Plant Names
| Name | Description | Part | Variation |
| abelikea | like Abele, populus | ||
| absinthifolia | leaves like absinth | Artemesia (wormwood) | |
| Acacia | akis + thorn = wattle | ||
| achyrophorus | chaff bearing | ||
| aculeata/us | spiny, with needles | sharp leaf | acutifolius, acarna, acuminata |
| aequidentata | equal toothed | fruit | |
| aestivus | summer flowering | ||
| Aethiorhiza | root | tuber | |
| agnus-castus | agnos + castus, chaste | ||
| Ailanthus | sky tree (Moluccan) | ||
| Aizoon | everliving | ||
| alata | winged, membranous outgrowth on fruit | ||
| alaternus | unknown plant | ||
| alba/us/um | white | seed | albicans |
| albifrons | white browed | ||
| Allium | garlic | ||
| althaeoides | resembling Althea, Hollyhock | ||
| Althea | to heal | ||
| altissima | very tall | ||
| alyssum | madness cure | ||
| Amaranthus | unfading, long-lasting | flower | |
| ambigua | uncertain | ||
| amblyolepis | blunt scales | ||
| Ambrosia | fragrance, food of the gods | ||
| amethystinum | amethyst colour, bluish violet | ||
| ampeloprasum | vine + onion, in vineyards | ||
| amplexicaule/is | stem embracing | bracts + calyx bristles | |
| Anacamptis | brought together | ||
| anagallis - aquatica | like Anagallis arvensis | ||
| Anagallis arvensis | anagallo = to make happy | ||
| Anchusa | rough | whole plant | Alkenna |
| angulata | zigzag | stem | |
| angustifolium | narrow leaved, slender | ||
| annua | annual | annuus | |
| Anthemis | chamomile | flower | anthos |
| Antirrhinum | like a snout | corolla shape | |
| aparine | clutch | burr like fruit | |
| Aphanes | inconspicuous | ||
| apiculata | pointed, short and sharp | e.g. apex of a leaf | |
| apifera | carrying a bee | ||
| aquatica/us | water loving | ||
| arborescens | becoming tree-like, shrubby | ||
| arcuatus | curved like a bow | pod | |
| Arenaria | sand | Arenarium | |
| argentea | silvery | argentatus | |
| arguta | sharply toothed | ||
| Argyrolobium | silver + leaflet | ||
| arietinum | ramlike | horn pattern on seed | |
| Aristolochia | best + childbirth | ||
| Arum | snake-like | flower shape | |
| arvensis | field growing | ||
| Aspalthium | fragrant shrub | ||
| Asperula | rough | Asperugo, asper, aspera | |
| Asphodelus | planted on graves, accompany the dead | Asphodeline | |
| asterias | star | radiating pod, floret | Aster, Astericus |
| Asterolinon | star + flax | leaf shape | |
| astragalus | anklebone | ||
| Atractylis | spindle | flower head shape | |
| aurea/us | golden | ||
| autumnale | autumn flowering | ||
| aviculare | small birds eat | seed | |
| azedarach | Persian, noble tree | ||
| azurea | Arabic and Persian, sky blue | ||
| Bellis | pretty | ||
| benedictus | blessed, due to healing power | ||
| betonicifolius | leaves like Betony | ||
| Bidens | 2 teeth | awn on fruit | |
| bienne | biennial | ||
| biflora | 2 flowered | ||
| bifora | 2 + gate, 2 small holes inside | ||
| Biscutella | 2 little plates | pod | |
| bitumosum | tarry | ||
| blanda | charming | ||
| blepharicarpos | eyelid | fruit, winged pod | |
| Bombycilaena | silk coated | ||
| Borago | burra, hairy garment | rough leaf | |
| botrys | bunch of grapes | inflorescence | |
| brachyata | arms, paired | ascending side branch | |
| Brachychiton | short tunic | calyx shape | |
| brachypetalum | short petals | ||
| bracteosa | with bracts | brevibracteata | |
| brevicaulis | short stalked | flower | |
| bryoniifolia | bryony leaved | ||
| bucephalorus | bull`s head | fruit in profile | |
| Buglossoides | like ox tongue | ||
| bulbosa | with bulbs | ||
| bullatus | knobbly | bubble-like leaf | |
| Bupleurum | cow`s rib | ||
| caerulea | blue | ||
