The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Synsepalum, synsepalus -a -um United-sepals, sun-skeph (the tubular lower half of<br />
the calyx)<br />
Synthyris Collected-little-doors, sun-(qurij, quridoj) (the capsule valves)<br />
syphiliticus -a -um of syphilis, first named as a character in Girolamo Fracastoro’s<br />
poem Syphilis, sive morbus Gallicus (1530) or ‘Syphilis, the French disease’ (Lobelia<br />
syphilitica was used to treat the disease)<br />
syriacus -a -um from Syria, Syrian<br />
Syringa Pipe, surigc, suriggoj (formerly for Philadelphus but re-applied by<br />
Dodoens use of the hollow stems to make flutes) (the nymph Syringa was<br />
changed into a reed)<br />
syringanthus -a -um lilac-flowered, Syringa-flowered, suriggoj-anqoj<br />
syringiflorus -a -um lilac-flowered, Syringa-flora<br />
Syringodea Pipe-like, suriggoj-wdhj (the tubular part of the perianth)<br />
syrticolus -a -um of sand banks, living on sand banks, syrtis-colo<br />
systylius -a -um calyptrate, with a lid or cap, sun-stuloj (on moss capsules)<br />
systylus -a -um with the styles joined together, sun-stuloj (Rosa systyla)<br />
syzigachne with scissor-like glumes, su-zugoj-axnh<br />
Syzygium Paired, su-zugoj (from the form of branching and opposite leaves; formerly<br />
applied to Calyptranthus)<br />
szechuanicus -a -um, szetschuanicus -a -um, szechwanensis -is -e from Szechwan, W<br />
China<br />
szovitsianus -a -um, szovitsii for Jihann Nepomuk Szovitz (d. 1830), Hungarian collector<br />
in the Caucasus and Armenia<br />
tabacicomus -a -um with a tobacco-coloured head or hair, tabacum-(coma, comae)<br />
tabacinus -a -um tobacco-coloured, pale-brown, (Nicotiana tabacum) tabacinus<br />
tabacum (tabaccum) from the Mexican-Spanish, Carib vernacular name, tabaco, for<br />
the pipe used for smoking the leaves of Nicotiana tabacum<br />
Tabebuia from a Brazilian vernacular name<br />
Tabernaemontana, tabernaemontanus -a -um, tabernaemontani for Jacob <strong>The</strong>odore<br />
Mueller von Bergzabern of Heidelberg (1520–90), physician and herbalist (his<br />
Latinization of Bergzabern)<br />
tabescens decaying, melting, wasting away, tabesco, tabescere, tabescui<br />
tabidus -a -um wasting away, melting or decaying, tabeo, tabere<br />
tabulaeformis -is -e, tabuliformis -is -e flat and circular, plate-like, tabulae-forma<br />
tabulaemontanus -a -um, tabulamontanus -a -um from Table Mountain, S Africa, or<br />
from Tafelberg, Surinam tabulae-montanus<br />
tabularis -is -e, tabuli- table-flat, flattened, tabula, tabulae<br />
tabulatus -a -um layer upon layer, storied, tabulatum, tabulati<br />
tacamahaca from an Aztec vernacular name for the resin from Populus tacamahaca,<br />
and Calophyllum inophyllum<br />
Tacazzea from the environs of the Takazze river, Ethiopia<br />
tacazzeanus -a -um from the Takazze river, Ethiopia<br />
Tacca from a Malayan vernacular name, taka, for arrowroot (Taccaceae)<br />
Taccarum Tacca-arum (implies intermediate looks but not hybridity)<br />
taccifolius -a -um with leaves like Tacca, Tacca-folium<br />
Tachia etymology uncertain (Speed, taxoj)<br />
Tachiadenus Tachia-glanded, botanical Latin from Tachia and adhnoj (the circle of<br />
glands around the ovary)<br />
Tacinga an anagram of Catinga, the Brazilian semi-arid scrubland vegetation type<br />
tactilis -is -e sensitive to touch, tango, tangere, tetigi, tactum<br />
tacubayensis -is -e from Tacubaya, south of Mexico City, Mexico<br />
taediger -era -erum, taedifer -era -erum torch-bearing, taeda, taedae, taedifer<br />
taediosus -a -um loathsome, taedet, taedere, taeduit, taesum<br />
taedus -a -um an ancient name, taeda, for resinous pine cones used for torches<br />
taegetus -a -um from Mount Taygetos, Greece<br />
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