The Names of Plants

The Names of Plants crocidatus -a -um felted, with a felt-like surface, krokuj, krokudoj crocifolius -a -um yellow-leaved, croci-folium crocipodius -a -um yellow-stalked, croci-(pous, podos) (stipe of yellow cracking bolete) Crocosmia Saffron-scented, krokoj-osmh (the dry flowers) (Crocosmataceae) crocosmifolius -a -um with Crocosmia-like leaves, Crocosmia-folium crocostomus -a -um yellow-throated, krokoj-stoma (flowers) crocothyrsos woolly-panicled, saffron-panicled, krokoj-qursoj Crocus Thread, krokoj, from the Chaldean name, krokh a thread (for the stigmas of Crocus sativus, from which is produced true saffron, Arabic, zacfaran) croesus flowing with wealth, for Croesus (d. 546 at Sardus), King of Lydia Crossandra Fringed-anther, krossai-anhr Crossandrella Resembling-Crossandra, feminine diminutive of Crossandra Crossopteryx Fringed-wing, krossai-(pteruc, pterugoj) (the seed) crossosepalus -a -um having fringed sepals, krossai-skeph Crossosoma Stepped-bodies, krossai-swma (the reniforme, arillate seeds) (Crossosomataceae) crotalarioides resembling Crotalaria, Crotalaria-oides Crotalaria Rattle, krotalon, crotalum (seeds become loose in the inflated pods of some) Croton Tick, kroton (the seeds of some look like ticks) Crotonogyne Female-Croton, kroton-gunh crotonoides Croton-like, Croton-oides Crowea for James Crowe (1750–1807), British botanist of Norwich Crucianella Little-cross, diminutive of crux (for the phyllotaxy, Phuopsis) Cruciata Cross, crux, crucis (Dodoens’ name refers to the cruciate arrangement of the leaves) cruciatus -a -um with leaves in alternate pairs at right angles to the pair below; instrument of torture, torture, misfortune, crucio, cruciare, cruciavi, cruciatum (fiercely armed with thorns set crosswise) crucifer -era -erum, crucigerus -a -um cross-bearing, cruciform, crux-fero or -gero cruciformis in the form of a cross, crucis-forma crucis cross, crux, crucis (the corolla) crudelis -is -a coarse, cruel, bloody, crudelis; crudus cruentatus -a -um stained with red, bloodied, blood-red, cruor, cruoris cruentus -a -um bloody, blood-red, blood-coloured, cruentus (cruor, cruoris) crumenatus -a -um pouched, like a purse, crumena, crumenae crura, cruris legged, leg, shin, crus, cruris crus leg, shin, crus, cruris crus-andrae St Andrew’s cross, crux, crucis crus-corvi raven’s spur, (crus, cruris)-, (corvus, corvi) crus-galli cock’s spur, (crus, cruris)-gallus (thorns) crus-maltae, crux-maltae Maltese cross (crux, crucis)-melita crustaceus -a -um brittle, hard-surfaced, crusta, crustae crustatus -a -um encrusted, having a hard surface, crusta, crustae crustuliniformis -is -e shaped like small pastries, crustulum, crustuli cruzianua -a -um from any place called Santa Cruz, in Bolivia or elsewhere cryo- cold, frost, ice, kruoj, kruocryocalyx having a frosted-looking calyx, kruo-kaluc cryophilus -a -um cold-loving, kruo-filew Cryophytum Ice-plant, kruo-futon (the appearance of Cryophytum crystalinum Mesembryanthemum crystalinum) Crypsis Covered, kruyioj, kruptoj (the short flowering head is embraced by two inflated leaf-sheaths) crypt-, crypto- obscurely-, covered-, hidden-, kpuptein, kruptoj, krupto-, krupt-; crypta, cryptocryptandrus -a -um having inconspicuous or concealed stamens, krupt-anhr 126