Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

undatus - urceolatus

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Epithet

Definition

Derivation

Stem

Type/
Gender

Meaning

undatus
undata
undatum
wavy edged
undaundnoun/fa wave
atusatadjadjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
Psychotria undata Jacq.
Cereus undatus Haw.
undulatifolius
undulatifolia
undulatifolium
wavy edged leaves
undulatusundulatadjundulated
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
Tulipa undulatifolia Boiss.
Panicum undulatifolium Ard.
Oplismenus undulatifolius (Ard.) Roem. & Schult.
undulatus
undulata
undulatum
wavy edged
undulatusundulatadjundulated
Allocarya undulata Piper
Trillium undulatum Willd.
Aster undulatus L.
unedo
unedones
the strawberry tree
unedounedonnoun/mthe strawberry tree (also called arbutus), Arbutus unedo
Arbutus unedo L.
unguicularis
unguicularis
unguiculare
with a claw
unguiculusunguiculadja fingernail
arisaradjalis
adjective suffix for nouns: of or pertaining to
Iris unguicularis Poir.
unguiculatus
unguiculata
unguiculatum
with a claw
unguiculusunguiculadja fingernail
atusatadjadjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
Clarkia unguiculata Lindl.
Solanum unguiculatum A. Rich.
Dolichos unguiculatus L.
unguis-cati
ungues-catorum
cat's claw
unguisungunoun/mfingernail, toenail, claw, hoof
--cnct
generative of catuscatnoun/mmale cat (minor usage)
Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry
uniflorifer
uniflorifera
unifloriferum
bearing one flower
unusunadjone; single, sole; an
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
flosflornoun/mL.
flower
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
ferferaparfero
to bear, carry, bring
Rubus uniflorifer Bailey
uniflorus
uniflora
uniflorum
one flowered
unusunadjone; single, sole; an
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
florusflorpparfloreo
to bloom, to flower
Calceolaria uniflora Ruiz & Pav.
Ipheion uniflorum (Graham) Raf.
Calochortus uniflorus Hook. & Arn.
unifoliatus
unifoliata
unifoliatum
one leaved
unusunadjone; single, sole; an
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliatusfoliatadjprovided with or having leaves
Tiarella unifoliata Hook.
Astragalus unifoliatus Bunge
unifolius
unifolia
unifolium
one leaved
unusunadjone; single, sole; an
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
Malaxis unifolia Michx.
Allium unifolium Kellogg
Cyperus unifolius Boeckl.
uninervis
uninervis
uninerve
one veined
unusunadjone; single, sole; an
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
nervusnervnoun/mνευρον
a sinew, tendon, nerve
isadjadjectival suffix
Halodule uninervis Boiss.
uninervius
uninervia
uninervium
single veined
unusunadjone; single, sole; an
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
nervusnervnoun/mνευρον
a sinew, tendon, nerve
iusiadj-ιοϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: characteristic of, connected to, resembling, when related to -eus: of..., ...like
Diplachne uninervia (J. Presl) Parodi
urbanus
urbana
urbanum
from the city
urbanusurbanadjof or in the city, town; in Rome
Geum urbanum L.
urbius
urbia
urbium
of towns
urbsurbnoun/fa walled town or city
iusiadj-ιοϛ
adjective suffix for nouns: characteristic of, connected to, resembling, when related to -eus: of..., ...like
urceolatus
urceolata
urceolatum
pitcher shaped
urceolusurceolnoun/ma little pitcher
atusatadjadjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt
Conotrema urceolatum (Ach.) Tuck.