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dominic-, dominicens Latin of St. Domingo.<br />

dominicensis from St. Dominica in the West Indies<br />

dominus, -dominus Latin a lord.<br />

dona Latin give; a gift.<br />

dona-, donac, donax, -donax Greek a reed.<br />

Donax do'nax (DOE-nax) reed, distaff, cane, Great Reed, Arundo donax<br />

donesi Greek trembling, shaking.<br />

-dont(...) referring to a tooth<br />

dor-, dora, -dora, doro- Greek a hide, skin.<br />

-dor(...) referring to a gift<br />

dorat-, doratium, -doratium Greek a small spear<br />

doratoxylon Australian Spearwood, Acacia doratoxylon<br />

dorca-, dorcado-, dorcas, -dorcas Greek a gazelle.<br />

dorcadion bastard dittany, from Greek.<br />

dorcocerus <strong>with</strong> antelope horns<br />

dori-, dorid-, doris, -doris Greek a sacrificial knife.<br />

doria an early name for goldenrods<br />

dorm-, dormit- Latin sleep.<br />

dormiens dormant, sleeping<br />

doro Greek a spear; a hide, skin; a gift<br />

doroncoides doronicum-like, like or resembling Leopard’s Bane<br />

Doronicum from the Arabic name doronigi, alternately from Greek doron, a gift and nike, victory, in<br />

reference to its former use to destroy wild beasts. According to Linnaeus, it was a barbrous name, but it was<br />

retained possibly because it sounded Greek.<br />

dorrii dor'rii (DORE-ee-eye)<br />

dors-, dorso-, dorsum, -dorsum Latin the back<br />

dorsalis Latin, dorsal, attached to the back, like a rib of a carpet or the sori on a fern leaf, from dorsum, back<br />

and -alis adjectival suffix pertaining to or belonging to.<br />

Dorstenia after the herbalist and professor of medicine at Marburg<br />

dory-, doryt Greek a spear, a lance; a beam, shaft<br />

Doryanthes lance-flower<br />

doryphorus lance-bearing, spear-bearing<br />

doryphyllus <strong>with</strong> lance-shaped leaves<br />

dosi- Greek a gift.<br />

douglasiana douglasia'na (dug-las-ee-AY-na)<br />

douglasii, douglasianus -a -um doug'lasii (DUG-las-ee-eye) for David Douglas (1798-1834), Scottish gardener at<br />

the Glasgow Botanic Garden and plant collector in the northwest USA<br />

‘Douglasii’ dug-LAS-ee-ee; Juniperus horizontalis ‘Douglasii’ for the Douglas <strong>Nursery</strong>, Waukegan, Illinois, for<br />

the Waukegan Juniper.<br />

dorvensis from Dovrefjeld, a mountain in Norway<br />

Downingia Downin'gia (down-IN-jee-a)<br />

dox-, doxa, -doxa Greek an opinion; glory.<br />

draba, -draba Greek a mustard-like plant.<br />

Draba Dra'ba (DRAY-ba, or DRAH-ba) from Greek drabe, name for a related plant, from δράβη, drabe, acrid,<br />

biting, in reference to the taste of the plant. (Cruciferae)<br />

drabifolius draba-leaved<br />

drac, drac-, dracaen, draco-, dracon Latin a serpent, dragon, referring to a dragon<br />

Dracaena draco the dragon tree of the Canary Islands<br />

dracaenoides dracaena-like, resembling Dragon’s-blood tree or Dragon-tree, Dracaena draco<br />

drachm-, drachma, -drachma Greek a weight.<br />

draco dragon, from Latin draco, dragon, from Greek δράκων, drakon, dragon, serpent, or snake.<br />

Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus "a sleeping dragon is never to be tickled" The motto of Hogwarts<br />

school in the Harry Potter series; translated more loosely in the books as "never tickle a sleeping dragon".<br />

dracocephalus, Dracocephalum <strong>with</strong> a dragon’s head, referring to the flowers, New Latin, from Latin draco,<br />

dragon, and New Latin -cephalum, neuter of cephalus, head, from Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head; from the form<br />

of the corolla.

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