Glossary nigri-, nigro- black-, dark-, niger, nigri, nigronigricans almost black, blackish with age, present participle of nigro, nigrare nigripes black-stalked, niger, nigri-pes nigripetalus -a -um black-petalled, botanical Latin from niger, nigri and petalon nigristernus -a -um with black breast or heart, botanical Latin from niger, nigri and sternon
nigritanus -a -um from Nigeria, W Africa nigroglandulosus -a -um having black glands, niger, nigri-(glans, glandis) nigropaleaceus -a -um bearing black scales, niger, nigri-(palea, paleae) nigropunctatus -a -um marked with black dots, niger, nigri-(pungo, pungere, pupugi, punctum) nigropurpureus -a -um dark-purple, nigro-purpureus nigrus -a -um black, niger, nigra, nigrum nikkoensis -is -e, nikoensis -is -e from Nike or Niko National Park, Honshu, Japan nil the Arabic name for Pharbitis hederacea niliacus -a -um from the River Nile (Nilus, Nili) niloticus -a -um from the Nile valley (niliacus) nimbicolus -a -um dwelling with clouds or rain-storms, nimbus-colo nimborus -a -um of clouds or rain-storms, nimbus, nimbi ningpoensis -is -e from Ningpo (Ningbo), China, nintooa the Japanese name for Lonicera japonica nipalensis -is -e, nipaulensis -is -e vide nepalensis Niphaea Snowy, nifaj, nifadoj (the white flowers) Niphimenes the composite name for hybrids between Niphaea and Achimenes nipho- snow-, nifaj, nifoniphophilus -a -um snow-loving, nifo-filoj Nipponanthemum Flower-of-Japan (N. japonicum) nipponicus -a -um, (niponicus -a -um) from Japan (Nippon), Japanese nissanus -a -um from Nish, SE Serbia Nissolia, nissolia, nissolicus -a -um for Guillaume Nissole (1647–1735), botanist of Montpellier Nitella Little-shining-one, diminutive of nitidus Nitellopsis Resembling-Nitella nitens, nitidi-, nitidus -a -um with a polished surface, neat, shining, niteo, nitere nitescens becoming glossy, present participle of nitesco, nitescere, nitui nitidellus -a -um having somewhat smooth or polished surfaces, diminutive of nitidus nitidifolius -a -um with glossy leaves, nitidus-folium nitidissimus -a -um with the most glossy surfaces, superlative of nitidus nitidulus -a -um quite smooth-surfaced, diminutive of nitidus nitidus -a -um bright, shining, clear, lustrous, nitidus Nitraria Soda-producer, nitrum, nitri (grows in saline deserts, burnt yields nitre, nitron) nitrariaceus -a -um of alkaline soils, nitrum, nitri nitratus -a -um nitrous, nitrum, nitri (smell) nitrophilus -a -um alkali-loving, nitro-filoj (growing on soda- or potash-rich soils) nivalis -is -e snow-white, growing near snow, nix, nivis niveus -a -um, nivosus -a -um purest white, snow-white, nix, nivis nivicolus -a -um living (flowering) in snow, nivi-colo nobilior more grand, more noble, comparative of nobilis nobilis -is -e famous, grand, noble, notable, nobilis nobilissimus -a -um the most notable, the grandest, superlative of nobilis nocteolens night-smelling or -stinking, present participle from noctis-(oleo, olere) nocti- night-, nox, noctis noctiflorus -a -um night-flowering, (nox, noctis)-florum Noctiluca Night-light (nox, noctis)-(lux, lucis) (phosphorescent marine organism; literally, moon-light) 273