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diaphoreticus, diaphoricus setting up perspiration, from Latin diaphorēticus, from Greek διαφορητικός,<br />

diaphoretichos, promoting perspiration, from διαφόρησις, diaphoresis, a sweat, perspiration<br />

Diarrhena from the Greek δι-, di-, for δίς-, dis-, twice, and αρρην-, arrhēn, male, referring to the two<br />

anthers; or ἀρρηνής, arrhenes, rough, for the two scabrous keels of the upper paleae. (Gramineae)<br />

diastema-, -diastema, diastemato Greek a space, interval.<br />

diastol- Greek standing apart.<br />

diastroph-, diastropho distorted, from Greek διάστροφος, diastrophos, twisted, distorted, from διαστρέφειν,<br />

diastrephein, to turn different ways, twist about. No warts in OED.<br />

diastrophis <strong>with</strong> two humps or warts (questionable translation, see above).<br />

diatherus <strong>with</strong> two spikes.<br />

diathesi-, diathesis, -diathesis Greek a condition, arrangement<br />

diatreus pierced, wholed, having holes (said of leaves)<br />

diatrypus turned as in a lathe, bored out<br />

diazoma, -diazoma, diazomato Greek a girdle; the waist.<br />

dibam-, dibamo Greek on two legs<br />

dic Greek right; a wood worm<br />

dicell-, dicella, -dicella Greek a two-pronged hoe.<br />

Dicentra Dicen'tra (di-SEN-tra, classically di-KEN-tra) modern Latin from Greek δίκεντρος, dikentros, from δὶς,<br />

δι-, dis, di, two or twice, and κέντρον, kentron, a sharp point or a spur, for the flower have two spurs.<br />

(Fumariaceae)<br />

dicentrifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Dicentra,<br />

dich-, dicho Greek two, in two.<br />

Dichaetophora Greek di- two, χαιτη, chaite, bristle, long hair, and -phore, bearer or carrier, referring to the<br />

two awnlike pappus elements<br />

dichas-, dichasis, -dichasis modern Latin from Greek δίχασις, dichasis, a division.<br />

dichasium A form of cymose inflorescence, apparently but not really dichotomous, in which the main axis<br />

produces a pair of lateral axes, each of which similarly produces a pair, and so on; a biparous cyme. (OED)<br />

dichel-, dichelo, dichelus, -dichelus Greek cloven-hoofed; forceps.<br />

Dichelostemma Dichelostem'ma (di-kel-o-STEM-ma) Greek dichelos, split hoof, and stemma, crown or garland,<br />

referring to the bifid perianth appendages that form a corona.<br />

dichlamydeus <strong>with</strong> a double perianth<br />

dicho- Greek in two; split, from Greek διχο-, dicho-, combining form of the adverb διχα, dicha, in two,<br />

asunder, apart.<br />

Dichodontium from Greek dicha, in two, and οδοντος, odontos, tooth, referring to partially divided peristome<br />

teeth<br />

Dichondra Dichon'dra (di-KON-dra)<br />

dichotomus -a -um dichotomus (di-KOT-a-mus) two-branched, <strong>with</strong> forked boughs, forked in pairs, dividing<br />

repeatedly in two<br />

dichotomiflorum<br />

dichotomifolium<br />

dichroacanthus, dichrocanthus <strong>with</strong> colorful thorns, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny.<br />

dichroanthus <strong>with</strong> flowers abounding in color, dichroa-flowered, Dichroa in the Saxifragacea<br />

Dichromena from Greek δίς, dis, two, and χροµα, khroma. (Cyperaceae)<br />

Dichromanthus Greek Greek δίς, dis, two, and χροµα, khroma, and anthos, flower, indicating 2-colored<br />

nature of flowers<br />

dichrous, dichrus of two colors, two colored<br />

Dicksonia for James Dickson (1738-1822), British nurseryman and botanist<br />

diclinus having stamens and pistils in separate flowers.<br />

Diclytra (old synonym of Dicentra)<br />

dicoccus <strong>with</strong> two berries, formed of two cocci, of two seed vessels.<br />

dicotyledonous <strong>with</strong> two seed lobes<br />

Dicoria Dicor'ia (di-KORE-ee-a) Greek di, two, and koris, bug, referring to the two, "buglike" cypselae<br />

(achenes) of the original species<br />

dicr-, dicro Greek forked.<br />

dicran-, dicrano Greek two-headed, two pointed<br />

Dicranella from the genus Dicranum and Latin -ella, diminutive.

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