Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

antarcticus - apiifolius

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
antarcticus antarctica antarcticum	of Antarctic regions
	ant	ant	pre	anti αντι opposite, over, against, before, instead of, for
	arctos	arct	noun/f	αρκτοϛ GK: bear; L: the bear constellations, the north
	icus	ic	adj	-ικοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: belonging to, from, of
	Nothofagus antarctica (G. Forst.) Oerst. Trisetum antarcticum (G. Forst.) Trin. Alopecurus antarcticus Vahl
antennariifolius antennariifolia antennariifolium	Antennaria leaved
	antennaria	antennari	noun/f	antenna yard arm from which a sail is hung (from which the word for insect antennae is derived)
				arius adjective suffix for nouns or numbers: connected to or possessed by
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Packera antennariifolia (Britt.) W.A. Weber & A. Love Senecio antennariifolius Britt.
anthocrene anthocrenai	fountain of flowers
	anthos	anth	noun/n	ανϑοϛ flower
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	crene	cren	noun/f	κρηνη spring, fountain-head
anthopogon anthopogon	bearded flower
	anthos	anth	noun/n	ανϑοϛ flower
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	pogon	pogon	noun/m	πωγων the beard
anthracinus anthracina anthracinum	the color of coal
	anthrax	anthrac	noun/m	ανϑραξ, ακοϛ coal, charcoal
	inus	in	adj	-ινοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: composition, color, resembling, owning
	Gyrophora anthracina (Wulfen) Korber
anticus antica anticum	before, in front
	anticus	antic	adj	in front, before
antipodus antipoda antipodum	of the polar regions, the Antipodes
	anti	anti	pre	αντι opposite, over, against, before, instead of, for
	pous	pod	noun/m	πουϛ, ποδοϛ foot
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
antipyreticus antipyretica antipyreticum	anti fire
	anti	anti	pre	αντι opposite, over, against, before, instead of, for
	pyra	pyr	noun/f	πυρα funeral pyre
	eticus	etic	adj	iticus -ιτικοϛ ? adjective suffix: suitability, capability, owned by
	Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw.
antiqui antiquorum	of the ancient(s)
	generative of antiqui	antiqu	noun/m	the ancients
	Colocasia antiquorum Schott
antiquus antiqua antiquum	old
	antiquus	antiqu	adj	what has been; former, old, ancient
	Elymus antiquus (Nevski) Tzvelev
antirrhiniflorus antirrhiniflora antirrhiniflorum	Antirrhinum flowered
	antirrhinum	antirrhin	noun/n	anti αντι opposite, over, against, before, instead of, for
				r ρ sometimes the Greek aspirated 'r' is rrh and sometimes rh in the Latin transliteration
				rhis ριϛ, ινοϛ the nose
				inus -ινοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: composition, color, resembling, owning
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	florus	flor	ppar	floreo to bloom, to flower
	Asarina antirrhiniflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Pennell
antirrhinifolius antirrhinifolia antirrhinifolium	Antirrhinum leaved
	antirrhinum	antirrhin	noun/n	anti αντι opposite, over, against, before, instead of, for
				r ρ sometimes the Greek aspirated 'r' is rrh and sometimes rh in the Latin transliteration
				rhis ριϛ, ινοϛ the nose
				inus -ινοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: composition, color, resembling, owning
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
antirrhinoides antirrhinoides antirrhinoides	like Antirrhinum
	antirrhinum	antirrhin	noun/n	anti αντι opposite, over, against, before, instead of, for
				r ρ sometimes the Greek aspirated 'r' is rrh and sometimes rh in the Latin transliteration
				rhis ριϛ, ινοϛ the nose
				inus -ινοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: composition, color, resembling, owning
	oides	oid	adj	-οειδεϛ adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
	Scutellaria antirrhinoides Benth.
apenninus apennina apenninum	in the Apennines
	apenninus	apennin	adj	Apenninus a mountain range that runs diagonally across Italy
	Anemone apennina L. Helianthemum apenninum Miller ex L.
apertus aperta apertum	open
	apertus	apert	adj	without covering, uncovered
	Nomocharis aperta Wils. ex Franch. Pappophorum apertum Munro ex Scribn.
apetalus apetala apetalum	without petals
	a	a	pre	abs away from
	petalum	petal	noun/n	πεταλον Mod L petal (Gk: leaf, tablet)
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Lychnis apetala L., non Silene apetala Willd. Melandrium apetalum (L.) Fenzl Myosurus apetalus Gray
aphyllus aphylla aphyllum	leafless
	a	a	pre	α- not, without, less
	phyllon	phyll	noun/n	φυλλον leaf; foliage
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Iris aphylla L. Calligonum aphyllum (Pall.) Gurke Pedilanthus aphyllus Boiss.
apiciniger apicinigra apicinigrum	black tip
	apex	apic	noun/m	tip, point, top, extreme end
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	niger	nigr	adj	black
apiculatus apiculata apiculatum	abrupt short point
	apex	apic	noun/m	tip, point, top, extreme end
	ulus	ul	noun/m	dimutive substantive suffix for 1st & 2nd declension nouns
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Cotoneaster apiculata Rehd. & Wilson Bryum apiculatum Schwaegr. Calochortus apiculatus Baker
apifer apifera apiferum	bee bearing
	apis	ap	noun/f	bee
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	fer	fer	apar	fero to bear, carry, bring
apiifolius apiifolia apiifolium	parsley leaved
	apium	api	noun/n	parsley
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Maxonia apiifolia (Sw.) C. Christens. Ligusticum apiifolium (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Gray