Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

floccosus - fontinalis

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
floccosus floccosa floccosum	wooly
	floccus	flocc	noun/m	a lock of wool
	osus	os	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: plenitude or notable development
	Corethrogyne floccosa Greene Cirsium floccosum (Rydb.) Petrak Tragopogon floccosus Waldst. & Kit.
florentinus florentina florentinum	of Florence, Italy
	florentinus	florentin	adj	Florentinus of Florentia: Florence, Italy
	Iris florentina L. Hieracium florentinum All. Cistus florentinus Lam.
floribundus floribunda floribundum	profusely flowered
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	bundus	bund	adj	adjective suffix for verbs: in the process of, -ing
	Physaria floribunda Rydb. Antiphytum floribundum (Torr.) Gray Mimulus floribundus Lindl.
floricomus floricoma floricomum	hairy flowers
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	come	com	noun/f	κομη hair hair, foliage
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Rubus floricomus Blanch.
floridulus floridula floridulum	somewhat flowering
	floridulus	floridul	adj	somewhat flowering
	Saccharum floridulum Labill. Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex K. Schum. & Laut.
floridus florida floridum	flowering
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	idus	id	adj	adjective suffix for verbs, nouns or adjectives: condition or progression
	Cornus florida L. Cercidium floridum Benth. ex Gray Calycanthus floridus L.
florifer florifera floriferum	flower bearing
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	fer	fer	apar	fero to bear, carry, bring
	Townsendia florifer (Hook.) Gray Crataegus florifera Sarg. Sedum floriferum Praeger
floriger florigera florigerum	flower bearing
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	ger	ger	apar	gero to carry, bear, wear
	Rubus floriger Bailey
florosus florosa florosum	abundantly flowered
	florosus	floros	adj	abundantly flowered
florulentus florulenta florulentum	abundantly flowered
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	ulentus	ulent	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: plenitude or notable development, from more recent coinage of words, see '-osus'
	Stemodia florulenta W. R. Barker Rubus florulentus Focke
florus flora florum	flowered
	florus	flor	ppar	floreo to bloom, to flower
flos-cuculi flores-cuculorum	cuckoo flower
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	-	-	cnct
	generative of cuculus	cucul	noun/m	the cuckoo bird
Lychnis flos-cuculi L.
flos-jovis flores-jovium	flower of Jupiter
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	-	-	cnct
	generative of jupiter	jov	noun/m	Jupiter Jupiter, chief of the gods
Lychnis flos-jovis (L.) Desr.
flos-reginae flores-reginarum	queen's flower
	flos	flor	noun/m	L. flower
	-	-	cnct
	generative of regina	regin	noun/f	a queen
Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.
flumineus fluminea flumineum	of a river
	flumineus	flumine	adj	of a river, river-
fluviatilis fluviatilis fluviatile	from a river
	fluviatilis	fluviatil	adj	of or belonging to a river
	Equisetum fluviatile L. Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soj€k
foecundissimus foecundissima foecundissimum	most abundant, fruitfull
	superlative of foecundus	foecund	adj	fecundus fruitful, abundant, fertile, prolific (erroneously foecundus)
	issimus	issim	adj	superlative suffix; most so, to the greatest degree; most-, -est (e.g. largest, prettiest, whitest)
	Rosa foecundissima Munchh.
foenum-graecum foena-graeca	Greek hay
	foenum	foen	noun/n	faenum L (also fenum, incorrectly foenum) hay
	-	-	cnct
	graecus	graec	adj	Graecus of or belonging to the Greeks
Trigonella foenum-graecum L.
foetidissimus foetidissima foetidissimum	most foetid
	superlative of foetidus	foetid	adj	stinking, bad smelling
	issimus	issim	adj	superlative suffix; most so, to the greatest degree; most-, -est (e.g. largest, prettiest, whitest)
	Iris foetidissima L. Mastichodendron foetidissimum (Jacq.) H.J. Lam
foetidus foetida foetidum	unpleasantly scented
	foetidus	foetid	adj	stinking, bad smelling
	Vestia foetida (Ruíz & Pav.) Hoffsgg. Chenopodium foetidum Schrad. Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
foliaceus foliacea foliaceum	leafy, resembling a leaf
	folium	foli	noun/n	leaf
	aceus	ace	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: resembles, of..., ...like, mixture using, fragrance of; borrowed from nouns declined like ...ax, ...acis + eus
	Ulmus foliacea Gilib., nom. inval. Symphyotrichum foliaceum (DC.) Nesom Aster foliaceus Lindl. ex DC.
foliolosus foliolosa foliolosum	having small leaves
	folium	foli	noun/n	leaf
	olum	ol	noun/n	olus substantive suffix for 1st & 2nd declention nouns: diminutive
	osus	os	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: plenitude or notable development
	Castilleja foliolosa Hook. & Arn. Thalictrum foliolosum DC. Adenocarpus foliolosus (Aiton) DC.
foliosior foliosior foliosius	leafier
	comparative of foliosus	folios	adj	leafy
	ior		adj	comparative suffix; more so, to a greater degree; more-, -er (e.g. larger, prettier, whiter)
foliosissimus foliosissima foliosissimum	leafiest
	superlative of foliosus	folios	adj	leafy
	issimus	issim	adj	superlative suffix; most so, to the greatest degree; most-, -est (e.g. largest, prettiest, whitest)
	Polemonium foliosissimum Gray
foliosus foliosa foliosum	leafy
	foliosus	folios	adj	leafy
	Dalea foliosa (Gray) Barneby Chenopodium foliosum (Moench) Aschers. Erigeron foliosus Nutt.
fontanus fontana fontanum	of a spring
	fontanus	fontan	adj	of a spring or fountain
	Adicea fontana Lunell Cerastium fontanum Baumg. Fissidens fontanus (B. Pyl.) Steud.
fontinalis fontinalis fontinale	belonging to springs
	fons	font	noun/m	a spring or fountain
	inus	in	adj	-ινοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: composition, color, resembling, owning
	alis	al	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: of or pertaining to
	Cirsium fontinale (Greene) Jepson Betula fontinalis Sarg.