| caespitosum | tufted | ||
| Calamintha | beautiful mint | ||
| calcitrapa | like a caltrop (spiked cavalry weapon) | ||
| Calendula | one floret each day | flower | |
| Callitriche | beautiful hair | ||
| Calycotome | calyx + cut, hood, cap, veil, blanket | calyx | Calystegia |
| Campanula | little bell | ||
| campestre | of the plains, in fields | campestris | |
| cancellata | chequered, reticulate | inner phyllary | |
| canescens | greyish, hoary | bark | canus, canum, canum |
| capitatus | flowers in heads | ||
| caprinus | goat | caprifole | |
| capriolata | tendrils | ||
| Capsella | box, purse | fruit, capsule | |
| caput-galli | cock`s head | pod form | |
| Cardamine | for cardiac ailments | Cardopatium | |
| Cardaria | heart | pod | |
| Cardunculus | little Carduus | ||
| Carpobrotus | with edible fruit | fruit (not in Cyprus) | |
| Catananche | by force | ||
| Centranthus | spur flower | ||
| Cephalaria | head | ||
| ceratocaprios | horn and smoke | ||
| ceratocephala | horn-headed | Ceratonia | |
| cerinthifolia | leaves like Cerinthe | ||
| Chaenorhinum | gape + snout, open mouth | ||
| Chamaepitys | dwarf | chamaepeplus | |
| chamaesyce | dwarf fig | fruit | |
| Chenopodium | goose foot | leaf shape | |
| Chlamydophora | wearing a tunic | corona on fruit | |
| chlorantha | greenish yellow | flower | |
| Chondrilla | a grain of corn | dried sap | |
| Chorchorus | purify, purgative | ||
| Chrozophora | carry | ||
| Chrysanthemum | golden flower | ||
| chrysogonum | gold-angled | ||
| cichonium | stork like | fruit beak | |
| cicutarium | cicuta = Hemlock (poisonous) | ||
| ciliaris | hairy, fringed | ciliata | |
| cinerea | ashgrey | ||
| circinnatus | coiled | fruit | |
| cirrhosa | curly fibres | ||
| Citrullus | citron, lemon | ||
| clypeatrum | with a buckler | fruiting calyx | |
| Clypeola | round shield | pod | |
| Cnicus | to prick, thistles | ||
| coccifera | carrying cocci (scale insects) | ||
| collinus | of the hills | ||
| colocynthia | gut + move, cucumber | ||
| communis | common | ||
| commutata | differing, change | ||
| comosum | with locks | top knot of darker flowers | |
| conglobatum | massed together, clustered | conglomeratus | |
| connatum | joined at birth | upper leaf stalk | |
| consolida | make firm | ||
| constricta | squeezed | tight coils of pod | compressus |
| Convolvulus | to twine around | ||
| cordifolia | heart shaped | leaf | |
| corniculata | with a little horn | capsule | corniculatus |
| cornutus | horned | cornigera | |
| coronopus | crow`s foot | leaf shape | |
| coronaria/ium | garlands, crowns | coronata | |
| Coronilla | little crown | inflorescence | |
| corymbulosum | in a little spray, flattish-topped raceme | flower | corymbosum |
| cotula | cup | ||
| Crassula | thick | fleshy leaf | |
| Crataegus | strong | timber | |
| crenata | scalloped, rounded teeth between notches | lower lip | |
| Crepis | sandal | leaf from sancta | |
| crispum | curled | leaf | |
| crista-galli | cock`s comb, crested | ||
| Crocus | true saffron | ||
| Crucianella | cross | leaves inwhorls of 4 | |
| Crupina | to creep (Flemish) | fruit on ground | |
| culinaris | of the kitchen | ||
| cuminoides | like cumin | ||
| curtum | short | ||
| curvidens | with curved teeth | ||
| cyanophylla | blue leaved | ||
| cymbalaria | cymbal | leaf shape | |
| cynocrambe | dog`s cabbage | ||
| Cynoglossum | dog + tongue | rough leaf | |
| Cytinus | Punica | ||
| cytisoides | like genus Cytisus | ||
| Dactylorhiza | finger + root | tuber | |
| dasyrum | shaggy tailed | calyx teeth | |
| daucoides | similar to Daucus (Carrot) | ||
| Delphinium | dolphin | flower shape | |
| densiflora | dense | flower | |
