Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

diphyllus - distylus

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
diphyllus diphylla diphyllum	2 leaved
	di	di	pre	between, away from
	phyllon	phyll	noun/n	φυλλον leaf; foliage
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Jeffersonia diphylla (L.) Pers. Stylophorum diphyllum (Michx.) Nutt. Penstemon diphyllus Rydb.
diplotrichus diplotricha diplotrichum	two kinds of hair
	diploys	diplo	adj	διπλουϛ twofold, double
	thrix	trich	noun/f	ϑριξ, τριχοϛ hair, wool, bristle
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright ex Sauvalle
dipterocarpus dipterocarpa dipterocarpum	two winged fruit
	di	di	pre	between, away from
	pteron	pter	noun/n	πτερον feather, wing
	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
	Babbagia dipterocarpa F. Muell. Osteocarpum dipterocarpum (F. Muell.) Volkens
dipterus diptera dipterum	2 winged
	di	di	pre	between, away from
	pteron	pter	noun/n	πτερον feather, wing
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Halesia diptera Ellis
discoideus discoidea discoideum	disc like
	discus	disc	noun/m	δισκοϛ a quoit, discus
	oideus	oide	adj	-οειδηοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
	Macronema discoidea Nutt. Chamaemelum discoideum All.
discolor discolores	2 colors
	dis	dis	pre	di between, away from
	color	color	noun	color
	Aquilegia discolor Levier & Leresche
dispar disparis dispare	unlike
	dispar	dispar	adj	unlike, dissimilar, different
dissectus dissecta dissectum	finely cut
	dis	dis	pre	di between, away from
	sectus	sect	ppar	seco to cut, cut off, cut up; divide, separate
	Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance Penstemon dissectus Ell.
dissitus dissiti	separated
	dis	dis	pre	di between, away from
	situs	sit	noun/m	site, position, location
	Aristida dissita I.M. Johnston
distachyus distachya distachyum	2 spikes
	di	di	pre	between, away from
	stachys	stachy	noun/m	σταχυϛ spike; ear of corn
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Albizia distachya J.F. Macbr. Pennisetum distachyum (E. Fourn.) Rupr. ex Chase
distans distans distans	separating
	distans	distant	apar	disto to separate, to be apart
	Carex distans L.
distentifolius distentifolia distentifolium	distended leaved
	distentus	distent	adj	distended, full
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Athyrium distentifolium Tausch ex Opiz
distichus disticha distichum	2 ranked
	distichus	distich	adj	διστιχοσ in two rows
	Breynia disticha J.R. & G. Forst. Delphinium distichum Geyer ex Hook. Phyllanthus distichus (L.) Muell.-Arg.
distortus distorta distortum	distorted
	distortus	distort	adj	distorted, misshapen, deformed
	Physconia distorta (With.) Laundon Desmodium distortum (Aubl.) J. F. Macbr. Astragalus distortus Torr. & Gray
distylus distyla distylum	2 styles
	di	di	pre	between, away from
	stylus	styl	adj	stylos στυλοϛ pillar, pole, prop (confused with L. stilus)
				us Latinizing suffix
	Casuarina distyla Vent. Acer distylum Siebold & Zucc.