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Dicranodontium from Greek dicranon, pitchfork, and odon, tooth, referring to forked peristome teeth<br />

Dicranocarpus Greek di-, two, kranos, skull or helmet, καρπός, karpos, fruit, probably referring to the twohorned<br />

cypselae<br />

Dicranopteris Greek dikranos, twice-forked, and pteris, fern, derived from pteron, feather, in reference to the<br />

leaf architecture<br />

dicranotrichus <strong>with</strong> forked hairs, <strong>with</strong> double pointed hairs<br />

Dicranoweisia from the genera Dicranum and Weissia, alluding to relationship <strong>with</strong> Dicranum and fancied<br />

resemblance to Weissia<br />

Dicranum from Greek dicranon, pitchfork, alluding to peristome teeth<br />

dicrot-, dicroto Greek double-oared.<br />

dict- Latin say, pronounce, tell<br />

Dictamnus Burning Bush (D. fraxinella), possibly related to dittany, from Latin dictamnus, dictamnum,<br />

Greek δίκταµνον, diktamnon, a name for dittany (Origanum dictamnus) from Δικτή, Mount Dicte (now Sethia)<br />

in eastern Crete where it grows; also a Greek name for Ballota pseudodictamnus. Mount Dicte is said to be the<br />

mountain where the infant Zeus was born and sheltered and the home of the Harpies. It is interesting to relate<br />

the Latin root dict-, say or pronounce, the burning bush, and Mt. Sinai. Burning Bush is a reference to the<br />

lemon-scented, aromatic, and inflammable aromatic oil emitted by the whole plant. Dictamnus is also a name<br />

for Origanum dictamnus, Marrubium pseudodictamnus, the genus Dictamnus, Lepidium latifolium, and Cunila<br />

mariana. (Rutaceae)<br />

dicty-, dictyo-, dictyum, -dictyum Greek a net, referring to a net<br />

dictyocarpus bearing fruit covered <strong>with</strong> net-like markings, from and Greek καρπός, karpos, fruit.<br />

dictyodromous covered <strong>with</strong> net-like, or reticulate veination.<br />

Dictyogramma net-like lines<br />

dictyophorus net forming, net bearing<br />

dictyophyllus <strong>with</strong> leaves showing an obvious network of veins, netted-leaves<br />

dictyopterus <strong>with</strong> net-veined wings<br />

dictyospermus, Dictyosperma seed <strong>with</strong> netted-markings, from and σπερµα, sperma, seed.<br />

dicyclic when organs are in two whorls as in a perianth; also applied to biennials<br />

dicyrt-, dicyrto- Greek two-humped<br />

didi Latin distribute<br />

didy- double, twinned<br />

didym-, didymo Greek double, twin; the testes.<br />

Didymocarpus didymocar'pus (did-ee-mo-KAR-pus) twin fruit, from and Greek καρπός, karpos, fruit.<br />

didymostachyus, didymostachys double-spiked, twin-spiked<br />

Didymus, didymus -a -um Did'ymus (DID-ee-mus) formed in pairs, as of stamens, two-lobed<br />

didynamius formed in pairs, divided into two lobes<br />

didynamus having two long and two short stamens<br />

Die dulci fruere. Have a nice day.<br />

diegensis diegen'sis (dee-ay-GEN-sis)<br />

diegoense diegoen'se (dee-ay-go-EN-see)<br />

diemensis from Van Diemans Land, Tasmania<br />

Dierama Greek a funnel<br />

dieresis, -dieresis Greek a division.<br />

Diervilla (dee-er-VIL-la) After Dr. N. Dierville, a French surgeon who discovered the original species and<br />

introduced the shrub to Europe about 1700. (Caprifoliaceae)<br />

diet Greek a mode of living.<br />

Dieteria Dieter'ia (di-et-EER-ee-a) Greek di-, two, and etos, year, referring to the biennial duration of the plants<br />

first named by Nuttall.<br />

difficile, difficiliter, difficulter <strong>with</strong> difficulty<br />

difficilis difficult<br />

difflu- Latin flow apart<br />

difformis of differing forms, unusual in form<br />

diffisus <strong>with</strong> two grooves, <strong>with</strong> two fissures<br />

difformis -is -e of unusual formation<br />

diffractus broken in pieces, broken or separated by chinks.<br />

diffundens <strong>with</strong> spreading teeth, broadly toothed

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