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depilosus hairless<br />

deplanatus Latin leveled, flattened, expanded<br />

depluens dripping off, as water off leaves<br />

depressus -a -um depres'sus (de-PRES-us) flattened, pressed down as if flattened, lying down flat, depressed<br />

der-, dero Greek the neck; the hide; old; flay.<br />

derasus bare, worn<br />

derm, -derm(…), derma-, -derma, dermato-, dermo- Greek skin, referring to skin, or bark<br />

derma skin, bark, rind<br />

dertr-, dertrum-, -dertrum Greek the membrane containing the bowels<br />

dertrum Modern Latin, the extremity of the upper bill of a bird, adopted from Greek δέρτρον, dertron, beak.<br />

descendens tending gradually downward<br />

Deschampsia Deschamp'sia (deh-SHOMP-see-a) named for Jean Louis Auguste Loiscleur-Deslongchamps, a<br />

French botanist (1774-1846 (1849?). (Gramineae)<br />

Descurainia Descurain'ia (des-kur-AY-nee-a) New Latin, from François Déscourian died 1740 French botanist<br />

and New Latin -ia<br />

desert Latin solitary, lonely.<br />

deserti deser'ti (des-ERT-eye) of the desert<br />

deserticolus -a -um desertico'lus (des-ert-i-KO-lus)<br />

deserticus -a -um desert'icus (des-ERT-i-kus)<br />

desertorum desertor'um (des-er-TOR-um) growing in the desert<br />

designat- Latin marked.<br />

desis Greek a binding.<br />

desm-, desma-, -desma, desmi, desmio, desmo Greek a band, bond, ligament, referring to a bond, or band<br />

desma- from Greek δέσµα, desma, plural δέσµατα, desmata, bond, fetter, head-band, from δειν, dein, to bind.<br />

Desmanthus flowering in bundles, New Latin, from Greek δεσµὴ, desmè bundle, from dein to bind akin to<br />

Albanian dua sheaf, Sanskrit daman rope, and New Latin –anthus, flower, from Greek ἄνθος, anthos.<br />

(Leguminosae)<br />

desmo- combining form of Greek δεσµός, desmos, bond, fastening, chain, ligature.<br />

desmocephalus woolly headed (?bad translation), from and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

Desmodium long branch or chain, New Latin, probably irregular from Greek δεσµὸς, desmos band, bond,<br />

from dein to bind and New Latin –ium, bond is in reference to the slightly connected joints of the loment.<br />

Long branch is not a reference to Miss Kitty’s bar on the western series Gunsmoke. Alternately from Greek<br />

desmos, a chain, for the jointed stamen (?by some authors), but one would think it is for the resemblance of<br />

segmented fruit to a chain and the fruits attaching ti fur and clothes. (Leguminosae)<br />

desmoncoides desmoncus-like, from and oides, -οειδες, suffix for nouns, like or resemble.<br />

Desmoncus band and hook, from Greek δεσµός, desmos, bond, and ὄγκος, ogkos, onkos, a hook, referring to<br />

the barbed leaves of this genus, a climbing palm.<br />

desolatus lonely, forlorn<br />

desolutus desolate, lonely<br />

destillatorius dripping, trickling down (of moisture)<br />

destitutus destitute, robbed<br />

desud- Latin sweat greatly.<br />

deseuta out of use<br />

detectus lade bare, naked<br />

detergens, detersilis cleansing<br />

determinatus definite, determined, when the seasons growth ends <strong>with</strong> a bud.<br />

detinens holding back<br />

detonsus -a -um deton'sus (de-TON-sus) clipped, shorn, shaven<br />

detrit- Latin wear off.<br />

detruncatus supportless<br />

deuma-, deumato Greek wet, soaked.<br />

deutero Greek the second.<br />

Deus ex machina A god out of the machine. An old Greek theatrical device, that when everything is totally<br />

screwed up beyond all hope, a god descends from the sky and solves all the problems. Exit stage left.<br />

deustus burned, of a color as if burned or singed.<br />

Deutzia (Saxifragaceae)

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