Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

pyramidalis - pyroloides

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Epithet

Definition

Derivation

Stem

Type/
Gender

Meaning

pyramidalis
pyramidalis
pyramidale
pyramidal
pyramispyramidnoun/fπψραμιϛ, ιδοϛ
a pyramid
alisaladjadjective suffix for nouns: of or pertaining to
Adiantum pyramidale (L.) Willd.
Actinostrobus pyramidalis Miq.
pyramidatus
pyramidata
pyramidatum
pyramidal
pyramispyramidnoun/fπψραμιϛ, ιδοϛ
a pyramid
atusatadjadjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
Vaccaria pyramidata Medik.
Allosidastrum pyramidatum (Desportes ex Cav.) Krapov., Fryxell & Bates
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) A.S. Hitchc.
pyrenaeus
pyrenaea
pyrenaeum
of the Pyrenees
pyrenaeuspyrenaeadjPyrenaeus
Πυρηναιοϛ
of the Pyrenees, mountains between Spain and France, named after a lover of Hercules, she was buried there.
Ranunculus pyrenaeus L.
pyrenaicus
pyrenaica
pyrenaicum
of the Pyrenees
pyrenaicuspyrenaicadjPyrenaeus
Πυρηναιοϛ
of the Pyrenees, mountains between Spain and France, named after a lover of Hercules, she was buried there.
icus
-ικοϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: belonging to, from, of
Adonis pyrenaica DC.
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum L.
Senecio pyrenaicus L.
pyrethrifolius
pyrethrifolia
pyrethrifolium
Pyrethrum leaved
pyrethrumpyrethrnoun/nπυρεϑρον
a plant variously thought to be feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), camomile (Chamaemelum), pellitory (Anacyclus pyrethrum)
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
Cotula pyrethrifolia Hook. f.
pyrethrum
pyrethra
a Greek plant name
pyrethrumpyrethrnoun/nπυρεϑρον
a plant variously thought to be feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), camomile (Chamaemelum), pellitory (Anacyclus pyrethrum)
Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Link
pyroliflorus
pyroliflora
pyroliflorum
Pyrola flowered
pyrolapyrolnoun/fpyrus
(pirus) a pear tree
ola
substantive suffix for 1st & 2nd declention nouns: diminutive
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
florusflorpparfloreo
to bloom, to flower
Cladothamnus pyroliflorus Bong.
pyrolifolius
pyrolifolia
pyrolifolium
Pyrola leaved
pyrolapyrolnoun/fpyrus
(pirus) a pear tree
ola
substantive suffix for 1st & 2nd declention nouns: diminutive
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia (D.Don) R.Br.
Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook.
pyroloides
pyroloides
pyroloides
Pyrola like
pyrolapyrolnoun/fpyrus
(pirus) a pear tree
ola
substantive suffix for 1st & 2nd declention nouns: diminutive
oidesoidadj-οειδεϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
Gaultheria pyroloides Hook. f. & Thomson ex Miq.