The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Triuris Three-tailed-one, treij-oura (the subulate extensions of the connectives)<br />
(Triuridaceae)<br />
trivialis -is -e common, ordinary, wayside, of crossroads, trivium<br />
trixago Trixis-like, trixis with feminine suffix<br />
-trix, -tricis suffix indicating possessive of a feminine plural noun (e.g. histrico<br />
theatre, histrix theatrical, histricis of theatricals)<br />
Trixis Triple, tricoj (three-angled fruits)<br />
Trizeuxis Three-yoked, tri-zeucij (the three united perianth segments)<br />
Trochetia for René Joachim Henri du Trochet (1771–1847), French plant physiologist<br />
who elucidated the phenomenon of osmosis<br />
Trochetiopsis Trochetia-like, resembling Trochetia, Trochetia-opsis<br />
trocho- wheel-like-, hooped-, wheel-, troxoj, troxo-<br />
Trochocarpa Wheel-fruit, troxoj-karpoj (the radial cells of the fruit)<br />
Trochodendron Wheel-tree, troxoj-dendron (the radially spreading stamens)<br />
(Trochodendraceae)<br />
Trochomeria Part-of-a-wheel, troxoj-meroj (the male flower’s radiating filiform<br />
petals on their long pedicels)<br />
trochopteranthemus -a -um with flowers resembling electric fans, winged-wheelflowered,<br />
botanical Latin from troxoj-pteron-anqemion<br />
troglodytarum of cave-dwellers, apes or monkeys (Linnaeus’ Musa troglodytarum<br />
implied inferiority or unsuitability for man; cf. sapientium and paradisiaca)<br />
troglodytes hole-dwelling, trwglo-duthj (Troglodytes troglodytes a wren)<br />
Troglophyton Cave-plant, trwglo-futon (habitat)<br />
trojanus -a -um from Troy, Trojan<br />
Trollius Closed-in-flower (Gesner’s name, flos trollius, from the Swiss-German<br />
name, trollblume, for Gerard’s globe flower)<br />
troodi from Mount Trudos, Cyprus<br />
Tropaeolum Trophy, tropaion, tropaeum (the gardener’s Nasturtium was likened by<br />
Linnaeus to the routed losers’ shields and helmets displayed in the manner of the<br />
Greeks after victories in battle) (Tropaeolaceae)<br />
Trophaeastrum Somewhat like a trophy, botanical Latin from tropaeum with astrum<br />
Trophis Food, trofh (eaten by cattle)<br />
-trophus -a -um -nourished, trofij, trofoeij<br />
tropicalis -is -e, tropicus -a -um of the tropics, tropical, troph, tropikoj, tropicus<br />
Tropidia Little-keel, diminutive of tropij<br />
Tropidocarpum Keeled-fruit, botanical Latin from tropij and karpoj (each of the<br />
two halves of the capsule has a keel)<br />
tropicus -a -um of the tropics, tropical, between the sun’s turning points, or latitudes<br />
called Cancer and Capricorn, via Middle English from troph, tropikoj<br />
-tropis -keeled, tropij<br />
-tropus -a -um -turning, troph<br />
Trudelia for Nikolaus Trudel, Swiss orchidologist<br />
trullatus -a -um shaped like a bricklayer’s trowel, trulla, trullae<br />
trulliferus -a -um bearing (leaves) shaped like a scoop or trowel, (trulla,<br />
trullae)-fero<br />
trullifolius -a -um with trowel-shaped leaves (trulla, trullae)-folium<br />
trullus -a -um, trullis -is -e ladle-shaped, scoop-shaped, trulla, trullae<br />
truncatulus -a -um, truncatus -a -um cut off, blunt-ended, trunco, truncare, truncavi,<br />
truncatum (the apex of a leaf) (see Fig. 7d)<br />
truncicolus -a -um tree-trunk dweller, (truncus, trunci)-colo<br />
trunciflorus -a -um having truncated corollas, trunco-florum<br />
truncorus -a -um of tree-stumps, truncus, trunci<br />
Trymalium Eye-of-the-needle, trumalia (the perforations of the capsule)<br />
tsangpoensis -is -e from the area of the Brahmaputra, or Tsang Po river, Tibet<br />
tschonoskii for Chonosuka Sugawa Tschonoski, who collected for Maximonwicz in<br />
Japan c. 1873<br />
tsinghaicus -a -um from Ching-hai (Tsinghai), Tibetan highlands, NW China<br />
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