GLOSSARY OF LATIN SPECIFIC TERMS 



japonica— 



Japanese 



laciniata- cut ; n(o 



lacustre— b' 



pointed lobe'i 



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*vigata^smooth-leaved 

 lanceolata^l ance . sh d _ 



lantana— viburnum. 

 lantanoides— lantam L -Hke. 

 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. 



pauci folium — few-leaved, 

 pennsylvanicum — Pennsylvanian. 

 pentagyna — five- fruited, 

 peregrina — spreading, wandering. 

 petiolaris — petiolate. 

 pilosa — downy, with silky hairs, 

 polifolia— many-leaved, 

 pontica — by the sea. 

 p.'ocumbens — trailing, 

 p roli Ileum — 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, 

 oblongirolia — oblong-leaved, 

 obovatus-a-um — obovate. 

 odoratus-a — fragrant, 

 oligocarpa — short-carpeled. 

 opulifolius — opulus-leaved. 

 opulu s — 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, 

 stellata — star-like. 



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