| dentata/us | toothed, notched | ||
| diandra | 2 stamens | ||
| Didesmus | pair of handcuffs | pod | |
| didyma | double, twins | stamens | Didynamia |
| diffusa | spreading, scattered | ||
| dimorphocaulon | with stems of 2 kinds, 2 forms in same species | ||
| dioica | male + female separate on different plants | flower | dioecious |
| Diplotaxis | in 2 rows | ||
| disciformis | disk shaped | pod | |
| discoidea | disc-like | fruiting calyx. Capitulum with no ray florets | |
| discolor | 2 coloured | ||
| dissectum | cut up | leaf | |
| divaricatum | with spreading branches | ||
| dolosum | deceitful | ||
| domestica | not wild | ||
| Dracocephalum | dragon head | corolla | |
| dulcis | sweet | ||
| Ecballium | eject, expelling | elaterium | |
| echinatum | prickly | Echinophora | |
| echioides | like Echium (rough leaved) | ||
| Echium | adder | spotted stem | |
| edulis | edible | ||
| eleagnifolium | like Eleagnus | leaf of willow | |
| Emex | analogy, Rumex | ||
| Enarthrocarpos | with jointed fruit | ||
| Ephedra | seated, climbing over | ||
| Epilobium | upon + pod | flower on tip of ovary | |
| equisetiforme | like horsetail | ||
| Eriobotrya | wool + bunch (grapes) | eriosphaera | |
| eriocephala | woolly headed | ||
| Erodium | heron | fruit | |
| erophila | spring loving | ||
| ervoides | like Ervum, legume | ||
| erythraea | red | ||
| Eucalyptus | well + cover | snug operculum | |
| exigua | very small, slender | ||
| faba | broad bean | ||
| falcata | sickle-shaped | upper bract | |
| farcta | stuffed | spongy pod | |
| ferocissimum | the fiercest | ||
| ferulaceum | rod like | stem | |
| fibrosa | bulb tunic | ||
| ficaria | figlike | ||
| Ficus sycamorus | fig + mulberry | ||
| Filago | thread, cottony hairs | filiformis | |
| fistulosus | tubular | leaf | |
| flexuosa | twisting | ||
| foenum-graecum | fenugreek | ||
| foetida | evil smelling | ||
| fragiferum | strawberry bearing | fruiting calyx | |
| frondosa | leafy | ||
| fruticosa/um | shrubby | ||
| Fumana | smoke | Fumaria | |
| fusca | brown | ||
| Galium | milk, curdling agent | ||
| geniculata | knee bent | zigzag stem | |
| Geranium | crane's bill | fruit | |
| Geropogon | old man`s beard | ||
| giganteum | giant | ||
| glabra | hairless | glaber | |
| Gladiolus | sword | ||
| Glaucium | grey-green, bluish bloom | leaf | glauca/us |
| globosum | globose | flower head | |
| glomeratum | compact, cluster | short-stalked flower | |
| Glycyrrhiza | sweet root (liquorice) | ||
| gomphocephala | swollen headed | ||
| gracile/is | slender/graceful | ||
| granatum | many seeded | ||
| grandiflora | large flowered | ||
| graveolens | heavy-scented | ||
| gruinum | crane-like | fruit beak | |
| guttata | spotted | ||
| Gynandriris | female + male + Iris | stamen | gynandrous |
| halimus | maritime | ||
| Halocnemon | salt + leg | plant | |
| halopeplis | salt + robe or blankets | ||
| halophilus | salt loving | ||
| hamosus | hook shaped | pod | |
| haplophyllum | with simple leaves | ||
| hederacea | ivylike | leaf | |
| Hedysarum | sweet smelling, Hedus | Hedypnois | |
| Helianthemum | sunflower | ||
| Helichrysum | sun + gold | ||
| Heliotropium | sun + turn towards | helioscopia | |
| Helminthotheca | worm, table | ||
| heterophylla | various leaved | leaf | |
| Hippocrepis | horseshoe-shaped | pod segments | |
| hircinum | goaty | smell | |
| hirsuta/um | hairy, long stiffish hairs | hirsutissimum | |
| hispidus/a | bristly, strong hairs bristles | hispidula | |
| horizontalis | horizontal | flower | |
| humifusum | spread on the ground | humilis | |
| Hyacinthella | diminutive of Hyacinth | ||
| hybrida/us | intermediate | ||
