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caespitululus -a -um Late Latin a little sod.<br />

caffer, caffra New Latin caffra, caffrum, referring to the Kafir region of South Africa, from Kafferaria, from<br />

South Africa<br />

caffrorum from the Kaffirs, of Kaffir origin<br />

cairicus from Cairo<br />

cajanifolius cajanus-leaved pigeon-pea, from , and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

Cakile Caki'le (ka-KY-lee) New Latin, from Arabic qāqulla. (Cruciferae)<br />

cal, cal-, calo Greek καλλος, kallos, beauty, beautiful.<br />

cal- Latin caleo, calere, calui, to be warm, to be hot <strong>with</strong> passion.<br />

cala- Latin insert; summon<br />

calabrus -a -um, calabricus from the Calabria region of southern Italy<br />

calam-, calam-, calamo-, calamus referring to a reed, from Latin calamus, Greek καλαµος, kalamos, a cane,<br />

a reed, a reed pipe.<br />

Calamagrostis, calamagrostis, calamagrosteis (kal-ah-mah-GROS-tis) reed grass, New Latin, compounded<br />

name from Calamus and Agrostis, from Latin calamus, from Greek καλαµος, kalamos, reed, cane, and Latin<br />

agrostis, grass, couch grass, from Greek αγρωστις, agrostis, field grass eaten by mules, variously ascribed to<br />

Triticum repens and Cynodon dactylon, green provender, or perhaps a dog’s tooth grass, perhaps from agros, field.<br />

Alternately calamo may be from Greek mythological figure Kalamos, the son of Maiandros (Meander), god of the<br />

Meander River, an allusion to the wet habitat of some species. Our word acre has its root in Latin ager and Greek<br />

agros.<br />

Calamariae plants of the Reed or Sedge family<br />

calamarius resembling reed or sedge<br />

calamifolius -a -um New Latin, reed-leaved, <strong>with</strong> reedlike leaves, from Latin Calamus, a reed, and folium, foli(i),<br />

n., noun, a leaf.<br />

calamiformis reed-like, hollow<br />

Calamintha (ka-la-MIN-tha) calamint, from Greek mythological figure Kalamos, the son of Maiandros<br />

(Meander), god of the Meander River; alternately from “Latin calaminthe, from Greek καλαµίνθη, καλάµινθος,<br />

kalaminthe, kalaminthos, applied to the same or some similar plant. The Greek is explained < καλός beautiful +<br />

µίνθη, µίνθος mint: but this is perhaps only popular etymology. The English word was subsequently assimilated to<br />

the Latin form, and to mint.” (OED) (Lamiaceae or Labiatae)<br />

calaminthe calamint, as above.<br />

calaminthoides resembling Calamint, Calamintha<br />

calamistr-, calamistrum, -calamistrum Latin calamistrum, calamistri, a curling iron for hair.<br />

calamistratus -a -um Latin curly, curled <strong>with</strong> a curling iron, effeminately adorned.<br />

calamit- Latin calamitas, misfortune, loss, failure, damage.<br />

calamitas, calamitatis f. Latin loss, damage, harm; misfortune or disaster; military defeat; blight, crop failure.<br />

calamites, calamitae m. Latin small green frog; rain frog; also called diopetes rana.<br />

calamitosus miserable, destitute, forboding evil<br />

calamosus resembling Calamus or Rattan (the chair-bottom cane)<br />

Calamovilfa Greek καλαµος, kalamos, reed, and Vilfa, an old name for another genus of grass; alternately calamo<br />

may be from Greek mythological figure Kalamos, the son of Maiandros (Meander), god of the Meander River.<br />

calamus, calami from Dioscorides, from Latin calamus, calami m., reed, reed-like, cane; reed pen; reed or pan<br />

pipe; arrow; fishing pole; stalk; sweet flag; branch; arm; branch of a candelabrum, for the foliage, also applied to<br />

sedges and grasses, from Greek καλαµος, kalamos, reed, cane; alternately, calamo may be from Greek<br />

mythological figure Kalamos, the son of Maiandros (Meander), god of the Meander River, a reference to the<br />

wetland habitat of sweetflag, or in one source, Latin, calamus of the shops.<br />

calamus odoratus sweet cane.<br />

calandr-, calandrus, -calandrus Greek a kind of lark; New Latin a weevil<br />

calandr-, calandrus Greek καλανδρος, kalandros, a kind of a lark.<br />

Calandrinia Calandrin'ia (kal-an-DRIN-ee-a, or ka-lan-DREE-nee-a) for J. L. Calandrini (1703-1758), Swiss<br />

botanist.<br />

calanthus bearing beautiful flowers<br />

calapp Malayan a coconut<br />

calathiformis cup-shaped, almost hemispherical<br />

calathinus cup-shaped, basket-like, as the heads of a composite<br />

calath- referring to a basket (Calathea)

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