsuginosus -a -um of salt-marshes, of habitats inundated by salt water, salsus<br />
salsus -a -um witty; living in saline habitats, salsus<br />
saltatorius -a -um dancing, saltatorius (also of discontinuous evolutionary strides)<br />
saltatrix (suggestive of) a female dancer, saltatrix, saltatricis<br />
saltensis -is -e from the province of Salta, NW Argentina<br />
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