The Names of Plants cerinus -a -um the colour of bees-wax, waxy-yellow, kera, keroj Ceriporiopsis Looking-like-porous-wax, kera-poroj-oyij (texture of fruiting body) cernuus -a -um drooping, curving forwards, facing downwards, cernuus Ceropegia Fountain-of-wax, keroj-phgh (appearance of the inflorescence) Ceroxylon Waxy-wood, keroj-culon (for the waxy exudate on the trunks) cerris the ancient Latin name, cerrus, for turkey oak cerulatus -a -um waxen, waxy, cerula, cerulae cerusatus -a -um white, appearing to be painted with white lead, cerussa, cerussae cervianus -a -um from Cervia, N Italy; of the hind or stag, cervus, cervinus (Mollugo cervianus) cervicarius -a -um, cervicatus -a -um constricted, keeled, cervix, cervicarius cervicornis -is -e, cervicornu curved like a deer’s horn, curvus-cornu cervinus -a -um tawny, stag-coloured, cervus, cervinus (a hind) Cespedesia for Juan Maria Cespedes, priest of Santa Fé de Bogota cespitosus -a -um growing in tufts (see caespitosus) cestroides Cestrum-like, kestron-oeidhj Cestrum an ancient Greek name, kestron, of uncertain etymology Ceterach etymology dubious, from an Arabic name, chetrak, for a fern, or from the German, Krätze, for an itch (referring to the scurfy epidermis) cetratus -a -um armed with a targe, caetratus (shape of the pileus) ceylanicus -a -um from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) chacaoensis -is -e from Chacao, Venezuela, or the area of the Chacao Straits, Chile chacoanus -a -um from the chaco (annually flooded flatlands of Argentina, extending into Paraguay and Bolivia) Chaenactis Gaping-ray, xainw-aktij (the ray florets have a conspicuous mouth) chaeno- splitting-, gaping-, xainw Chaenomeles Gaping-apple, xainw-mhlon (Japanese quince) chaenomeloides resembling Chaenomeles, xainw-mhlon-oeidhj Chaenorhinum, Chaenorrhinum Gaping-nose, xainwrrinon (analogy with Antirrhinum) Chaenostoma Gaping-mouth, xainw-stoma (the corolla) chaero- pleasing-, rejoicing-, xairw chaerophylloides resembling Chaerophyllum, xairw-fullon-oeidhj Chaerophyllum, chaerophyllus -a -um, chaerophyllon Pleasing-leaf, xairw-fullon (the ornamental foliage) Chaetacanthus Hair-thorned, xaith-akanqa Chaetanthera Haired-anther, xaith-anqera (the anthers have hair-tufts) chaeto- long hair-like-, xaith, xaitChaetocalyx Bristly-calyx, xaith-kaluc chaetocarpus -a -um hairy-fruited, xaith-karpoj Chaetogastra Bristly-belly, xaith-gasthr (the bristly calyx tube) chaetomallus -a -um having a main, fleecy-haired, xaith-malloj chaetophyllus -a -um fleecy-leaved, xaith-fullon chaetorhizus -a -um having hair-like or hair-covered roots, xaith-riza chailaricus -a -um of Chailu, Punjab region of Pakistan (salt range area) chaixii for Abbé Dominique Chaix (1731–1800), French botanist and a collaborator of Villars in producing Histoire des plantes Dauphinoises chalarocephalus -a -um having open or tired-looking heads (of flowers), xalarojkefalh
chalcedonicus -a -um from Chalcedonia, Turkish Bosphorus chalcospermus -a -um having seeds of a coppery appearance, xalko-sperma chalepensis -is -e from Aleppo, from the Arabic name (see halapensis) chalusicus -a -um from Chalus, France, or the Chalus river area of the Elbrz mountains, N Iran chalybaeus -a -um grey, the colour of steel, xaluy, xaluboj chamae- on-the-ground-, lowly-, low-growing-, prostrate-, false-, xamai Chamaeangis Dwarf-vessel, xamai-aggeion 100