Latin Words- Dendro Flashcards
Acuminata
Long-pointed
Alata
Winged
Alba
White
Alternifolia
Alternate-leafed
Altissima
Tall
Americana
From america
Aquatica
Growing in water
Arboreum
Treelike
Aromatica
Aromatic
Betula
Shining (bark)
Bicolor
Two-colored
Biflora
Two-flowered
Bifolia
Two-leaved
Biloba
Two-lobed
Canadensis
From canada
Caroliniana
From the carolinas
Carya
Greek for nut
Clausa
Closed or serotinous (late in occuring, developing, flowering)
Concolor
One color
Contorta
Twisted
Cordifolia
Heart-shaped leaves
Cordiformis
Heart-shaped
Crassifolia
Thick-leaved
Decidua
Deciduous
Deltoides
Triangular-shaped
Dentata
Toothed
Dioicus
Dioecious
Echinata
Prickly
Fagus
Latin for beech
Falcata
Sickle-shaped
Flexillis
Flexible
Florida
Flowering
Floridana
From florida
Fragilis
Fragile
Giganteus
Gigantic
Glabra
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Glandulosa
Glandular
Glauca
Glaucous (light blue or greenish blue, covered with a whitish bloom, as a plum)
Grandidentata
Large- toothed
Grandiflora
Showy-flowered
Grandifolia
Large-leaved
Grandis
Large
Heterophylla
Diversely leaved
Illinoinensis
From illinois
Imbricaria
Overlapping
Incana
Gray color
Laciniosa
Shaggy
Laevigata
Smooth
Latifolia
Broad-leaved
Laurifolia
Laurel-leaved
Lenta
Pliable
Lobata
Lobed
Macrocarpa
Large-fruited
Macrophyllum
Large-leaved
Maximum
Largest
Microphylla
Small-leaved
Monophylla
One-leaved
Montana
Mountain
Nigra
Black
Nyssa
Water nymph
Oblongifolia
Oblong-leaved
Occidentalis
Western
Odorata
Fragrant
Opaca
Opaque or not glossy
Ovata
Ovate-shaped
Pallida
Pale
Palustris
Swampy land
Papyrifera
Paper- bearing
Parviflora
Small-flowered
Pennslyvanica
From pennslyvania
Pomifera
Apple-bearing
Pubescens
Pubescent
Pumila
Dwarf
Pungens
Pungent or prickly
Quadrifolia
Four-leaved
Radiata
Radiating outward
Radicans
With rooting stems
Rigida
Rigid or stiff
Rubens
Blushed with red
Rubra
Red
Saccharum
Sugary
Sempervirens
Always living
Serotina
Of late season
Serrata
Serrate, toothed
Serrulata
Serrulate or small teeth
Silicicola
Growing in sand
Speciosa
Showy-flowered
Spicatum
Spike-like
Spinosa
Spiny or prickly
Stellata
Starlike (hairs)
Sylvatica
Of the forest
Tetraptera
Four-winged
Texana
From texas
Tomentosa
Densely hairy
Toxicodendron
Poison tree
Tremuloides
Trembling
Tricanthos
Three-thorned
Trifoliata
Three-leaved
Triloba
Three-lobed
Tripetala
Three-petaled
Tulipifera
Tulip bearing
Velutina
Velvety
Virginiana
From vriginia