| hygrophilum | moisture loving | ||
| Hymenocarpos | membranous fruited | ||
| Hymenolobus | membrane-podded | ||
| Hyoseris | pig`s chicory | ||
| Hypecoum | lowly | ||
| Hypericum | above + icon, under + heath | ||
| hypocistus | beneath Cistus | ||
| hyssopifolia | leaves like hyssop | ||
| imberbe | beardless | ||
| inapertum | not opened | ||
| incana | hoary | ||
| inconstrictum | not constricted | perianth mouth | |
| inermis | unarmed, no spines | ||
| infectoria | used by dyers | ||
| innoxia | harmless | ||
| integrifolia | with entire leaves | ||
| intermedia | intermediate | a species classified between others | |
| intertexta | interwoven | pod | |
| involucratus | conspicuous involucre | involucrata | |
| Ipomaea | woodworm + like | twining stem | |
| iva | abortion herb | ||
| jonthlaspi | violet + thlaspi | ||
| juncea/um | rush like | ||
| kali | alkali | ||
| laciniatum | slashed, ragged | leaf form | laciniata |
| Lactuca | milk | Lettuce genus | |
| Lagoecia | hair + house, nest | around fruit | |
| lagopus | hare`s foot | silky flowerhead | |
| Lamium | throat | corolla | |
| lancifolium | leaves like a lance | lanceolata | |
| lantana | like Viburnum | ||
| lanuginosum | hairy, woolly | lanigera | lanata, lanatus, lanigera |
| lapathifolium | sorrel like | leaf | |
| lappaceum | bur like (as Burdock heads) | as Burdock heads | |
| latifolia | broad leaved | ||
| Lavandula | to wash | myron = perfume | |
| laxiflora | loose flowered | ||
| lentiscus | grow soft when chewed | gum mastic | |
| leontice | lion`s claw, teeth | Leontodon | |
| leontopetalum | lion petalled | ||
| leptoclades | short stalked | ||
| leptophylla | slender leaved | ||
| leuc-, leuco- | white | leucanthemum | |
| Linaria | flax, linum | narrow leaf | |
| linum-stellatum | star + flax | ||
| Lithodora | gift of the rocks | ||
| litoreum | coastal | ||
| Lobularia | small pod | ||
| longifolia/petala | long petals/leaves | ||
| lucidum | shining | leaf | |
| lunata | moon shaped crescent | pod | |
| lupulina | miniature hop flower | pod cluster | |
| luteola | yellowish | lutea | |
| Lycium | thorny shrub | ||
| Lythrum | blood | ||
| macrocarpa | large fruit | ||
| macrosepala | large sepals | ||
| macrostachya | long spiked | ||
| maculatus | blotched | spotted leaf | maculata |
| malacoides | like mallow | leaf | |
| majus/major | large | ||
| manipuliflora | handful + flower, cluster | ||
| margaritaceum | pearl like | flower | |
| marianus | Mary`s milk splashes | marianum | |
| maritima/us/um | coastal | marina | |
| matricaria | matrix + womb | ||
| maxima | largest | ||
| media | intermediate | flower size | |
| Melia | Ash, Fraxinus | leaf resemblance | |
| Melilotus | honey + lotus | clover-like leaf | |
| Melissa | honey bee | ||
| membranacea | membranous | ||
| Mesembryanthemum | midday flower | flower | |
| micranthus | small flowered | micrantha | |
| microcarpa/phylla | small fruit/leaves | ||
| Micromeria | small parts | ||
| millefoliatus/um | 1000 leaved | Myriophylum | |
| minima | smallest | minor, | |
| mitissima | very soft | ||
| molle | soft | ||
| monantha | single flowered | ||
| monogyna | one + female | one styled plant | |
| moschatum | musky | ||
| morio | buffoon, jester`s cap colours | moria | |
| mucronata | pointed | ||
| multiflorus | many flowered | ||
| multisiliquosa | many podded | ||
| murale/is | of the walls | ||
| muricatus | spiny, set with sharp points | ||
| Muscari | musk scented | ||
| Myosotis | mouse-ear | leaf | |
| myrtifolia | like myrtle leaves | ||
| myxa | slime, mucus-like | viscid fruit | |
| nana | dwarf | ||
| Nasturtium | nose + twist | smell | |
| Neatostema | lowest + stamen | attached low on flower | |
