The Names of Plants

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Glossary gymnocarpus -a -um with naked carpels, with exposed ovary, gumno-karpoj gymnocaulon with a clear stem, gumno-kauloj Gymnocheilus naked-lip, gumno-xeiloj (unmarked labellum) Gymnocladus Bare-branch, gumno-kladoj (foliage of Kentucky coffee-tree is mainly towards the ends of the branches) Gymnocoronis Exposed-halo, gumno-korwnij Gymnodiscus Exposed-disc, gumno-diskoj (the receptacle) gymnodontus -a -um with naked teeth, gumno-odontoj Gymnogramma (Gymnogramme) Naked-line, gumno-grammh (the sori lack a covering indusium) Gymnogrammitis Exposed-lines, gumno-gramma (the naked sori) Gymnomitrium Exposed-turban, gumno-mitra (the peristome) Gymnopetalum Naked-petal, gumno-petalon gymnophyllus -a -um with naked leaves, gumno-fullon Gymnophyton Exposed-plant, gumno-futon (habitat) Gymnopodium Naked-extremity, gumno-podewn Gymnopogon Exposed-beard, gumno-pwgwn (the excurrent leaf vein) Gymnopteris Naked-fern, gumno-pteruc (the linear sori do not have an indusium) gymnorrhizus -a -um having exposed roots, buttress-rooted, gumno-riza Gymnoschoenus Exposed-Schoenus, gumno-sxoinoj (the conspicuous inflorescences of button grass reed Gymnosiphon Naked-tube, gumno-sifon (colourless parasite) gymnosorus -a -um having non-indusiate sori, naked sori, gumno-soroj Gymnosperma, Gymnospermium Naked-seed, gumno-sperma Gymnosporangium Naked-sporangium, gumno-spora-aggeion (the emergent spathulate structures containing the telutospore stage) Gymnostachys, Gymnostachium Naked-spike, Exposed-spike, gumno-staxuj Gymnostemon Exposed-stamens, gumno-stemwn Gymnostephium Exposed-crown, gumno-stefanoj Gymnostoma, Gymnostomium Naked-mouth, gumno-stoma (the mouth of the capsule of the beardless-moss lacks a fringe of teeth) Gymnotheca Exposed-box, gumno-qhkh (ovaries of achlamydeous flowers) gyn-, gyno-, -gynus -a -um relating to the ovary, female-, -pistillate, -carpelled, gunh Gynadropsis Female-and-male, gunh-anhr-oyij (the disposition of the stamens and style) Gynandriris Woman-man-Iris, gunh-anhr-irij (the united stamens and pistil, Iris) gynandrus -a -um having filaments and styles fused into a column, gunh-anhr Gynatrix Hairy-ovary, gunh-(qric, trixoj) Gynerium Woolly-ovary, gun-erion Gynocardia Heart-of-the ovary, gunh-kardia (the seeds provide the one-time leprosy medicinal chaulmoogra oil, Hydnocarpus) gynochlamydeus -a -um female cloak, gunh-xlamuj (enlarged calyx) Gynochthodes Bank-like-ovary, gun-oxqh-wdhj (the humped appearance) Gynoxis Pointed-ovary, gun-ocuj (the fruit shape) Gynura Female-tail, gun-oura (the elongated stigma) gypo- vulture-, guy, gupoj a vulture (suggesting desolate habitats) Gypothamnium Vulture-bush, (guy, gupoj)-qamnoj (provenance, the Atacama Desert, S Chile) Gypsacanthus Vulture’s-Acanthus, guy-akanqoj (provenance, the Mexican deserts) gypsi- -chalk, guyoj, gypsum, gypsi gypsicolus -a -um living on gypsum, living on calcium, gypsum-colo Gypsophila Lover-of-chalk, guyoj-filoj (the natural habitat) gyrans revolving, moving in circles, guroj, gyrus Gyranthera Circled-stamens, guroj-anqera (arrangement of the androecium) Gyrinops, Gyrinopsis None-apparent-circle, gur-in-oyij (lacking or with a reduced corolla) gyro-, -gyrus -a -um bent-, twisted-, -round, guroj 187


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