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Glossary<br />

tumidi-, tumidus -a -um swollen, tumid, tumidus<br />

tumidicarpus -a -um with swollen fruits, tumidus-carpus<br />

tumidinodus -a -um with swollen nodes, tumidus-nodus<br />

tumidissinodus -a -um with very tumid or swollen-noded, superlative of tumidusnodus<br />

tumulorum of burial mounds, of tumuli, tumulus, tumuli<br />

tunbrigensis -is -e from Tonbridge, Kent<br />

tunguraguae from the area of the Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador<br />

Tunica Undergarment, tunica (the bracts below the calyx)<br />

tunicatus -a -um coated, having a covering or tunic, tunicate, tunica<br />

tuolumnensis -is -e from Tuolumne river and county, California, USA<br />

Tupa, tupa from a Chilean vernacular name ( Lobelia)<br />

tupelo swamp-tree, itw-opilwa ( Nyssa sylvatica)<br />

tupi-, tupis-, tupus -a -um mallet-like-, tupi<br />

Tupidanthus Mallet-flowered-one, tupis-anthus (flower-bud form)<br />

Tupistra Mallet, tupij (the shape of the stigmatic head)<br />

Turbina Whirl, turbo, turbinis (the perianth)<br />

turbinatus -a -um, turbiniformis -is -e conical, top-shaped, turbinate, turbineus<br />

turbith untidy, crowded, turbh<br />

turcicus -a -um from Turkey, Turkish (after the founding ruler Kemal Atatürk)<br />

turcomanicus -a -um, turcumaniensis -is -e from Turkestan, central Asia<br />

turcorus -a -um of the Turks, Turkish (after the founding ruler Kemal Atatürk)<br />

turczaninovii, turczaninowii for Nickolai Stepanovitch Turczaninov (1796–1864),<br />

Russian author of Flora Baicolensis-Dahurica<br />

turfaceus -a -um, turfosus -a -um growing in bogs, modern Latin torfaceus, turfaceus<br />

Turgenia for Alexander Turgenev, Chancellery Director to Prince Gollintzin, in<br />

Russia; some derive as turgeo, to swell<br />

turgescens becoming distended, becoming turgid, turgesco, turgescere<br />

turgidus -a -um bombastic, swollen, inflated, turgid, turgidus<br />

turgiphalliformis -is -e erect-phallus-shaped, via seventeenth late Latin turgidusphallus-forma<br />

turio- sucker-, scaly-shoot-, turio, turionis<br />

turioniferus -a -um throwing up scaly suckers from ground level, turionis-fero<br />

turkestanicus -a -um from Turkestan, S Kazakhstan<br />

turkmenorus -a -um of the Turcoman people, Turkmenistan<br />

Turnera for Reverend William Turner (1508–68), Tudor botanist of Wells, author of<br />

A New Herbal (1568) (Turneraceae)<br />

Turpinia for Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775–1840), French botanical artist<br />

turpis -is -e ugly, deformed, repulsive, turpis<br />

Turraea for Georgio della Turra (1607–88), Professor of Botany at Padua<br />

Turraeanthus Turraea-flowered, Turraea-anthus<br />

Turricula Turreted, diminutive of turris, turris<br />

turriculatus -a -um like a high turret or steeple, turris, turris<br />

Turrita, turrita, Turritis Tower, towering, turris, turris (tower mustard)<br />

turritus -a -um towering, tower-shaped, straight stemmed, turritus<br />

Tussacia for F. Richard de Tussac (1751–1837), French botanist, author of Flora of the<br />

Antilles (1808)<br />

tussilagineus -a -um resembling a small Tussilago, Tussilago-like<br />

Tussilago Coughwort, tussis with feminine suffix (medicinal use of leaves for<br />

treatment of coughs, onomatopoeic)<br />

Tutcheria for William James Tutcher (1867–1920), of the Hong Kong Forestry and<br />

Botany Department<br />

tutelatus -a -um, tutelus -a -um protector, guardian, charm, tutela, tutelae<br />

(tutamentum)<br />

Tweedia, tweedii for James Tweed (1775–1862), of Glasgow, who collected for Kew<br />

in Argentina<br />

tycho- by chance-, tuxh<br />

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