| neglectum | neglected until named | ||
| nervosa | veined | leaf | |
| nigrescens/nigra | going black | darkveined leaflet | nigra/um |
| nivalis | in snow of Syrian Mts. | ||
| nobilis | excellent | ||
| nocturnum | of the night | ||
| nodiflorum | flowering at stem nodes | flowering joint | |
| nodosa | knotted | ||
| notata | with markings | conspicuous flower lobe | |
| nutans | nodding | ||
| obtusifolium | blunt leaved | ||
| ochrus | pale yellow | flower | |
| Odontites | tooth | ||
| odorata | fragrant | ||
| officinale/is | pharmaceutical | ||
| oleander | like an olive, stiff, evergreen | leaf | |
| oleioides | like an olive tree | oleifolium | |
| oleracea/us | of the kitchen garden | leaf | |
| olitorius | of the kitchen garden | leaf | |
| olusatrum | black herb, aromatic | ||
| Onobrychis | ass + gulp | ||
| Onosma | ass + smell | ||
| Opopanax | resin + all heal | gum resin | |
| opulifolium | many leaved (Maple) | leaf | |
| orbicularis | with a little orb | pod | |
| orchis | testicle | ||
| orientale/is | eastern | ||
| Ornithogallum | bird + milk | ||
| ornithopodioides | like a bird`s claw | pod shape | Ornithopus |
| Orobanche | Vicia + strangle, parasitic habit | ||
| Otanthus | ear flower | 'ears' on fruit | |
| ovata | oval | inflorescence | |
| Oxalis | acid, sharp | ||
| palladiflora | pale flowered | ||
| palustris | of the marshes | ||
| paralias | by the sea | ||
| Parietaria | wall | ||
| Paronychia | against + fingernail | ||
| parviflora/us/um | small flowered/leaved | parvifolia | |
| passerina | sparrow`s tongue | shape of fruit | |
| patula | spread out | ||
| pecten - veneris | Venus's comb, beak-like tooth | fruit | |
| pedicellare | with flower stalks | ||
| pelecinus | axe like | ||
| peltatus | with shields | leaf | |
| pendulum | hanging | ||
| pentapetaloides | as if with 5 petals | ||
| peplus | as peplis | peplis, Portulaca, portulacoides | |
| peregrina/us | foreign, through the field | plant | |
| perennis | perennial | plant | |
| perfoliata/um | through the leaves | perforatum | |
| pes-caprae | goat`s foot | ||
| petiolata | with stalked leaves | leaf | |
| Petroselinum | rock + parsley | ||
| Phagnalon | anagram for Gnaphalium | ||
| Phyla | tribe | many flowered head | |
| Physalis | root bladder | inflated calyx on ground | |
| Physanthyllis | bladder flower | swollen calyx | |
| Phytolacca | plant + lac (scale) insect | plant | |
| picroides | bitter | plant | |
| picta | painted | under petal | |
| pilulare | pill like | flower head | |
| piluliferae | bearing little balls | fruit | |
| planiflora | with flat flowers | ||
| plantagineum | plantain like | basal leaf | |
| Plumbago | lead, bluish | flower | |
| polita | polished, bright colour | flower | |
| Polycarpon | many fruit | ||
| polyceratium | many horned | pod cluster | |
| Polygala | much milk | plant | |
| Polygonum | many angled | zig zag stem | |
| polymorpha | in many shapes or forms | ||
| populneus | like a poplar | ||
| porphyreum | purple | colour | |
| potentilla | powerful (medicinally) | ||
| praecox | early in the season | ||
| prolifera | a spreading fast, abundant | ||
| procumbens | lying flat, prostrate | prostrata | |
| pseudoacacia | false acacia | fruit and leaf | |
| pseudocotula | false cotula (cup) | fruit | |
| Pseudorlaya | false Orlaya | fruit, flower | |
| Pteranthus | wing-flowered | ||
| Pterocephalus | wing-headed | bract + calyx bristle | |
| Ptilostemon | with feathered stamens | stamen | |
| pubescens | downy | plant | |
| pulchra | beautiful hair | pulcher, pulchellum | |
| Pulicaria | fleabane | Pulegium | |
| pulverulenta | finely powdery | ||
