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 />
toringo a Japanese vernacular name for a Malus<br />
toringoides toringo-like, toringo-oides<br />
Tormentilla, tormentillus -a -um an ancient Latin name, anguish, torment (the powdered<br />
rhizome of Potentilla erecta, tormentil, was used to treat diarrhoea etc.)<br />
torminalis -is -e of colic, tormina, torminum (used medicinally to relieve colic)<br />
torminosus -a -um (subject to) causing colic, tormina, torminum<br />
tornatus -a -um rounded off, turned, torno, tornare, tornavi, tornatum (the coiled<br />
legumes)<br />
torosus -a -um cylindrical with regular constrictions, torosus (literally, muscular)<br />
torquatus -a -um with a (chain-like) collar, necklaced, torques, torquis<br />
Torreya, torreyanus -a -um for Dr John Torrey (1796–1873), American botanist, significant<br />
contributor to the Flora of North America<br />
Torreyochloa Torrey’s-grass (vide supra)<br />
Torricellia for Evangelista Torricelli (1608–47), Italian physicist and microscopist,<br />
inventor of the mercury barometer<br />
torridus -a -um frost-bitten, dried up, of very hot places, torridus<br />
torti-, tortilis -is -e, tortus -a -um twisted, torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortum<br />
tortilipetalus -a -um having twisted petals, botanical Latin from tortilis and petalon<br />
Tortula Twisted, tortus (the 32 spirally twisted teeth of the peristome)<br />
Torulinium Tuft-like, torulus, toruli<br />
tortuosus -a -um with complicate or winding stem growth, possessive of tortus<br />
tortus -a -um complicated, meandering, winding, tortuosus (irregularly twisted<br />
stems)<br />
torulosus -a -um muscular, swollen or thickened at intervals, tufted, possessive of<br />
torulus, toruli<br />
torus -a -um ornamental, mounded, bulging, knotted, torus, tori (fruits)<br />
torvus -a -um fierce, harsh, sharp, torvus<br />
tosaensis -is -e from the area around Tosa Bay, Japan<br />
totarus -a -um from a New Zealand Moari name, totara<br />
Tournefortia for Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708), renaissance plant systematist,<br />
author of Institutiones rei herbariae (1710)<br />
Tourrettia for Marc Antoine Louis Claret de la Tourrett (1729–93), French naturalist<br />
and writer<br />
tovarensis -is -e from the Sierras Tovar, Venezuelan Andes<br />
Tovaria for Simon de Tovar, Spanish physician and botanist<br />
Townsendia, townsendii for David Townsend (1787–1858), Pennsylvanian<br />
botanist, USA<br />
Townsonia for William Townson (1850–1926), English botanist in New Zealand<br />
toxi-, toxicarius -a -um, toxic, toxicum, containing a poisonous principle (tocikonfarmakon,<br />
poison for an arrow)<br />
Toxicodendron, toxicodendron Poison-tree, tocikon-dendron ( Rhus, Anacardiaceae)<br />
Toxicodendrum Poison-tree, tociko-dendron ( Hyaenanche, uaina-agxw, Euphorbiaceae)<br />
toxicus -a -um poisonous, toxicum<br />
toxifera -a -um poisonous, poison-bearing, toxicum-fero<br />
toxispermus -a -um having poisonous seeds, tocikon-sperma<br />
Toxocarpus Poison-fruit, tocikon-karpoj<br />
toza from a S African native name<br />
Tozzia for L. Tozzi (1663–1717), Italian botanist<br />
trabeculatus -a -um cross-barred, diminutive from trabs, trabis, beam<br />
Trachelium, trachelium Neck, traxhloj (old name for a plant used for throat infections,<br />
Campanula trachelium, throatwort)<br />
trachelo- neck-, traxhloj, traxhlo-<br />
Trachelospermum Necked-seed, traxhloj-sperma<br />
trachy- shaggy-, rough-, traxuj, traxu-, -traxeia<br />
Trachyandra Rough-stamens, traxuj-anhr<br />
trachyanthus -a -um having shaggy flowers, traxuj-anqoj<br />
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