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dracocephalus <strong>with</strong> a head like a dragon, dragon-headed, from and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

draconopterus <strong>with</strong> dragon’s wings<br />

dracontius -a -um dra-KON-tee-us dragon like, in Arisaema dracontium from the resemblance of the<br />

divided leave to a dragon’s claws; or as some see it, from the long, thin spadix, coiling like a serpent’s tongue<br />

from the narrow green spathe.<br />

draco-onos dragon-ass, from Latin draco, dragon, from Greek δράκων, drakon, dragon, or snake, and ὂνος,<br />

onos, ass, the south end of a north-bound donkey.<br />

Dracopsis from Greek δράκων, drakon, dragon, serpent, or snake and ancient Greek ὄψις, opsis, appearance,<br />

resembling, sight, view, referring to the pubescent and fairly long stygmas of the disk flowers. (Compositae).<br />

dracunculoides taragon-like<br />

dracunculus -a -um dracun'culus (dra-KUNG-kew-lus, or dra-KUN-kew-lus) little dragon, from Latin (Greek?)<br />

dracunculus, a small dragon, from Latin draco, dragon, from Greek δράκων, drakon, dragon, or snake, and<br />

diminutive suffix. The words tarragon and dragon have the same derivation. Artemisia dranunculus is tarragon,<br />

Arabic tarkhun.<br />

Drákos, drakóntio Greek δράκος, drakos, δρακόντιο, drakontio, tarragon, from δράκων, drakon, dragon, or<br />

snake.<br />

dram- Greek run<br />

drama-, dramat- Greek perform; drama.<br />

Dramatis personae the persons of the drama<br />

drakensbergensis from the Drakensberg range in South Africa<br />

drapet-, drapetes, -drapetes Greek a fugitive.<br />

drapetocoleus <strong>with</strong> a cloth-like sheath<br />

dras-, drast- Greek act; an agent.<br />

drasticus drastic, efficient<br />

drasteri Greek active.<br />

drepan-, drepani-, drepanum Greek a sickle<br />

derpanocarpus bearing sickle-shaped fruits or pods, from and Greek καρπός, karpos, fruit.<br />

drepanoides sickle-like<br />

drepanolobus <strong>with</strong> sickle-like lobes<br />

drepanophyllus <strong>with</strong> leaves sickle-shaped<br />

drepanopterus <strong>with</strong> sickle-like leaves<br />

drepanum sickle<br />

drimy Greek piercing, stinging.<br />

droebacensis from Dröbak, a seaport on Norway<br />

drom-, droma, dromae, dromaeo, dromi, dromo, dromus, -dromus Greek run; running; a race.<br />

dropacismus an application of pitch-plaster?, used as counter irritant.<br />

dros-, droso- Greek dew, referring to dew.<br />

Drosanthemum Greek drosos, dew, and anthos, flower, in reference to the glistening papillae<br />

droser-, drosero Greek dewy<br />

Drosera the sundew genus, New Latin, from Greek, feminine of droseros dewy, watery, from δρόσος,<br />

drosos, dew, water, in reference to the dew-like secretion. (Droseraceae)<br />

Droseraceae Drosera'ceae (dro-sir-AY-see-ee) plants of the Sundew family, from the genus name, Drosera, and<br />

-aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

drummondianus -a -um, drummondii named for the Scottish plant-collecting brothers James Drummond<br />

(1786-1863), and Thomas Drummond (1793 (1790)-1835), Thomas like his countryman David Douglas made<br />

an ill-fated collecting trip to North America. Thomas collected extensively in Texas for 21 months, and died<br />

in Havanna, Cuba in 1835.<br />

druoeis Greek, full of oaks, woody, made of oak-wood<br />

drup-, drupa, -drupa Greek an over-ripe olive; a stone fruit.<br />

drup- referring to a berry-like fruit<br />

drupaceous -a -um drupa'ceus (droo-PAY-see-us) drupe-like, olive-like, stone-fruit like, <strong>with</strong> a kernel enclosed<br />

in pulp.<br />

drupeola a diminutive stone fruit.<br />

drupifera drupe-bearing<br />

dry-, dryo-, drys, -drys a tree; oak, referring to an oak, wooden, from Greek δρῦς, δρυός, drys, dryos, tree.<br />

drym-, drymo-, drymus, -drymus Greek forest, woodland.

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