GLOSSARY OF LATIN SPECIFIC TERMS 



japonica— Japanese. 



laciniata — cut into pointed lobes, 

 lacustre — by the lake, 

 laevigata — smooth-leaved, 

 lanceolata — lance-shaped, 

 lantana — viburnum, 

 lantanoides — lantana-like. 

 latifolia — broad-leaved, 

 ligustrina — flexible, privet-leaved, 

 longipes — long- stemmed, 

 lucida — shining-leaved, 

 lutea — yellow. 



macrostachya — great-spiked, 

 mariana — Maryland, 

 maritima — growing by the sea 

 maximum — greatest, 

 microcarpus-a — small-fruited, 

 mollis — soft. 



mucronata — bristle-pointed, 

 myrtilloides — myrtle-like. 



nana — dwarf. 



nigrobaccus — blackberry. 



nigrum-a — black. 



nitida — shining. 



nudum — bare, naked. 



nudiflora — flowers without leaves. 



paucifolium — tew -leaved. 



pennsylvanicum — Pennsylvanian. 



pentagyna — five-fruited. 



peregrina — spreading, wandering. 



petiolaris — petiolate. 



pilosa — downy, with silky hairs. 



polifolia — many-leaved. 



pontica — by the sea. 



procumbens — trailing. 



prolificum — prolific. 



prostratum — prostrate. 



prunifolium — plum-leaved. 



pubens — downy. 



pubescens — downy, with soft, short 



hairs, 

 pumilis-a — low, dwarf, 

 purpurea — purple, 

 pyracanthus — fire-blossom. 



racemosus-a — bearing racemes, 

 radicans — striking root, 

 repens — creeping, 

 resinosa — resinous. 

 rosea — rose-colored, 

 rostrata — beaked, 

 rotundifolium-a — round-leaved. 

 rubiginosa — rusty, 

 rubrum — red. 

 rugosa — wrinkled. 



occidentalis — western, 

 oblongifolia — oblong-leaved, 

 obovatus-a-um — obovate. 

 odoratus-a — fragrant. 

 oligocarpa — short-carpeled. 

 opulifolius — opulus-leaved. 

 opulus — cranberry, 

 oxyacanthoides — short-spined. 



palustris — growing in the marsh, 

 paniculata — bearing panicles, 

 parvifolia — small-leaved. 



salicifolia — willow-leaved. 



sanguinea — bloody. 



scabra — rough to the touch. 



sericea — silky. 



serpyllifolia — wild-thyme-leaved, 



serrulata — serrate or serrulate. 



setigera — bristly. 



spicata — pointed. 



spinosa — spiny. 



stamineum — long-stemmed. 



stans — erect, standing firm. 



stellate — star-like, 



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