Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

algarbiensis - alkekengi

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
algarbiensis algarbiensis algarbiense	from Algarve region, s. Portugal
	algarb	algarb	noun	al-garb Arabic occident
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	ensis	ens	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: country or place of origin or habitat
	Cynara algarbiensis Coss. ex Mariz
algarvensis algarvensis algarvense	from Algarve region, s. Portugal
	algarve	algarv	noun	al-garb Arabic occident
	ensis	ens	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: country or place of origin or habitat
algens algens algens	becoming cold
	algens	alg	padj	algeo to feel cold
	Crataegus algens Beadle
algeriensis algeriensis algeriense	Algerian
	algeria	algeri	noun/f	Al-Yaza"ir Arabic Algeria
	ensis	ens	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: country or place of origin or habitat
	Ornithogalum algeriense Jordan & Fourr. Salvia algeriensis Desf.
algidus algida algidum	cold
	algidus	algid	adj	cold
	Gentiana algida Pallas Polytrichum algidum Hag. & C. Jens. Erigeron algidus Jepson
alicastrum alicastra	wheat like
	alicastrum	alicastr	noun/n	a kind of wheat
	Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
alienus aliena alienum	unrelated
	alienus	alien	adj	belonging to another, foreign
	Aspicilia aliena (Zahlbr.) Oksner Gnaphalium alienum Hook. & Arn. Helianthus alienus E.E. Wats.
aliger aligera aligerum	winged
	aliger	aliger	adj	with wings
	Carmichaelia aligera G. Simpson Oligotrichum aligerum Mitt.
alipes alipes alipes	winged feet
	alipes	aliped	adj	winged feet
	Hermidium alipes S. Wats.
alismatifolius alismatifolia alismatifolium	leaves like Alisma (Alismataceae)
	alisma	alismat	noun/n	αλισμα, ατοϛ name for a water plant used by Dioscorides, perhaps Alisma parnassifolia; source for the species name Alisma by Linnaeus
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
alkekengi alkekengi	bladder cherry
	alkekengi	alkekengi	noun/f	al kekendi αλικακαβον Arabic derived from the Greek; name for Pysaria alkekengi
	Physalis alkekengi L.