Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

pindicola - pisifer

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
pindicola pindicolae	growing on Pindus Mountains
	pindus	pind	noun/m	Pindus Πινδοϛ a mountain in Thessaly between Macedonia and Epirus, the home of the Muses; now called Mezzara
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	cola	col	noun/f	incola dweller, inhabitant -> -cola/-colus suffix
pineti pinetorum	of pine wood(s)
	generative of pinetum	pinet	noun/n	pine woods, pine grove
	Dimerella pineti (Schrader ex Ach.) Vezda Lesquerella pinetorum Woot. & Standl.
pinguifolius pinguifolia pinguifolium	fat leaves
	pinguis	pingu	adj	fat, plump
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Hebe pinguifolia (Hook. f.) Cockayne & Allan
pinifolius pinifolia pinifolium	leaves like a pine
	pinus	pin	noun/f	πιτυϛ a pine or fir tree
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Borbonia pinifolia Marloth Astroloma pinifolium (R. Br.) Benth. Penstemon pinifolius Greene
pinnatisectus pinnatisecta pinnatisectum	pinnately divided
	pinnatus	pinnat	adj	feathered, winged
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	sectus	sect	ppar	seco to cut, cut off, cut up; divide, separate
	Eryngium pinnatisectum Jepson Erigeron pinnatisectus (Gray) A.Nels.
pinnatus pinnata pinnatum	pinnate
	pinnatus	pinnat	adj	feathered, winged
	Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt. Arthrophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) C. B. Clarke Carduncellus pinnatus DC.
piperitus piperita piperitum	pepper like
	piperitus	piperit	adj	seasoned with pepper
	Mentha x piperita L. Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC. Lupinus piperitus A. Davids.
pisifer pisifera pisiferum	pea bearing
	pisum	pis	noun/n	πισον a legume; the pea
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	fer	fer	apar	fero to bear, carry, bring
	Chamaecyparis pisifera Sieb. & Zucc.