The Names of Plants

The Names of Plants morindoides resembling Morinda, Morinda-oides Moringa from a Malabar vernacular name, moringo, for the horse-radish-tree (Moringaceae) morinifolius -a -um with leaves resembling those of Morina, Morina-folium morio the name, mwrion, of a plant causing madness (mwria, folly) Morisia for Giuseppe Giacinto (Josephi Hyacinthi) Moris (1796–1869), professor of botany at Turin, Italy Morisonia for Robert Morison (1620–83), Director of Royal Garden at Blois, Physician to Charles II, Professor of Botany at Oxford, author of Praeludia botanica (1669), influenced Linnaeus on classification of plants moritzianus -a -um for Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz (1796–1866), who travelled in Venezuela and the West Indies -morius -a -um -divisions, -parts, -merous, morion (of the flower) Mormodes Goblin-like, mormo-wdhj (suggested by the flower shape) mormomicus -a -um annoying, spectral, mormwj mormos bugbear, spectre, goblin, mormw, mormwn, mormoj, mormouj (Botrychium mormos, goblin fern) morpho-, -morphus -a -um appearance-, -shaped, -formed, morfh morrenianus -a -um, morrenii for Professor Charles François Antoine Morren (1807–58) of Liège, Belgium morrisonensis -is -e, morrisonicolus -a -um from Morrison, Illinois, USA morrisonmontanus -a -um from the environs of the Chung Yang (Morrison) range, Taiwan morsus-ranae bite of the frog, morsus-(rana, ranae) (frog-bit) mortefontanensis -is -e from the Motrefontaine nursery of Chantrier brothers, France mortuiflumis -is -e of dead water, growing in stagnant water, mortuus-(flumen, fluminis) Morus the ancient Latin name, morus, for the mulberry (Moraceae) mosaicus -a -um tessellated, parti-coloured, coloured like a mosaic, modern Latin, musaicus moschatellinus -a -um a little bit musky, an old generic name for Adoxa, moschatel, feminine double diminutive of moschatus (has a musky fragrance when wet) moschatus -a -um musk-like, musky-scented, mosxoj (sprout, descendant, young bull) moscheutos a vernacular name for swamp rose-mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos moschiferus -a -um bearing a musky fragrance, mosxoj-foroj Moschosma Musk-fragrant, mosxoj-osmh moschus -a -um fragranced, musk-like, mosxoj mosera, moseri, moserianus -a -um for Moser, the French nurserymen mossiae, mossii for Mrs Moss of Otterspool, Liverpool c. 1838 motorius -a -um agitated, kept in motion, moto, motare moulmainensis -is -e from Moulmein, Mayanmar (Burma) moupinensis -is -e from Mupin, W China moxa a vernacular name for the woolly leaves of Artemisia moxa mucidus -a -um snivelling, mouldy, mucidus Mucor Mould (mucidus mouldy) mucosus -a -um slimy, mucosus mucro-, mucroni- pointed-, sharp-pointed-, mucro, mucronis mucronatus -a -um mucronate, with a hard sharp-pointed tip, mucro, mucronis (see Fig. 7b) mucroniferus -a -um bearing short straight points, mucronis-fero (at leaf apex) mucronifolius -a -um with mucronate leaves, mucronis-folium mucronulatus -a -um with a hard, very short, pointed tip, diminutive of mucronatus Mucuna the Brazilian vernacular name for cow-itch, Mucuna pruriens Muehlenbeckia for Dr H. Gustave Muehlenbeck (1798–1845), Alsatian physician muelleri for Otto Frederik Müller (1730–84), author of Flora Danica, or Ferdinand von Müller (1825–96) 264