| punctata | dotted, pitted | flower | punctulata |
| purpurea/us/um | purple | flower | |
| pusilla/um | very small | pumila | |
| pycnocephalus | compact head | flower | |
| pyramidata | pyramidal | capitula | |
| ramocissimum | much branched | flower | ramosa, ramiflora |
| raphanistrum | like radish | plant | |
| reclinata | bent down, recumbent | pods | |
| recutita | naked | receptacle (no scales) | |
| regia | royal | ||
| repanda | wavy edged | leaf | |
| repens | creeping | plant | |
| Reseda | to heal | ||
| resedifolia | leaves like Reseda | leaf | |
| resupinatum | inverted | floret | |
| retroflexus | bent back | ||
| rhoeas | pink, red | flower | |
| Rhagadiolus | chink, slit | half closed achene | |
| Ricinus | sheep tick | seed | |
| rigida | stiff | plant | |
| Rosmarina | bush + fragrant | scent | |
| rostrata | beaked | pod | |
| Rosularia | rose | rosette of basal leaves | rosea (pink) |
| rotundifolium | roundleaved | leaf | |
| ruber | red | stem | |
| rubrifolium | red leaved | red-striped leaf | rubrovittatum |
| rugosa/um | wrinkled | fruit | |
| Rumex | chewing, ruminate | leaf | |
| rupestris | of the rocks | rupestre | |
| Sagina | fattening (fodder) | ||
| sagittata | arrowed | leaf shape | |
| salicifolium | willow-leaved | leaf | saligna |
| Salicornia | salt + horn | plant | Salsola |
| salviifolius | sage leaved | leaf shape | Salvia (saviour) |
| Sambucus | stringed instrument, harp | ||
| sancta | holy, hood profile | sanctus | |
| Santolina | holy flax | ||
| sativa/us/um | cultivated | ||
| Saxifraga | stone breaker | root | saxatilis |
| Scabiosa | scabies cure | plant | |
| scabrum | rough, with projecting points | scabra | |
| Scolopax | Woodcock | flower lip | |
| scolymus | thorn, prickle | ||
| Scorpiurus | scorpion tail | pod | scorpioides |
| Scorzonera | viper (cures bites) | root | |
| Scrophularia | for treating scrofula | nodular tuber | |
| scutatum | with a shield | fruiting calyx | scutellata |
| Scutellaria | scutella (=dish) | calyx flap | scutellum |
| securidaca | like an axe handle | fruit | |
| Sedum | sit, low squat habit (house leek) | sediforme | |
| segetum | of the cornfields | ||
| semi-baccata | half berry like | fleshy fruit | |
| semi-compositum | semi-compound | inflorescence | |
| sempervirens | ever living | ||
| Senecio | old man`s beard | grey pappus | |
| sepium | of the hedges | ||
| serrata | saw toothed | leaf | serratula |
| setaceum | silken, bristle | slender flowerstalk | seta |
| setigerum | bristle-bearing | setosa | |
| sideritis | iron | ||
| siliqua | pod | pod | siliquastrum |
| simia | ape like | flower | |
| simplex | simple, unbranched | ||
| sinuatus/um | wavy | leaf | |
| Smilax | scratching implement | ||
| Smyrnium | myrrh, due to scent | ||
| soda | sodium compounds | ||
| somnifera | sleep inducing | fruit | |
| speculum - veneris | Venus's looking-glass, mirror | ||
| Spergularia | scatter | seed | spergula |
| sphacelata | dark speckled, shrunken | ||
| sphaericus | spherical | seed | |
| sphegodes | wasp like | shape of lip | |
| spicata | in a spike | inflorescence | spicatum |
| spinosa/um | spiny/most spiny | stem, leaf, fruit | spinosissimum/us |
| spiral/helix | wound round, coil | shoot, cone | |
| Spiranthus | coil + flower | inflorescence | spiralis |
| spumosum | frothing, foam, scum | fruiting head | |
| squamatus | scaly | pod | squarrosa |
| Stachys | spike | inflorescence | |
| stamineum | conspicuous anthers | inflorescence | |
| Stellaria | star | flower shape | stellatum/us |
| Steptorhamphus | crowned + beak | achene beak with crown | |
| stipulatum | with stipules | stipularis | |
| stolonifera | with stolons | root shoot | |
