The Names of Plants

Glossary absum different, distant, distinct, absum, abesse, abui absurdus -a -um unmusical, absurd, incongruous, absurdus abundiflorus -a -um flowering copiously, abunde-flora abundus -a -um prolific, abounding, abundo, abundare, abundavi, abundatum Abuta from a West Indian vernacular name Abutilon the Arabic name for a mallow abyssicolus -a -um inhabiting ravines or chasms, late Latin, abyssus-colus, from Greek, a-bussoj, without bottom abyssinicus -a -um of Abyssinia, Abyssinian (now Ethiopia) ac-, ad-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at- near-, towardsAcacallis etymology uncertain Acacia Thorn, akh, akij (Dioscorides’ name, akakia) acaciformis -is -a resembling Acacia, Acacia-forma acadiensis -is -e from Nova Scotia (formerly the French colony, Acadia) Acaena (Acena) Thorny-one, akaina (the burr-like seeding heads) acaenoides resembling-Acaena, akaina-oeidhj acalycinus -a -um lacking a calyx, privative a-kalukoj Acalypha Unpleasant-to-touch, a-kaloj-afh, from the Greek name, akelpe, for a nettle (the hispid leaves) acanthifolius -a -um thorny-leaved, Acanthus-folium acanthium Dioscorides’ name, akanqion, for a thistle-like plant acantho-, acanthus thorny-, spiny-, akanqa, akanqoj, akanqoAcanthocalyx Thorny-calyx, akanqa-kaluc Acanthocarpus, acanthocarpus -a -um Spiny-fruited-one, akanqo-karpoj acanthocomus -a -um thorn-haired, akanqa-komh Acanthogilia Spiny-Gilia ( Baja californica) acanthoides resembling Acanthus, akanqo-oeidhj Acantholimon Thorny-Limonium, akanqo-Limon Acanthometron Thorn-measure, akanqo-metrew (spiny plankton) Acanthonema Thorn-threaded, akanqa-nhma (the processes on the filaments of the two lower stamens) Acanthopanax Spiny-Panax, akanqo-Panax (the prickly nature of the plants) acanthophysus -a -um having inflated spines, akanqo-fusa Acanthopsis Acanthus-like, akanqion-oyij Acanthospermum Spiny-seed, akanqo-sperma acanthothamnos Acanthus-bush, akanqo-qamnoj (the thorny nature of Euphorbia acanthothamnos) Acanthus Prickly-one, akanqion, in Dioscorides (the Nymph, Acantha, loved by Apollo, was changed into an Acanthus) (Acanthaceae) acaulis -is -e, acaulos -os -on lacking an obvious stem, privative a-kauloj, a-caulis accedens approaching, agreeing with, present participle of accedo, accedere, accessi, accessum Accipitrina Hawks’, accipiter (analogy with Hieracium) accisus -a -um with a small acute apical cleft, emarginate, cut into, accido, accidere, accidi, accisus acclivus -a -um uphill, sloping upwards, inclined, acclinis; acclino, acclinare, acclinavi, acclinatum accolus -a -um neighbour, accola; accolo, accolere, accolui, accuitum accommodatus -a -um adaptable, adjusting, accommodating, accommodo, accommodare, accommodavi, accommodatum accrensis -is -e from Accra, Ghana, W Africa accrescens growing together, coalescing, accreting, ac-(cresco, crescere, crevi, cretum) accumbens becoming adjacent, coming face to face, present participle of accumbo, accumbere, accubui, accubitum -aceae -associates, -aceous, the standardized suffix for family names Acer Sharp, acer, acris (Ovid’s name for a maple, either from its use for lances or its leaf-shape) etymologically linked to oak, acorn and acre (Aceraceae) 33