The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Scutellinia Small-bowl, scutella, scutellae<br />
scutiformis -is -e buckler-shaped, (scutum, scuti)-forma<br />
Scyphanthus Goblet-flower, skufoj-anqoj<br />
scyphiferus -a -um bearing goblet or wine-cup (-shaped structures), scyphus-fero<br />
scypho-, -scyphus -a -um wine-cup-, beaker-, goblet-, scyphus, skufoj<br />
scyphocalyx with a goblet-shaped calyx, skufoj-kaluc<br />
Scyphocephalium Goblet-headed, skufoj-kefalh (the inflorescences contain up to<br />
three heads each of numerous flowers)<br />
scyt-, scyto- leathery-, skuthnoj, skutinoj, skutoj, skuto-<br />
Scytanthus Leathery-flowered, skutoj-anqoj (part of the adaptation to attract<br />
coprozoic pollinators)<br />
Scytonema Thong-like, skutoj-nhma (leathery filaments)<br />
scytophyllus -a -um leathery-leaved, skutoj-fullon<br />
se- apart-, without-, out-<br />
Seaforthia for Francis Humberston Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth (1754–1815), patron<br />
of botany ( Ptychosperma)<br />
sebaceus -a -um, sebifer -era -erum tallow-bearing, producing wax, sebaceus<br />
Sebaea for Albert Seba (1665–1736), apothecary and author of Amsterdam<br />
sebiferus -a -um providing tallow, wax-bearing, sebum-fero<br />
sebosus -a -um full of wax, sebum, sebi<br />
Secale the Latin name, secale, for a grain like rye (not cognate with sea-kale, Crambe<br />
maritima)<br />
secalinus -a -um rye-like, resembling Secale<br />
Secamone from the Arabic, squa mona<br />
sechellarus -a -um from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean<br />
Sechium from the W Indian vernacular, chacha<br />
seclusus -a -um hidden, isolated, secluded, seclusus<br />
sectilis -is -e as though cut into portions, for cutting, sectilis<br />
-sectus -a -um, -sect cut to the base, -divided, -partite, seco, secare, secui, sectum<br />
secundatus -a -um following behind, one-sided, secund, secundum (all the florets<br />
are disposed to one side)<br />
secundi-, secundus -a -um turned-, secund, one-sided, secundum (as when flowers<br />
are all to one side of an inflorescence)<br />
secundiflorus -a -um with the flowers all facing one direction, secund-flowered,<br />
secundum-florum<br />
secundirameus -a -um with secund branching, secundum-ramus<br />
Securidaca Axe-like, securis (from the shape of the winged fruits)<br />
securifolius -a -um having leaves shaped like axe-heads, securis- folium<br />
securiger -era -erum axe-bearing, securis-gero (the shape of some organ)<br />
Securinega Axe-refuser, securis-(nego, negare, negavi, negatum) (the hardness of the<br />
timber of some species)<br />
sedi- stonecrop-like, Sedum<br />
sedifolius -a -um with leaves resembling Sedum, Sedum-folium<br />
sediformis -is -e with the habit of a stonecrop, Sedum-forma<br />
sedoides (sedioides) resembling Sedum, Sedum-oides<br />
Sedum a name, sedo, in Pliny (refers to the plant’s ‘sitting’ on rocks etc in the case of<br />
cushion species)<br />
seemannii for Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–71), German collector in tropical<br />
America and Pacific Islands<br />
segetalis -is -e, segetus -a -um of the cornfields, growing amongst crops, seges, segetis<br />
segregatus -a -um dissociated, a component separated from a super-species,<br />
segrego, segregare, segregavi, segregatum<br />
seguieri, seguierianus -a -um for Jean François Seguier (1703–84), botanist of Nîmes<br />
seguinis -is -e harming themselves, se-guiow (Dieffenbachia, dumb-canes)<br />
seiro- rope-like, rope, seira<br />
sejugus -a -um with six leaflets, sex-iugum<br />
sejuntus -a -um separated, solitary, se-(iungo, iungere, iunxi, iunctum)<br />
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