The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
viscatus -a -um clammy, visco, viscare<br />
viscidi-, viscidus -a -um sticky, clammy, viscid, visco, viscare<br />
viscidiflorus -a -um having sticky flowers, viscidus-florum<br />
viscidifolius -a -um having sticky leaves, viscidus-folium<br />
viscidulus -a -um slightly sticky, somewhat viscid (diminutive of viscidus)<br />
viscosepalus -a -um with sticky sepals, visco-sepala<br />
viscosissimus -a -um stickiest, very sticky, superlative of viscosus<br />
viscosus -a -um sticky, viscid, visco, viscare<br />
Viscum the ancient Latin name, viscum, for mistletoe or the birdlime from its<br />
berries (Aristotle knew that the mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus, excreted seeds<br />
onto apple trees, hence mistle twigs or mistletoe)<br />
Vismia for M. de Visme, a Portuguese merchant<br />
visnaga the Spanish vernacular name for Ammi; some derive as old Norse, visna,<br />
withering<br />
Visnea for Giraldo Visne, Portuguese botanist<br />
vistulensis -is -e from the environs of the River Vistula<br />
vitaceus -a -um vine-like, resembling Vitis<br />
vitalba vine-of-white, vitis-alba (old generic name for the appearance of fruiting<br />
Clematis vitalba)<br />
Vitaliana, vitalianus -a -um for Vitaliano Donati (1717–62), professor at Turin<br />
Vitellaria Egg-yolk-coloured, vitellus (V. mammosa is the marmalade tree)<br />
( Butyrospermum)<br />
vitellinus -a -um dull reddish yellow, the colour of egg-yolk, vitellus<br />
Vitex an ancient name used in Pliny possibly for chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus<br />
viti-, vitoides vine-like, resembling Vitis, Vitis-oides<br />
Viticella, viticellus -a -um Small vine, diminutive of vitis ( Clematis pro parte)<br />
viticenus -a -um, viticoides Vitex-like, Vitex-oides<br />
Viticola, viticolus -a -um Vine-parasite, inhabiting the vine, Vitis-colo<br />
viticulosus -a -um sarmentose; producing tendrils, vine-like, diminutive from Vitis<br />
vitiensis -is -e from the Fijian islands (Viti Levu)<br />
vitifolius -a -um vine-leaved, with leaves resembling those of Vitis, Vitis-folium<br />
vitigineus -a -um growing as a vine, vitigenus<br />
vitilis -is -e with unpigmented areas (medically called vitiligo or leucoderma)<br />
Vitis the Latin name, vitis, vitis, for the grapevine (Vitaceae)<br />
vitis-idaea <strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name, ampeloj para Idhj, for the vine of Mount Ida or<br />
Idaea, Greece<br />
vitreus -a -um, vitricus -a -um glassy, vitreous, vitrum, vitri<br />
vitrinus -a -um of woad; of glass, vitrum, vitri<br />
Vittadinia for Carlo Vittadini (1800–65), Italian physician and mycologist<br />
vittae- banded-, filleted-, ribboned-, vitta, vittae<br />
Vittaria Ribbon, vitta, vittae (for the shape of the fronds) (Vittariaceae)<br />
vittarioides Vittaria-like, Vittaria-oides<br />
vittatus -a -um striped lengthwise, banded longitudinally, vitta, vittae<br />
vittiformis -is -e band-like, vitta-forma<br />
vittiger -era -erum, vittigerus -a -um bearing lengthwise bands or stripes, (vitta,<br />
vittae)-gero<br />
vivax long-lived, vivax, vivacis (flowering for a long time)<br />
vividus -a -um lively, vivid, vividus<br />
viviparus -a -um producing plantlets (often in place of flowers, or from bulbils, or<br />
as precocious germination on the parent plant) viviparous, viviparus<br />
vivus -a -um enlivened, long-lasting. natural, vivus<br />
vix- difficult-, hardly-, vix<br />
Voacanga the Madagascan vernacular name<br />
Voandzeia from the Madagascan name, voandzou, for the underground bean<br />
Voanioala from the Madagascan name for this rare palm<br />
Vogelia, vogelii for Christian Benedict Vogel (1745–1825), professor at Altdorf, or J.<br />
R. <strong>The</strong>odor Vogel (1812–1841) of the 1841 Niger expedition<br />
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