The Names of Plants

The Names of Plants Clintonia for De Witt Clinton (1769–1828), Governor of New York State and originator of the Erie Canal, writer on American science clipeatus -a -um armed with a shield, shield-shaped, clipeatus Clitandra Inclined anthers, klituj-androj Clitopilus Smoothed-down-felt, (the cap of the miller fungus has a kid-leather-like texture) Clitoria Clitoris, kleitorij (by analogy with the young legume in the persistent flower-parts) Clivia for Lady Charlotte Clive, wife of Robert Clive (1725–74) of India (kaffir lilies); for Duchess of Northumberland (d. 1866), nee Clive clivorum of the hills, clivus, clivi cloiphorus -a -um carrying a strong collar, kloioj-forew Clonostylis branched-style, klwn-stuloj closterius -a -um spindle-shaped, klwsothr closterostyles having a spindle-shaped style, klwsothr-stuloj clostrum-stylus Clostridium Little-spindle, diminutive of klwsothr (pathogenic bacteria) Clowesia for Reverend John Clowes (1777–1846), orchid grower of Manchester Clusia, clusii, clusiana for Charles de l’Écluse (Carolus Clusius) (1526–1609), Flemish renaissance botanist, author of Rariorum plantarum historia (Clusiaceae Guttiferae) clusiifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Clusia Clutia (Cluytia) for Outgers Cluyt (Clutius) (1590–1650), of Leyden clymenus -a -um from an ancient Greek name (see periclymenum) clypeatus -a -um, clypeolus -a -um having structures resembling circular Roman shields, clipeus, clipei Clypeola (Clipeola) Shield, diminutive of clipeus, clipei (the shape of the fruit) clypeolatus -a -um like a small circular shield, diminutive of clypeus Clytostoma Beautiful-mouth, klutoj-stoma (the flowers) cnemidophorus -a -um wearing greaves, with a sheathed stem, knhmido-foroj -cnemis, cnemi-, cnemido- -covering, ancient Greek, knhmij, for a greave or legging -cnemius -calf-of-the-leg, internodes, ancient Greek, knhmo cnemo- of wooded valleys, knhmoj -cnemum -the-internode, Theophrastus used knama, knhmh, tibia, for the part of the stem between the joints Cneorum, cneorum of garlands, the Greek name, kneoron, for an olive-like shrub (Cneoraceae) Cnestis Scraper, knaw (the hair covering of the fruit) Cnicus the Greek name, knhkoj, of a thistle used in dyeing co-, col-, com-, con- together-, together with-, firmlycoacervatus -a -um accumulated, clustered, in clumps, co-acervatio, co-acervationis coactilis -is -e growing densely, crowded, cogo, cogere, coegi, coactum coadenius -a -um with united glands, botanical Latin from com- and adhn coadnatus -a -um, coadunatus -a -um united, held-together, joined into one, co(adnascor, adnasci, adnatus) coaetaneus -a -um of the same age, ageing together, co-(aetas, aetatis) (leaves and flowers both senesce together) coagulans curdling, from coagulum (rennet) coahuilensis -is -e from the Coahuila area of Mexico coalifolius -a -um with joined leaves, (coalesco, coalescere, coalui, coalitum)-folium coarctatus -a -um pressed together, bunched, contracted, coarto, coartare, coartavi, coartatum Cobaea (Coboea) for Father B. Cobo (1572–1659) Spanish Jesuit and naturalist in Mexico and Peru (cup and saucer vine) cobanensis -is -e from Coban, Guatemala cobbe from the Singhalese vernacular name, kobbae Coburgia for Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, later King of Belgium coca the name used by S American Indians of Peru 112