Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

racemosus - rapaceus

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Epithet

Definition

Derivation

Stem

Type/
Gender

Meaning

racemosus
racemosa
racemosum
with racemes
racemusracemnoun/mthe stalk of or a cluster of a bunch of grapes
osusosadjadjective suffix for nouns: plenitude or notable development
Aralia racemosa L.
Eriogonum racemosum Nutt.
Allophylus racemosus Sw.
radiatus
radiata
radiatum
radiating
radiatusradiatpparwith rays; shining
Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze
Geum radiatum Michx.
Cyperus radiatus Vahl
radicans
radicans
radicans
taking root (stems)
radicansradicaparradico
to take root
Campsis radicans (L.) Seem. ex Bureau
radicatus
radicata
radicatum
rooted
radicatusradicatpparradico
to take root
Acarospora radicata H. Magn.
Dodecatheon radicatum Greene
Erigeron radicatus Hook.
radula
radulae
scraper like
radularadulnoun/fa scraper
Aster radula Ait.
ramiflorus
ramiflora
ramiflorum
flowers on older branches
ramusramnoun/mbranch, twig
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
florusflorpparfloreo
to bloom, to flower
Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.
Abutilon ramiflorum A. St.-Hil.
Melicytus ramiflorus J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
ramosior
ramosior
ramosius
more branched
comparative of ramosusramosadjwith many branches
ioradjcomparative suffix; more so, to a greater degree; more-, -er (e.g. larger, prettier, whiter)
ramosissimus
ramosissima
ramosissimum
branching the most
superlative of ramosusramosadjwith many branches
issimusissimadjsuperlative suffix; most so, to the greatest degree; most-, -est (e.g. largest, prettiest, whitest)
Campanula ramosissima Sibth. & Sm.
Cardionema ramosissimum (Weinm.) A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
Aphanostephus ramosissimus DC.
ramosus
ramosa
ramosum
branched
ramosusramosadjwith many branches
Chaenactis ramosa Stockwell
Allium ramosum L.
Alopecurus ramosus Poir.
ramulosissimus
ramulosissima
ramulosissimum
with the most branching veins
ramulosusramulosadjmany branching veins
issimusissimadjsuperlative suffix; most so, to the greatest degree; most-, -est (e.g. largest, prettiest, whitest)
ramulosus
ramulosa
ramulosum
branching veins
ramulosusramulosadjmany branching veins
Calycadenia ramulosa Greene
Aster ramulosus Lindl.
ranunculifolius
ranunculifolia
ranunculifolium
leaves like the genus Ranunculus
ranunculusranunculnoun/ma plant, perhaps crowfoot or ranunculus; literally froglike (from marshy places)
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
Suksdorfia ranunculifolia (Hook.) Engl.
ranunculinus
ranunculina
ranunculinum
like the genus Ranunculus
ranunculusranunculnoun/ma plant, perhaps crowfoot or ranunculus; literally froglike (from marshy places)
inusinadjadjective suffix for nouns: belonging to or resembling
Cyrtorhyncha ranunculina Nutt.
Ranunculus ranunculinus (Nutt.) Rydb.
ranunculoides
ranunculoides
ranunculoides
like the genus Ranunculus
ranunculusranunculnoun/ma plant, perhaps crowfoot or ranunculus; literally froglike (from marshy places)
oidesoidadj-οειδεϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
Anemone ranunculoides L.
rapa
rapae
turnip (like)
raparapnoun/fthe turnip (see rapum)
Brassica rapa L.
rapaceus
rapacea
rapaceum
turnip like
rapumrapnoun/nthe turnip
aceusaceadjadjective suffix for nouns: resembles, of..., ...like, mixture using, fragrance of; borrowed from nouns declined like ...ax, ...acis + eus
Pelargonium rapaceum (L.) Jacq.