Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

caperatus - caput-medusae

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
caperatus caperata caperatum	wrinkled
	caperatus	caperat	ppar	capero to be wrinkled
	Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale
capillaceus capillacea capillaceum	hair like
	capillus	capill	noun/m	the hair
	aceus	ace	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: resembles, of..., ...like, mixture using, fragrance of; borrowed from nouns declined like ...ax, ...acis + eus
	Dichelyma capillaceum (With.) Myr. Convolvulus capillaceus Kunth
capillaris capillaris capillare	hair like
	capillus	capill	noun/m	the hair
	aris	ar	adj	alis adjective suffix for nouns: of or pertaining to
	Bryum capillare Hedw. Arenaria capillaris Poir.
capillatus capillata capillatum	hairy
	capillatus	capillat	adj	with hair, hairy
	Stipa capillata L.
capillifolius capillifolia capillifolium	hairy leaved
	capillus	capill	noun/m	the hair
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Meriolix capillifolia (Scheele) Small Arthrostylidium capillifolium Griseb. Daucus capillifolius Gilli
capilliformis capilliformis capilliforme	thread like
	capillus	capill	noun/m	the hair
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	formis	form	adj	in botanical Latin a substantive suffix for nouns derived from 'forma': to be in the form or shape of...
	Rhipsalis capilliformis F. A. C. Weber
capillipes capillipedes	slender stalked
	capillus	capill	noun/m	the hair
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	pes	ped	noun/m	foot; claw
	Andropogon capillipes Nash
capillus-junonis capilli-junonum	Juno's hair
	capillus	capill	noun/m	the hair
	-	-	cnct
generative of juno	junon	noun/f	Juno daughter of Saturn, wife & sister of Jupiter, founder of marriage
capillus-veneris capilli-venerum	Venus's hair
	capillus	capill	noun/m	the hair
	-	-	cnct
	generative of venus	vener	noun/f	Venus Venus, goddess of love
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
capitatus capitata capitatum	with a head
	caput	capit	noun/n	head
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Sphaeromeria capitata Nutt. Erysimum capitatum (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
capitellatus capitellata capitellatum	with small head
	caput	capit	noun/n	head
	ellum	ell	noun/n	ellus substantive suffix for 1st & 2nd declension nouns: diminutive
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl
capitulatus capitulata capitulatum	with little head
	capitulum	capitul	noun/n	little head
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze Leucojum capitulatum Lour.
capnodes capnodes capnodes	smoke colored
	capnos	capn	noun/m	καπνοϛ smoke
	odes	od	adj	oides -οειδεϛ adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
capnoides capnoides capnoides	smoke colored
	capnos	capn	noun/m	καπνοϛ smoke
	oides	oid	adj	-οειδεϛ adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble
	Corydalis capnoides (L.) Pers.
cappadocicus cappadocica cappadocicum	of Cappadocia, west central Turkey
	cappadox	cappadoc	adj	Cappadox of Cappadocia
	icus	ic	adj	-ικοϛ adjective suffix for nouns: belonging to, from, of
	Vicia cappadocica Boiss. & Balansa Acer cappadocicum Gled. Bromus cappadocicus Boiss. & Balansa
capparinus capparina capparinum	brown-green
	capparis	cappar	noun/f	the caper bush; the caper
	inus	in	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: belonging to or resembling
capreolatus capreolata capreolatum	having tendrils
	capreolus	capreol	noun/m	prop, support; tendril
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Bignonia capreolata L.
capricornis capricornes capricorne	like goats' horn
	caper	capr	noun/m	he-goat
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	cornis	corn	adj/	cornu horn, antler
				is adjectival suffix
	Astrophytum capricorne (A. Dietr.) Britton & Rose Echinocactus capricornis A. Dietr.
capsicastrum capsicastra	Capsicum (pepper) like
	capsicum	capsic	noun/n	capto καπτο ? pepper ?
	astrum	astr	noun/n	aster substantive suffix for nouns or adjectives: inferiority or partial resemblance, wild, diminutive
	Solanum capsicastrum Link ex Schauer
capsularis capsularis capsulare	with capsules
	capsula	capsul	noun/f	small box
	aris	ar	adj	alis adjective suffix for nouns: of or pertaining to
	Corchorus capsularis L.
caput-avis capites-aves	bird's head
	caput	capit	noun/n	head
	-	-	cnct
avis	av	noun/f	bird; omen
caput-galli capites-gallorum	cock's head
	caput	capit	noun/n	head
	-	-	cnct
	generative of gallus	gall	noun/m	cock, rooster
Onobrychis caput-galli (L.) Lam.
caput-medusae capites-medusarum	Medusa's head
	caput	capit	noun/n	head
	-	-	cnct
	generative of medusa	medus	noun/f	Medusa Μεδουσα mythical woman whose blond hair was turned to snakes and whose stare turn objects to stone, was slain by Perseus
Elymus caput-medusae L.