Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

saccharatus - saponarius

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Epithet

Definition

Derivation

Stem

Type/
Gender

Meaning

saccharatus
saccharata
saccharatum
sweet
saccharonsaccharnoun/nσακχαρον
a sweet juice distilled from bamboo
atusatadjadjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
Calamaria saccharata (Engelm.) Kuntze
Sorghum saccharatum (L.) Moench
Holcus saccharatus L.
saccharum
sacchara
sugar
saccharonsaccharnoun/nσακχαρον
a sweet juice distilled from bamboo
umnoun/nLatinizing nounal suffix
Acer saccharum Marshall
sacculus
sacculi
little bag, sack
sacculussacculnoun/mlittle bag
sagittalis
sagittalis
sagittale
arrow like
sagittasagittnoun/fan arrow
alisaladjadjective suffix for nouns: of or pertaining to
Chamaespartium sagittale (L.) P. E. Gibbs
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
sagittatus
sagittata
sagittatum
arrow shaped
sagittasagittnoun/fan arrow
atusatadjadjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Polygonum sagittatum L.
Cucumis sagittatus Peyr.
sagittifer
sagittifera
sagittiferum
bearing arrows
sagittasagittnoun/fan arrow
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
ferferaparfero
to bear, carry, bring
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum Bickn.
sagittifolius
sagittifolia
sagittifolium
arrow shaped leaves
sagittasagittnoun/fan arrow
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
Symphyotrichum sagittifolium (Wedemeyer ex Willd.) Nesom
Streptolophus sagittifolius Hughes
salicarius
salicaria
salicarium
willow like
salixsalicnoun/fa willow-tree
ariusariadjadjective suffix for nouns or numbers: connected to or possessed by
Lythrum salicaria L.
salicifolius
salicifolia
salicifolium
willow like leaves
salixsalicnoun/fa willow-tree
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
Amsonia salicifolia Pursh
Buphthalmum salicifolium L.
Rumex salicifolius Weinm.
salicinus
salicina
salicinum
willow like
salixsalicnoun/fa willow-tree
inusinadj-ινοϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: composition, color, resembling, owning
Inula salicina L.
Calicium salicinum Pers.
Haplopappus salicinus Blake
salsillus
salsilla
salsillum
a little salted
salsussalsadjsalted, briny
illusilladjadjective suffix for adjectives: diminutive
Bomarea salsilla (L.) Mirb.
salsus
salsa
salsum
salted
salsussalsadjsalted, briny
Abronia salsa Rydb.
Plagiobothrys salsus (Brandeg.) I.M. Johnston
sanctus
sancta
sanctum
sacred
sanctussanctpparsancio
to make sacred
Dryopteris sancta (L.) Kuntze
Cathartolinum sanctum (Small) Small
Rubus sanctus Schreb.
sanguineus
sanguinea
sanguineum
bloody
sanguineussanguineadjof blood; blood-colored
Heuchera sanguinea Engelm.
Geranium sanguineum L.
Rumex sanguineus L.
sanguiniflorus
sanguiniflora
sanguiniflorum
blood red flowered
sanguissanguinnoun/mblood
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
florusflorpparfloreo
to bloom, to flower
sanguinolentus
sanguinolenta
sanguinolentum
bloody
sanguinolentussanguinolentadjfull of blood, bloody
Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume
Asplenium sanguinolentum Kunze ex Mett.
Astragalus sanguinolentus M. Bieb.
saponarius
saponaria
saponarium
soapy
saposaponnoun/msoap (from German)
ariusariadjadjective suffix for nouns or numbers: connected to or possessed by
Gentiana saponaria L.
Hibiscus saponarius Craven