Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

tetracanthus - thessalus

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Epithet

Definition

Derivation

Stem

Type/
Gender

Meaning

tetracanthus
tetracantha
tetracanthum
4 spined
tetratetrpre
acanthaacanthnoun/fακανϑα
thorn, thistle
usadjLatinizing suffix
Harrisia tetracantha (Labour.) D. R. Hunt
Cereus tetracanthus Labour.
tetragonus
tetragona
tetragonum
4 angled
tetragonumtetragonnoun/nτετραγονον
a quadrangle, tetragon
usadjLatinizing suffix
Calytrix tetragona Labill.
Conostomum tetragonum (Hedw.) Lindb.
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humm.
tetralix
tetralices
Greek name for heath
tetralixtetralicnoun/fτετραλιξ, τετραελιξ
Latin: heath; Greek: yellow start thistle, Centaurea solstitialis
Erica tetralix L.
tetrandrus
tetrandra
tetrandrum
4 anthers
tetratetrpre
anerandrnoun/mανηρ, ανδροϛ
man; male; husband
usadjLatinizing suffix
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Cerastium tetrandrum W. Curtis
tetrapterus
tetraptera
tetrapterum
4 winged
tetratetrapreτετρα-
prefix meaning four of
pteronpternoun/nπτερον
feather, wing
usadjLatinizing suffix
Atriplex tetraptera (Benth.) Rydb.
Phoradendron tetrapterum Krug & Urban
Astragalus tetrapterus Gray
tetrastichus
tetrasticha
tetrastichum
in 4 rows
tetratetrapreτετρα-
prefix meaning four of
stichosstichadjστιχοϛ
a row or line of things
usadjLatinizing suffix
Hordeum tetrastichum Stokes
teucrioides
teucrioides
teucrioides
like the genus Teucrium
teucrionteucriadj
oidesoidadj-οειδεϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
Penstemon teucrioides Greene
teucrius
teucria
teucrium
like the genus Teucrium
teucrionteucriadj
usadjLatinizing suffix
Veronica teucrium L.
thalictrifolius
thalictrifolia
thalictrifolium
leaved like the genus Thalictrum
thalictrumthalictrnoun/nϑαλικτρον
Latin: meadow rue; Greek: an unknown plant
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
Paullinia thalictrifolia Juss.
thalictroides
thalictroides
thalictroides
like the genus Thalictrum
thalictrumthalictrnoun/nϑαλικτρον
Latin: meadow rue; Greek: an unknown plant
oidesoidadj-οειδεϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
Anemonella thalictroides (L.) Spach
thapsiformis
thapsiformis
thapsiforme
Thapsia shaped
thapsiathapsinoun/fϑαψια
a poisonous plant used for yellow dieing from the Island of Thapsus, perhaps Thapsi asclepium or Thapsi garganica
formisformadjin botanical Latin a substantive suffix for nouns derived from 'forma': to be in the form or shape of...
Verbascum thapsiforme Schrad.
thapsus
thapsi
from (Magnisi) Sicily
thapsusthapsnoun/fThapsus
Θαψοϛ
peninsula on Sicily, now Magnisi
Verbascum thapsus L.
thermalis
thermalis
thermale
of warm springs
thermaethermnoun/fϑερμοϛ
warm springs
alisaladjadjective suffix for nouns: of or pertaining to
Cerastium thermale Rydb.
Gentiana thermalis Kuntze
thessalicus
thessalica
thessalicum
from Thessaly, Greese
thessalicusthessalicadjThessalicus
Θεσσαλικοϛ
from Thessaly, the east central portion of the Greek peninsula
thessalus
thessala
thessalum
Thessalia, Greece
thessalusthessaladjThessalus
Θεσσαλοϛ
(poetic) from Thessaly, the east central portion of the Greek peninsula
Poa thessala Boiss. & Orph.