Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

trachelius - tremulus

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Epithet

Definition

Derivation

Stem

Type/
Gender

Meaning

trachelius
trachelia
trachelium
neck like
trachelostrachelnoun/mτραχελοϛ
the throad, neck
iusiadj-ιοϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: characteristic of, connected to, resembling, when related to -eus: of..., ...like
Campanula trachelium L.
trachycarpus
trachycarpa
trachycarpum
rough seeded
trachystrachyadjτραχυϛ
rough, rugged, rocky
carposcarpnoun/mκαρποϛ
fruit
usadjLatinizing suffix
Allocarya trachycarpa (Gray) Greene
Disporum trachycarpum (S.Wats.) Benth. & Hook.f.
Plagiobothrys trachycarpus (Gray) I.M. Johnston
tragacanthoides
tragacanthoides
tragacanthoides
like Astragalus tragacantha
tragacanthatragacanthnoun/fτραγακανϑα
the tragacanth bush; Linnaeus: Astragalus tragacantha; Theophrastus: Astragalus parnassi
oidesoidadj-οειδεϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
Caragana tragacanthoides Poir.
transmontanus
transmontana
transmontanum
from over the mountain
transtransprebeyond, through, across
montanusmontanadjof or belonging to the mountains
tremuloides
tremuloides
tremuloides
like the quaking aspen
tremulustremuladjshaking, trembling, quivering
oidesoidadj-οειδεϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
Populus tremuloides Michx.
tremulus
tremula
tremulum
trembling
tremulustremuladjshaking, trembling, quivering
Populus tremula L.
Andropogon tremulus Hack.