The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
stoloniflorus -a -um flowering on creeping stems, stolonis-flores<br />
Stomatium Mouth, stoma (from the pairs of toothed leaves)<br />
-stomus -a -um- mouthed, stoma<br />
Storax see Styrax<br />
stracheyi for General Sir Richard Strachey FRS (1817–1908), collector in the<br />
Himalayas, 1846–9<br />
stragulatus -a -um, stragulus -a -um carpeting, covering, choking, strangulo, strangulare,<br />
strangulavi, strangulatum<br />
stramine-, stramineus -a -um straw-coloured, stramen, straminis<br />
stramonii- Stramonium-likestramonium<br />
from a name, struxnoj manikoj, used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus for the thorn<br />
apple, Datura stramonium, possibly from Tartar, turman<br />
strangulatus -a -um constricting, strangling; with irregular constrictions, strangulo,<br />
strangulare, strangulavi, strangulatum<br />
Stranvaesia for William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways (1795–1865), Earl of<br />
Ilchester and botanist<br />
strateumaticus -a -um forming an army, forming groups, strateuma, strateumatoj<br />
Stratiotes Soldier, stratiwthj (Dioscorides’ name, stratiwthj potamioj, for an<br />
Egyptian water plant with sword-shaped leaves)<br />
Stravinia the composite name for hybrids between Stranvaesia and Photinia, when<br />
held to be distinct genera<br />
Streblochaete Twisted-hair, streblow-xaith (the long awns of the lemmas)<br />
Strelitzia for Charlotte, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), wife of<br />
George III (bird of paradise flowers) (Strelitziaceae)<br />
strepens rustling, rattling, present participle of strepo, strepere, strepui<br />
Strephonema Twisted-threads, strefw-nhma (the stamens)<br />
strepsi-, strept-, strepto- twisted-, coiled-, streptoj, strepto-<br />
Streptocarpus Twisted-fruit, streptoj-karpoj (the fruits contort as they mature)<br />
Streptochaeta Twisted-bristles, streptoj-xaith (the twined awns)<br />
Streptogyne Twisted-ovary, streptoj-gunh (the tangled, spinulose stigmas)<br />
Streptolophus Twisted-crest, streptoj-lofoj (the fruit’s bristles)<br />
Streptomyces Coiled-fungus, streptoj mukhj (filamentous bacteria forming<br />
mycelia with branching strands of spores)<br />
streptophyllus -a -um with spirally twisted leaf blades, strepto-fullon<br />
Streptopus Twisted-stalk, streptoj-pouj<br />
Streptosolen Twisted-tube, streptoj-swlhn (the corolla tube is spirally twisted<br />
below the expanded part)<br />
striatellus -a -um, striatulus -a -um somewhat marked with parallel lines, grooves or<br />
ridges, striata, striatae (literally a scallop)<br />
striatiflorus -a -um with striped flowers, striatus-florum<br />
striatus -a -um ridged, striped, with a rippled or lined surface, modern Latin from<br />
stria, a furrow<br />
stribrnyi for Vaclav Stribrny (b. 1853), botanist of Lidice, Prague<br />
stricti-, stricto- straight, strict, stringo, stringere, strinxi, strictum<br />
strictiforme drawn together, of erect habit, strictus-forma<br />
strictior straighter, more erect, comparative of strictus<br />
strictipes with a straight stalk, strictus-pes<br />
strictissimus -a -um the most erect, superlative of strictus<br />
strictus -a -um erect, close, stiff, stringo, stringere, strinxi, strictum<br />
Striga Swathe, strigosus thin (most are rigidly erect)<br />
strigatus -a -um straight, rigid, Striga-like<br />
strigilifolius -a -um having rigid, bristle-like leaves, strigilis-folium<br />
strigillosus -a -um with short rigid bristles, strigil, strigilis<br />
strigosus -a -um scraggy, thin, lank; with rigid hairs or bristles, strigose, strigosus<br />
strigulosus -a -um somewhat strigose, diminutive of strigosus<br />
striolatus -a -um faintly striped, finely lined, diminutive of stria<br />
strobiformis -is -e of a conical habit, botanical Latin from strobiloj and forma<br />
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