Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

primulaceus - pruinosus

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
primulaceus primulacea primulaceum	primula like
	primulus	primul	adj	the (little) first; primula veris (the first of spring) has been contracted to primula for use as the name of the genera
	aceus	ace	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: resembles, of..., ...like, mixture using, fragrance of; borrowed from nouns declined like ...ax, ...acis + eus
princeps principis principe	distinguished
	princeps	princip	adj	first, chief, distinguished, noble
	Plantago princeps Cham. & Schlecht. Leuchtenbergia principis Hook.
prior prior prius	first
	prior	pri	adj	comparative of previous, first
	Rubus prior Bailey
prismaticus prismatica prismaticum	prism like
	prisma	prismat	noun/n	πρισμα, ατοϛ a prism
	icus	ic	adj	-ικοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: belonging to, from, of
	Iris prismatica Pursh ex Ker-Gawl.
prismatocarpus prismatocarpa prismatocarpum	prism shaped fruit
	prisma	prismat	noun/n	πρισμα, ατοϛ a prism
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	carpos	carp	noun/m	καρποϛ fruit
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Begonia prismatocarpa Hook. Epidendrum prismatocarpum Rchb. f. Juncus prismatocarpus R. Br.
proboscideus proboscidea proboscideum	like elephant's trunk
	proboscis	proboscid	noun/f	προβοσκιϛ, ιδοϛ a trunk, snout especially of an elephant
	eus	e	adj	-εοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: belonging to, from, of
	Martynia proboscidea Gloxin
procerus procera procerum	tall
	procerus	procer	adj	tall, large
	Gentiana procera Holm Hippeastrum procerum (Duch.) Lem. Penstemon procerus Dougl. ex Graham
procumbens procumbens procumbens	prostrate
	procumbens	procumbent	apar	procumbo to fall forwards, to become prostrate
	Azalea procumbens L.
procurrens procurrens procurrens	spreading
	procurrens	procurrent	apar	procurro to run forwards
	Arabis procurrens Waldst. & Kit.
profundeincisus profundeincisa profundeincisum	deeply cut
	profunde	profunde	adv	deeply, vastly
	incisus	incis	ppar	incido to cut into, through, up
prolatior prolatior prolatius	more elongated
	comparative of prolatus	prolat	ppar	prolato to extend, lengthen
	ior		adj	comparative suffix; more so, to a greater degree; more-, -er (e.g. larger, prettier, whiter)
	Cucumis prolatior J. H. Kirkbr.
prolatus prolata prolatum	elongated top to bottom
	prolatus	prolat	ppar	prolato to extend, lengthen
	Gentiana prolata Balf. f.
prolifer prolifera proliferum	proliferous
	proles	prol	noun/f	offspring; descendants
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	fer	fer	apar	fero to bear, carry, bring
	Cytisus prolifer L. f. Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw. Paspalum proliferum Arechav.
pronus prona pronum	leaning forward
	pronus	pron	adj	leaning or bending forward; prone
	Crataegus prona Ashe Rhododendron pronum Tagg & Forrest Rubus pronus Bailey
propinquus propinqua propinquum	related to
	propinquus	propinqu	adj	near, neighboring
	Arenaria propinqua Richards. Crocanthemum propinquum (Bickn.) Bickn. Endococcus propinquus (Korber) D. Hawksw.
prorepens prorepens prorepens	creeping
	prorepens	prorepent	apar	prorepo to creep or crawl forwards or out
	Drummondia prorepens (Hedw.) Britt.
prostratus prostrata prostratum	prostrate
	prostratus	prostrat	ppar	prosterno to spread out, to throw to the ground
	Gentiana prostrata Haenke Agropyron prostratum (L. f.) Beauv. Ceanothus prostratus Benth.
protensus protensa protensum	stretched out
	protensus	protens	apar	protendo to stretch or reach out
	Campylium protensum (Brid.) Kindb.
pruinosus pruinosa pruinosum	frosted
	pruinosus	pruinos	adj	frosted
	Biatorella pruinosa (Korber) Mudd Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I. C. Nielsen Penstemon pruinosus Dougl. ex Lindl.