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ergamot, bergamot orange French bergamote, bergamotte, from Italian bergamotta, from a Turkic word<br />

akin to Turkish bey-armudu, literally, prince's pear, for Citrus bergamia; alternately from Bergamo, the Italian<br />

town.<br />

Bergenia named for Karl August von Bergen (1704-1760), German professor<br />

Bergerocactus Bergerocac'tus (ber-ger-oh-KAK-tus) for Alwin Berger (1871-1931), German cactologist and<br />

horticulturist at La Mortola, Italy, and Cactus, an old genus name.<br />

berggold mountain gold<br />

Berlandiera, berlandieri berlandier'i (ber-lan-dee-ER-ee) for Jean Louis Berlandier (1805–1851), Belgian<br />

explorer and botanical collector in North America. (Compositae)<br />

bermpéna from Greek βερµπένα, bermpena, lemon verbena.<br />

bermudianus from the Bermuda Islands<br />

bernicl-, bernicla, -bernicla Middle English a goose<br />

Bernardia Bernard'ia (ber-NAR-dee-a)<br />

bernardinus -a -um bernardin'us (ber-nar-DEE-nus)<br />

bero-, beroe Greek Βεροη, Beroe, an ocean nymph, the daughter of Oceanus.<br />

berolinensis from the neighbourhood of Berlin, Germany.<br />

Berteroa<br />

berteroi ber'teroi (BER-ter-oy)<br />

berthelotii for a French consul and naturalist, Sabin Berthelot (1794-1880<br />

bertolonii for Antonio Bertoloni (1775-1869), Italian Botanist<br />

Berula Ber'ula (BER-yoo-la)<br />

beryll-, beryllo, beryllus, -beryllus Latin beryllus -i, Greek βηρυλλος, beryllos, a sea-green gem stone.<br />

berytheus -a -um from Berytdagh in Kataonia, Armenia<br />

besicl- French spectacles<br />

bessa Greek βησσα, bessa, a wooded glen, a drinking cup.<br />

Besseya Genus named in honor of professor Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist (1845-1915), student<br />

of Asa Gray, botany professor at Iowa Agricultural College and the University of Nebraska, president of the<br />

AAAS, introduced the systematic study of plant morphology as the basis of modern plant taxonomy. Also<br />

authored The Geography of Iowa (1876)<br />

besti-, bestia, -bestia Latin bestia, a beast.<br />

bet-, beta, -beta Latin beta, a vegetable, the beet.<br />

beta Greek βητα, beta, β B, second letter of the Greek alphabet.<br />

Beta Be'ta (BEE-ta) derivation uncertain, a name used by Pliny, possibly from Celtic name for red root.<br />

According to Fuchs, beet seed, when it swells out, resembles β, beta, the second letter of the Greek alphabet.<br />

beta, -ae, f. Latin for beet, vegetable, Beta maritima, from Cicero, Cassell.<br />

betaceous beet-like<br />

betaceus -a -um like a beet<br />

betinus -a -um purple like a beet<br />

Betonica derivation uncertain, from Pliny, who wrote, “The Vettones, a people of Spain, were the original<br />

discoverers of the plant known as the ‘Vettonica’ in Gaul” (the Betonica alopecuros of Linnaeus, Foxtail<br />

Betony, a European species). According to Theis, the name is altered from Keltic Bentonic, from ben, head,<br />

and ton, good or tonic. (Alcock) Welsh betwn.<br />

betonica, -betonica Latin betonica, wood betony<br />

betonicaefolius, betonicifolius -a -um betonica-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like Stachys officinalis, betony, from ,<br />

and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

betul- referring to the birch tree genus, Betula, the ancient Latin name of the tree, from betul-, betula,<br />

Greek(?) for birch.<br />

Bētūla (BET-ew-la) a birch tree, from the classical Latin name, bētūla, bētulla, from Gaulish betulla, or<br />

British bedu, Celtic beitha; alternately from Belgic Gaul from German wit, white, to signify nothing but<br />

albula; akin to Middle Irish bethe, beithe box (tree), Welsh bedw birch. Pliny called it Gallica arbor.<br />

Betulaceae Betula'ceae (bet-yu-LAY-see-ee) plants of the Birch family, Betula, from the genus name, Betula,<br />

and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

betulifolius -a -um, betulaefolius birch-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like Betula, the birch tree, from , and folium,<br />

foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

betulinus -a -um resembling Birch, Betula<br />

betuloides betulo'ides (bet-yoo-LO-i-dees) like a birch

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