Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

iridaceus - italicus

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
iridaceus iridacea iridaceum	Iris like
	iris	irid	noun/f	ιριϛ, ιδοϛ iris; rainbow; female messenger, announcer of the gods
	aceus	ace	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: resembles, of..., ...like, mixture using, fragrance of; borrowed from nouns declined like ...ax, ...acis + eus
	Paspalum iridaceum Mez Axonopus iridaceus (Mez) Parodi
iridoides iridoides iridoides	Iris like
	iris	irid	noun/f	ιριϛ, ιδοϛ iris; rainbow; female messenger, announcer of the gods
	oides	oid	adj	-οειδεϛ adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
iridollae iridollarum	pots (of gold at the end of the) rainbow
	iris	irid	noun/f	ιριϛ, ιδοϛ iris; rainbow; female messenger, announcer of the gods
	generative of olla	oll	noun/f	L. a pot or jar
	Lilium iridollae Henry
irriguus irrigua irriguum	very wet
	irriguus	irrigu	adj	watered, irrigated; well soaked, saturated
	Amblystegium irriguum (Hook. & Wils.) Schimp. in B.S.G.
isauricus isaurica isauricum	of Isauria
	isauricus	isauric	adj	Isauria Ισαυρια of Isauria, a country of Asia between Pamphyllia & Cilicia
				icus -ικοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: belonging to, from, of
isophyllus isophylla isophyllum	equal sized leaves
	isos	is	adj	ισοϛ equal to, same as, like
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	phyllon	phyll	noun/n	φυλλον leaf; foliage
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Campanula isophylla Moretti
italicus italica italicum	Italian
	italicus	italic	adj	Italia ιταλοϛ Italy
				icus -ικοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: belonging to, from, of
	Anchusa italica Retz. Arum italicum P.Mill. Gladiolus italicus P.Mill.