The Names Of Plants.pdf
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The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
sextupli- six fold-, six-partite, medieval Latin sextuplus<br />
seyal an Arabic vernacular name for Acacia seyal timber (shittim wood)<br />
shallon from the Chinook Indian name, kl-kwa-sha-la, for Gaultheria shallon<br />
sharonensis -is -e from Sharon, Connecticut, USA<br />
shastensis -is -e from the Shasta area of the Cascade range, N California<br />
shawianus -a -um, shawii for Walter Robert Shaw, botanist of Illinois and Manilla c.<br />
1871–3<br />
shensianus -a -um from Shaanxi or Shanxi provinces of N China<br />
Shepherdia for John Shepherd (1764–1836), curator of Liverpool University Botanic<br />
Garden<br />
Sherardia for William Sherard (1659–1728) and his brother James Sherard<br />
Sherbournia for Margaret Dorothea Sherbourn (1791–1846), who was the first to<br />
flower Sherbournia foliosa in England<br />
sheriffii for Major George Sherriff (1898–1967), collector in Tibet and Bhutan<br />
Shibataea for Keita Shibata (1878–1949), Japanese botanist<br />
shirasawanus -a -um from a Japanese name<br />
shirensis -is -e from the environs of the Shire river which overflows from Lake<br />
Nyassa, Malawi<br />
shittim the biblical name for the wood of Acacia nilotica, from which the ark was to<br />
be built<br />
Shortia, shortii for Dr Charles W. Short (1794–1863), botanist of Kentucky, USA<br />
Shoshonea of the Shoshone or Shoshoni indigenous American people, or from their<br />
territory<br />
shuttleworthii for Edward Shuttleworth (1829–1909), who collected for Bull’s<br />
nursery at Chiswick<br />
siamensis -is -e, siameus -a -um, siamicus -a -um from Thailand (formerly Siam)<br />
Sibbaldia for Robert Sibbald (1643–1720), Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh and<br />
author of Scotia illustrata<br />
Sibbaldiopsis similar to Sibbaldia, botanical Latin from Sibbaldia and wyij<br />
Sibaraea, sibiraeus -a -um Siberian (the provenance of Sibaraea altaiensis)<br />
sibericus -a -um from Siberia, Siberian<br />
Sibthorpia, sibthorpianus -a -um, sibthorpii for Professor Humphrey Sibthorp<br />
(1713–97), of Oxford, and his son John (1758–96), English botanist<br />
siccatus -a -um, siccus -a -um of dry places, dried out, sicco, siccare, siccavi, siccatum<br />
sicerarius -a -um (for holding) strong drink, sikera (Lagenaria siceraria, bottle gourd)<br />
siculi- dagger-shaped-, sica, sicae<br />
siculiformis -is -e shaped like a small dagger, sicula-forma<br />
siculus -a -um from Sicily, Sicilian (Sicilia)<br />
sicyoides from Sicyon, Peloponnese<br />
Sicyos a name, sikuoj, used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus for a cucumber<br />
Sida from a Greek name, side, used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus for a water-lily and a pomegranate<br />
tree<br />
Sidalcea Like-Sida-and-Alcea<br />
sidereus -a -um iron-hard, of iron-like nature, sidhreioj; sidhroj, sidhro-<br />
Sideritis the Greek name, sideritoj, for plants used on wounds caused by iron<br />
weapons<br />
siderophloius -a -um iron-hard-barked, sidhroj-floioj<br />
siderophyllus -a -um with iron-hard or rusty haired leaves, sidhroj-fullon<br />
siderostichus -a -um with rigid rows, sidhroj-stixoj (of spikelets)<br />
Sideroxylon, sideroxylon Iron-wood, sidhroj-culon (the hard timber of the miraculous<br />
berry)<br />
sidoides resembling Sida, Sida-oides<br />
sieberi for Franz Wilhelm Sieber (1785–1844), of Prague, who travelled widely in<br />
the tropics<br />
sieboldiana, sieboldii for Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866), German physician<br />
and plant collector in Japan<br />
Sieglingia for Professor Siegling, botanist of Erfurt<br />
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