| stramonium | goitre | seed, leaf | |
| strangulata | choked | constriced pod | |
| strictum | straight and narrow | plant | stricta, strictus |
| strigosa/um | rough, stiff haired, bristle | leaf, stem | |
| strobilaceum | cone like, chain of segments | scaly part of female flower | |
| strumarium | cushion-like swelling | ||
| styraciflua | flowing with styrax (balsum) | resin from cut bark | |
| subovatum | almost ovate | leaf | |
| subterranean | underground | fruit | |
| suffocatum | suffocated, downtrodden | ||
| sulcatus | furrowed, grooved | pod | |
| supinum | prostrate | ||
| sylvestris | of woods | ||
| Taraxacum | bitter herb | root | |
| telephioides | prostrate, small leaved | ||
| Telmissa | bag | succulent leaf | |
| tenella | delicate | tenerrimus | |
| tenuifolia/us | narrow leaved, slender | tenuiflora/um | |
| terebinth | turpentine tree | ||
| tereticornis | cylindrical horned, smooth | ||
| terrestris | on the ground, sprawling | ||
| testiculata | with testicles | twin globose fruit | |
| Tetragonolobus | 4 angled pods | fruit | |
| tetragyna | 4 female parts | flower | |
| tetrandra | 4 male parts | flower | |
| tetraphyllum | 4 leaved | tetraphylla | |
| Thlaspi | flat | pod | |
| Thymelea | thyme + olive | ||
| thymifolia | thyme-leaved | leaf | |
| tinctorum | of the dyers | tinctoria | |
| tomentosum | felty, matted, cottony | ||
| Torularia | torulose, beaded | pod | |
| Trachonitum | rough + web | hairtufts on seed | |
| trachycarpa | rough fruit | ||
| Tragopogon | goat`s beard | fruiting head | |
| tribracteatum | 3 bracts | inflorescense | |
| Tribulus | thorny plant | ||
| trichopodum | hair, stalked | ||
| tricolor | 3 coloured | ||
| tricornatum | 3 horned | fruit | |
| tricuspidata | 3 pointed, 3 cupped | pod | |
| tridactylites | 3 fingered | leaf | |
| tridentata | 3 teeth | leaf | |
| trifoliatum/a | 3 leaflets | triphyllos | |
| Trigonella | 3 cornered | cross section of pod | |
| trigynum | 3 female parts | flower | |
| trionam | of ploughing oxen | ||
| triquetrifolium | triangular leaved | ||
| trixago | teucrium species | 3 flowers in axil of leaf | |
| truncatula | truncate, cut short, lopped | leaflet | |
| tuberosus/um | with a tuber | root | |
| turbinata | like a spinning top | pod | |
| umbellatum | in an umbel | flower | |
| Umbilicus | navel | dimpled leaf | umbilicata |
| uniflorum | single flowered | ||
| unisiliquosa | single podded | ||
| urens | burning | ||
| Urospermum | tail + seed | beaked achene | |
| usitatissimum | most useful | ||
| Valeriana | healthy, leaves like Valerian | valarianifolia | |
| Valerianella | little valerian | ||
| variegata | variegated | corolla standard | |
| ventricosa | paunchy | fruiting calyx | |
| venulosa | little veins | sepal wing | venosa |
| vera | true | ||
| Verbena | ceremonial branches | ||
| verna | springtime | ||
| verrucosum | warty | fruit | |
| verticellata | whorled | verticillaster | |
| vesicaria | with a little blister | bladder calyx | |
| villosa/um | shaggy, hairy | ||
| viminea | withylike, tough | willow stem | |
| Vinca | bind | rope like stem | |
| virgata | rod like, twiggy | sterile branch | virgatum |
| viridis | green | ||
| viscosa | sticky, viscid | ||
| vulgare/is | common | ||
| vulvaria | like the vulva | ||
| Xanthium | yellow | ||
| Xeranthemum | dry flower, everlasting | ||
| ziziphus | jujube, buck thorn | Ziziphon | |
| Zygophyllum | yoke + leaf | paired leaflets | |
| carduus | thistle | ||
| monoecius | separate male + female flowers on same plant | flower | |
| elaterium | an ejected juice (elaterin) | fruit | |
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