Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

erythrinus - eximius

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
erythrinus erythrina erythrinum	colored red
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	inus	in	adj	-ινοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: composition, color, resembling, owning
	Piscidia erythrina L.
erythrolepis erythrolepides	red scales
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	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
	Pleopeltis erythrolepis (Weatherby) Pichi Sermolli
erythroneurus erythroneura erythroneurum	red veined
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	neuron	neur	noun/n	νευρον sinew, tendon, nerve
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
erythrophyllus erythrophylla erythrophyllum	red leaved
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	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
	Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn. Combretum erythrophyllum (Burch.) Sond.
erythrorhiza erythrorhizai	red root
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	rhiza	rhiz	noun/f	ριζα root; stem, origin
	Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zucc.
erythrorhizus erythrorhiza erythrorhizum	red root
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	rhiza	rhiz	noun/f	ριζα root; stem, origin
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Perideridia erythrorhiza (Piper) Chuang & Constance Lotus erythrorhizus Bolle
erythrosepalus erythrosepala erythrosepalum	red sepals
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	sepalum	sepal	noun/n	Mod L sepal; = Gk skepe (covering) + petalum (petal) (coined in 1790 by H. J. de Necker)
				skepe σκεπη covering; shelter, protection
				petalum πεταλον Mod L petal (Gk: leaf, tablet)
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Oenothera erythrosepala Borbas
erythrosorus erythrosora erythrosorum	red sori
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	soros	sor	noun/m	σωροϛ heap
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Dryopteris erythrosora (Eaton) Kuntze
erythrostictus erythrosticta erythrostictum	spotted red
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	stictos	stict	adj	στικτοϛ spotted
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Sedum erythrostictum sensu Masters non Miq.
erythrostylus erythrostyla erythrostylum	with red column
	erythros	erythr	adj	ερυϑροϛ red
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	stylus	styl	adj	stylos στυλοϛ pillar, pole, prop (confused with L. stilus)
				us Latinizing suffix
esculentus esculenta esculentum	edible
	esculentus	esculent	adj	full of food; edible, esculent
	Psoralea esculenta Pursh Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb. Hibiscus esculentus L.
etruscus etrusca etruscum	Tuscany, Italy
	etruscus	etrusc	adj	Etruscus Etruscan, of or pertaining to Etruria, (Tuscany, Italy)
	Lonicera etrusca Santi Crocus etruscus Parl.
eucosmus eucosma eucosmum	decorative
	eucosmos	eucosm	adj	ευκοσμοϛ decorous, orderly; graceful
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Antennaria eucosma Fern. & Wieg. Thelypodium eucosmum B.L. Robins. Astragalus eucosmus B.L.Robins.
euglaucus euglauca euglaucum	thoroughly glaucous
	eu	eu	pre	ευ well, properly, good
	glaucus	glauc	adj	γλαυκοϛ bright, sparkling, gleaming; grayish, bluish-green (for plants, a white bloom on a leaf giving a gray-green appearance)
	Penstemon euglaucus English
euodoratissimus euodoratissima euodoratissimum	best smelling
	eu	eu	pre	ευ well, properly, good
	odoratus	odorat	padj	odoro to smell, give off a fragrance, be perfumed
	issimus	issim	adj	superlative suffix; most so, to the greatest degree; most-, -est (e.g. largest, prettiest, whitest)
europaeus europaea europaeum	European
	europaeus	europae	adj	Europaeus European
	Euonymus europaea L. Asarum europaeum L. Trollius europaeus L.
exaltatus exaltata exaltatum	very tall
	ex	ex	prep	out of; from; up
	altus	alt	adj	high
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Asclepias exaltata L. Delphinium exaltatum Ait. Zigadenus exaltatus Eastw.
exaratus exarata exaratum	furrowed
	exaratus	exarat	ppar	exaro to plow, dig up; cultivate
	Agrostis exarata Trin. Phleum exaratum Hochst. ex Griseb.
excelsior excelsior excelsius	taller
	comparative of excelsus	excels	adj	elevated, high
	ior		adj	comparative suffix; more so, to a greater degree; more-, -er (e.g. larger, prettier, whiter)
	Fraxinus excelsior L.
excelsus excelsa excelsum	tall
	excelsus	excels	adj	elevated, high
	Aeschrion excelsa (Sw.) Kuntze Acrostichum excelsum Maxon Metrosideros excelsus Sol. ex Gaertn.
excisus excisa excisum	cut away
	excisus	excis	ppar	excido to cut off, out, or down
	Triumfetta excisa Urban Cionosicyos excisus (Griseb.) C. Jeffrey
excorticatus excorticata excorticatum	with peeling bark
	ex	ex	prep	out of; from; up
	cortex	cortic	noun/m	tree bark; rind, shell, hull
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Olearia x excorticata Buchanan
exilifolius exilifolia exilifolium	small, meager
	exilis	exil	adj	small, narrow, thin, slender, meager; incomplete
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Eriogonum exilifolium Reveal
exilis exilis exile	slender
	exilis	exil	adj	small, narrow, thin, slender, meager; incomplete
	Chondrosum exile Fourn. Castilleja exilis A.Nels.
eximius eximia eximium	distinguished
	eximius	eximi	adj	exempt; select, choice, distinguished, extraordinary
	Dicentra eximia (Ker-Gawl.) Torr. Polemonium eximium Greene Astragalus eximius Bunge