228 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Yam. West Indian. " Ihame " (name of tuber). Eng. 



name for Dioscorideae family. 

 Yarrow (yar-o). A.S. " Gearuwe." Eng. name for 



Achillea Millefolium. 

 Yew. A.S. " Iw." Eng. name for Taxus group. 



Z 

 Zannichellia. After Zannichelli, a Venetian botanist, 



died 1729. Bot. name Horned Pondweed group. 

 Zostera (zos-ter-a). G. *' Zoster " (a ribbon). Bot. 



name Grass-wrack group. 

 Zosterifolius (zos-ter-if-ol-i-us). G. "Zoster" and 



" folius " (a leaf). Second bot. name for Acute 



Pondweed. 



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