The Names of Plants

Glossary atri-, atro- better-, dark-, black-(a colour), ater, atra, atrum, atroatrichus -a -um lacking hairs, a-trixoj Atriplex the name used by Pliny, ater-plexus, black and intertwined (from the ancient Greek name, atrafacuj) atriplicifolius -a -um Atriplex-leaved, Atriplex-folium atriplicis -is -e of Atriplex (aphis) atrispinus -a -um having black spines or thorns, atra-spina atrocarpus -a -um dark-fruited, botanical Latin atro-carpus atrocaulis -is -e having dark stems, botanical Latin atro-caulis atrocinereus -a -um dark-grey, dark-ashen coloured, atro-cineris atrocintus -a -um being girdled with black, atro-(cingo, cingere, cinxi, cinctum) atrococcus -a -um black-berried, athr-kokkoj atrocyaneus -a -um dark-blue, athr-kuanoj atrofuscus -a -um dark-swarthy, dark-brown coloured, atro-fuscus atroides somewhat darkened, athr-oeidhj Atropa Inflexible, atropoj (Atropa, one of three Fates or Moirai) Atropanthe Atropa-flowered-one, Atropoj-anqeroj atropatanus -a -um from Azarbaijan, N Iran (the area of N Media was given by Alexander to Atropates and became the kingdom of Artopatene) Atropis, atropis -is -e Keel-less-one, without a keel, a-tropij atropurpureus -a -um dark-purple coloured, atro-purpureus atrorubens dark-red coloured, atro-rubens atrosanguineus -a -um the colour of congealed blood, black-blooded, atro-(sanguis, sanguinis) atrosquamosus -a -um having dark scales, atro-(squama, squamae) atrotomentosus -a -um having a dark-hairy tomentum, atro-(tomentum, tomenti) atrovaginatus -a -um with a black sheath, atro-(vagina, vaginae) atroviolaceus -a -um very dark violet coloured, atro-(viola, violae) atrovirens, atroviridis -is -e very dark green, atro-(viresco, virescere), atro-viridis atrox hideous, dreadful, savage, atrox, atrocis atrum black, ater, atri attavirius -a -um from Mount Atáviros, Rhodes, Greece attenuatus -a -um tapering, drawn out to a point, flimsy, weak atticus -a -um from around Athens, Greece (Attica) attractus -a -um drawn towards, attractive, past participle of attraho, attrahere, attraxi, attractum -atus -a -um -rendered, -being, -having (prefixed by some observable attribute) aubertii for Père George Aubert, French missionary in China c. 1899 aubretioides resembling Aubretia, Aubretia-oides Aubrieta (Aubretia) for Tournefort’s artist friend, Claude Aubriet (1665?–1742) auct. of authors, used by a writer to indicate a name used in an alternative sense by other authors. See hort., below, and sensu, page 14 and below. auctus -a -um enlarged, augmented, great, past participle of augeo, augere, auxi, auctum Aucuba (Aukuba) Latinized Japanese name, aokiba aucuparius -a -um bird-catching, of bird catchers, avis capio (use of fruit as bait), aucupor, aucupare, aucupatus audax bold, proud, audacious, audax, audacis augescens increasing, past participle of augesco, augescere augurius -a -um of the soothsayers, augur, auguris, augurius augusti-, augustus -a -um stately, noble, tall, majestic, augustus augustifolius -a -um having impressive foliage, majestic-leaved, augusti-folium augustinii for Dr Augustine Henry (1857–1930), plant collector in China and Formosa, Professor of Forestry, Dublin augustissimus -a -um the most majestic, superlative of augustus aulacanthus -a -um having grooved spines, aulako-akanqoj aulaco- furrowed-, grooved-, aulac, aulakoj, aulako61