Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

podocarpus - poeticus

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
podocarpus podocarpa podocarpum	footed seed
	pous	pod	noun/m	πουϛ, ποδοϛ foot
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	carpos	carp	noun/m	καρποϛ fruit
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Oxytropis podocarpa Gray Desmodium podocarpum DC. Astragalus podocarpus C. A. Mey.
podolepis podolepides	footed scales
	pous	pod	noun/m	πουϛ, ποδοϛ foot
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	lepis	lepid	noun/f	λεπιϛ scale, shell
	Catapyrenium podolepis Breuss
podophyllus podophylla podophyllum	sturdily stalked leaf
	pous	pod	noun/m	πουϛ, ποδοϛ foot
	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
	Rodgersia podophylla A. Gray Syngonium podophyllum Schott
poeticus poetica poeticum	of poets, especially Roman and Greek poets
	poeticus	poetic	adj	ποιητικοϛ poetic
	Dodecatheon poeticum Henderson Narcissus poeticus L.