The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
velutipes with a velvety stalk, botanical Latin from French velouté and pes<br />
venator hunting-pink coloured, of the hunter, venator, venatoris (the flowers of<br />
Rhododendron venator are ‘hunting-pink’)<br />
veneficiorus -a -um, veneficus -a -um of sorcerers or poisoners, veneficium, veneficii<br />
Venegasia for Miguel Venegas (1680–1764), Mexican Jesuit, author of A Natural and<br />
Civil History of California (1759)<br />
venenatus -a -um poisonous, magic, veneno, venenare; venenatus<br />
veneniferus -a -um poison-bearing, venenum-fero<br />
venenosus -a -um very poisonous, comparative of venenatus<br />
veneris -is -e revered, past participle of veneror, venerari, veneratus<br />
venetus -a -um of Venice, Venetian (Veneti, Venetus)<br />
Venidium Veined, vena, venae (the decurrent leaf base on the stem)<br />
venosus -a -um conspicuously veined, comparative of vena, venae<br />
Ventenata for Etienne Pierre Ventenat (1757–1808), French librarian, writer and<br />
botanist<br />
Ventilago <strong>Of</strong>-the-wind, ventilo, ventilare with feminine suffix (wind dispersal of the<br />
winged mericarps)<br />
ventilator flabellate, fan-shaped, winnower-like; juggler, ventilator<br />
ventosus -a -um like the wind, fickle, ventosus<br />
ventri- belly-, venter<br />
ventricosus -a -um bellied out below, distended to one side, expanded, ventricose,<br />
venter<br />
Ventricularia Small-bellied, ventriculus (depression on the labellum)<br />
ventriculosus -a -um slightly bellied, diminutive of ventriculus<br />
ventriososporus -a -um having pot-bellied spores, botanical Latin from ventricosus<br />
and spora<br />
venulosus -a -um with fine veins, venula, finely veined, diminutive of vena<br />
venustulus -a -um quite charming (diminutive of venustus)<br />
venustus -a -um graceful, beautiful, charming, venustus<br />
Vepris Brambly, vepre, vepris ( Todalia)<br />
veratrifolius -a -um false-hellebore-leaved, with leaves like Veratrum, Veratrumfolius<br />
Veratrum Truly-black, vere-(ater, atris) (for the roots of false-hellebore, the Latin<br />
name, veratrum, for a hellebore)<br />
verbanensis -is -e from the area of Lake Maggiore (Lacus Verbanus), Italy<br />
verbasci- mullein-like, resembling Verbascum<br />
verbascifolius -a -um mullein-leaved, with leaves resembling Verbascum,<br />
Verbascum-folium<br />
Verbascum a name, barbascum, in Pliny (for the bearded stamens)<br />
Verbena Sacred-bough, from the Latin name, verbena, verbenae, for the leafy twigs<br />
carried by priests, used in wreaths for Druidic ritual, and in medicine (used by<br />
Virgil and Pliny for vervain, Verbena officinalis), Celtic, ferfain (Verbenaceae)<br />
verbenaca, verbeni- from a name in Pliny, vervain-like<br />
verbeniflos Verbana-flowered<br />
Verbesina Verbena-like (resembles some species)<br />
verecundus -a -um bashful, modest, shy, verecundus<br />
veris of spring, ver, veris (flowering time), genuine, true, standard<br />
verlotiorum (verlotorum) for the brothers Verloti, who introduced Artemesia verlotiorum<br />
from China and noted its relation to A. vulgaris<br />
vermi- worm-like-, worm-, grub-, vermis<br />
vermicularis -is -e worm-like, grub-like, vermis<br />
vermiculatus -a -um inlaid or marked with wavy lines, vermiculatus (cognate, via<br />
French and Old English, with vermilion, from vermis, vermiculus)<br />
vernalis -is -e of spring, vernal, ver, veris (flowering time)<br />
verniciferus -era -erum producing varnish, vernix-fero<br />
vernicifluus -a -um from which flows a varnish, vernix-(fluo, fluere, fluxi, fluxum)<br />
vernicosus -a -um glossy, varnished, vernicosus<br />
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