Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

villiflorus - violaceus

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Epithet

Definition

Derivation

Stem

Type/
Gender

Meaning

villiflorus
villiflora
villiflorum
hairy flowers
villusvillnoun/ma tuft of shaggy hair or wool
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
florusflorpparfloreo
to bloom, to flower
Eriogonum villiflorum Gray
Elymus villiflorus Rydb.
villifolius
villifolia
villifolium
hairy leaves
villusvillnoun/ma tuft of shaggy hair or wool
iicnctconnective vowel used by botanical Latin
foliusfoliadjfolium
leaf
villosissimus
villosissima
villosissimum
hairiest
superlative of villosusvillosadjshaggy, hairy
issimusissimadjsuperlative suffix; most so, to the greatest degree; most-, -est (e.g. largest, prettiest, whitest)
villosulus
villosula
villosulum
slightly hairy
villosusvillosadjshaggy, hairy
ulusuladjadjective suffix for adjectives: diminutive
Hesperochiron villosulus (Greene) Suksdorf
villosus
villosa
villosum
hairy
villosusvillosadjshaggy, hairy
Androsace villosa Jacq.
Sedum villosum L.
Lupinus villosus Willd.
viminalis
viminalis
viminale
long slender shoots
viminalisviminaladjof or belonging to willows
Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R. Br.
Eucalyptus viminalis Labill.
vinealis
vinealis
vineale
vine like
vinealisvinealadjof or belonging to vines
Allium vineale L.
Agrostis vinealis Schreb.
violaceopunctatus
violaceopunctata
violaceopunctatum
violet spots
violaceusviolaceadjviolet colored
oocnctconnective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
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
Maxillaria violaceopunctata Rchb. f.
violaceus
violacea
violaceum
violet
violaceusviolaceadjviolet colored
Batesimalva violacea (Rose) Fryxell
Panicum violaceum
Elephantopus violaceus Schultz-Bip.