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Latin Names (Meanings) Flashcards

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abyssinica

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from Abysinnia (Ethiopia) (North Africa)

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acaulis

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stemless

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aestivalis

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flowering in spring

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alba

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white

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alpestris

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from mountains

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alpicola

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from mountains

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alpina

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from the alps

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altissima

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tallest

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angustifolia

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narrow-leaved

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-antha

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-flowered (e.g. micrantha = small-flowered)

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arboricola

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living on trees

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arenaria

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from sandy places

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argentea

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silvery

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armata

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prickly

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arvensis

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of the field

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aurantiaca

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orange

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aurea

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golden, yellow

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azurea

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blue

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barbata

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bearded, hairy

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bellidifolia

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with leaves like those of a daisy

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borealis

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from the north

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caerulea

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blue

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caespitosa

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dense

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campanulata

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campanulate, like a bell

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campestris

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of the field

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canariensis

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from the Canary Isles

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capensis

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from the Cape, South Africa

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chrysantha

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yellow

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clivora

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from the hills

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coccinea

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red

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digitata

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(leaves) like a hand, with five lobes

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edulis

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edible

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esculenta

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edible

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farinosa

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floury, powdery

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ficifolia

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like a fig leaf

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flava

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yellow

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-flora

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-flowered (e.g. viridiflora = green-flowered)

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foliosa

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leafy

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fruticosa

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shrubby

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glabra

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smooth

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glacialis

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from cold areas

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graminifolia

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with grassy leaves

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grandiflora

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large-flowered

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grandis

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big

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helvetica

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from Switzerland

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hirsuta

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hairy

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hispida

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bristly

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humilis

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short

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hyemalis

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of winter

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incana

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grey

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inodora

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integrifolia

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entire, undivided (leaves)

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japonica

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from Japan

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lanata

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lanceolata

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lance-shaped (leaves)

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latifolia

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wide-leaved

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longifolia

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with long leaves

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lutea

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macrantha

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large flowered

macro- = large- (e.g. macrorhiza = large-rooted)

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macrocarpa

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large-fruited

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macrophylla

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with large leaves

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macrorrhiza

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with large roots

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maculata

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magellanica

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from the south of South America

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magna

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majus

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maritima

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maritime, near the sea

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maxima

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micrantha

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small flowered

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microphylla

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with small leaves

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millefolia

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with many (thousands of) leaves

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minima

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minor

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nana

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ochroleuca

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odorata

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officinalis

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with herbal uses

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pallida

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palustris

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from marshes

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parvi-

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small- (e.g. parivflora = small-flowered)

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parviflora

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small flowered

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parvifolia

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with small leaves

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pauci-

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few- (e.g. pauciflora =few-flowered)

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pauciflora

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few-flowered

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pendula

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phoenicea

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-phylla

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-leaved (e.g. macrophylla = large-leaved)

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pinnata

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with pinnate leaves

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poly-

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many (e.g polyantha = many-flowered)

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polyphylla

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with many leaves, leafy

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praecox

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early, of spring

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pratensis

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procumbens

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pulverulenta

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pumila

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punica/rubra

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purpurea

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quercifolia

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oak-leaved

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rediviva/semperviva

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rivalis/rivularis

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from near rivers

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rupestris/rupicola

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sanguinea

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sativa

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cultivated

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saxatilis

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scaber/scandens

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sibirica

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from Siberia

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sinense

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from China

108
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somnifera

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inducing sleep

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spicata

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spinosa

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stellata

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sulphurea

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sylvestris

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tenuifolia

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with thin, narrow leaves

115
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texensis

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from Texas

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tomentosa

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tomentose, woolly

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trifoliata

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trifoliate, with three-lobed leaves

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umbellata

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unbellate, with flowers in an umbel

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velutina

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vernalis

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villosa

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violacea

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viridis

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viscosa

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vitifolia

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with leaves like a vine

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volubilis

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vulgaris

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