Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

septemfidus - septentrionalis

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Epithet

Definition

Derivation

Stem

Type/
Gender

Meaning

septemfidus
septemfida
septemfidum
7 divisions
septemseptemadjseven
fidusfidpparfindo
to cleave, split, separate, divide
Gentiana septemfida Pallas
septemlobus
septemloba
septemlobum
7 leaved
septemseptemadjseven
lobuslobnoun/mλοβοϛ
Late L
Greek: lobe of the ear; late Latin: husk, pod
usadjLatinizing suffix
Viola septemloba Le Conte
Acer septemlobum Thunb.
Kalopanax septemlobus (Thunb.) Koidz.
septemnervius
septemnervia
septemnervium
seven veined
septemseptemadjseven
nervusnervnoun/mνευρον
a sinew, tendon, nerve
iusiadj-ιοϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: characteristic of, connected to, resembling, when related to -eus: of..., ...like
Melastoma septemnervium Jacq.
septempunctatus
septempunctata
septempunctatum
'7 spotted'
septemseptemadjseven
punctumpunctnoun/nsomething that is pricked; a puncture; a spot; a small portion
atusatadjadjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
septentrionalis
septentrionalis
septentrionale
northern
septentrionalisseptentrionaladjof or pertaining to the north; northern
Aconitum septentrionale Koelle
Androsace septentrionalis L.