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equisetiformis resembling Horse-tail or Joint-Grass.
equisetoides resembling an Equisetum, Horsetail.
Equisetum Equise'tum (ek-wi-SEE-tum) horsetail, literally horse-bristle, from Latin equus, horse, and saeta, seta,
bristle, animal hair, for the resemblance of some species to a horses tail, or the coarse black roots of E. fluviatile.
Compare hippuris.
equisetuus? resembling Horse-tail or Joint-Grass, from from Latin equus, horse, and saeta, seta, bristle, a name
used in Pliny for a horsetail.
equitan, equitans Latin riding a horse, riding, folding over as if astride.
equu-, equus, -equus Latin a horse
er Greek spring, from ἦρ, er, = ἔαρ, ear; the earth.
Eragrostis eragros'tis (er-a-GROS-tis, er-uh-GROS-tis, or e-ra-GROS-tis) Nathaniel Wolf described Eragrostis
in 1776 but gave no explanation of the meaning or origin of the name. The most obvious explanation of the name
is that it is New Latin, from Greek ἔρως, ἔρωτος, eros, erotos, sexual love, and Greek, ἄγρωστις, agrostis
agristidos, some kind of field grass eaten by mules, variously ascribed to Triticum repens and Cynodon dactylon (or
an indeterminate herb, a weed, or couch grass), Latin agrostis, agrostis, couch grass, Quitch-grass, from Old Greek
ἀγρός, agros, a field. The exact meaning of the name and reference to the plant are unclear and unexplained,
perhaps an allusion to splendor in the grass, in the least, giving the genus the common name "lovegrass".
(investigate type species)
Scholars have proposed alternate meanings based on various interpretations of the initial er- or eri-. In
scientific name usage, the prefix eri- has been translated as early; spring; earth, field; wool; very, much;
hedgehog; and heath. In Greek, er is spring, from ἦρ, er, the same as ἔαρ, ear; the earth.
One suggested meaning is from the Greek ἠρ, er, early and ἄγρωστις, agrostis, wild, referring to the
fact that some species are early weeds of disturbed land. But Agrostis refers to field grass, growing in an
αγρος, agros or field, while ἄγριος, agrios, means wild and savage. More appropriately this could mean early
in the field, successionally or seasonally.
Using Greek ἦρι, eri, a prefix meaning very or much, is the suggestion that the name means manyflowered
Agrostis. Unfortunately we know of no botanical Latin term using eri- to mean very or much, and
only one reference to this use (as of 8/22/11).
Some interpret Eragrostis as from the Greek era, earth or field. The ancient Greek root ἔρα-, era- (in
ἔραζε, eraze, to earth, towards the earth), in Hellenistic Greek also means ‘on the ground’. ‘On the ground’
may be a reference to the many species that are low growing or mat-forming. (confirm type species) Gray
(1876) calls Eragrostis an early name probably from ἔρα-, era-, earth, and Agrostis, in reference to the
procumbent habit of the original species. According to Charters, earth or field “makes much more sense since
many of the species of this genus especially the 90 or so from southern Africa are habitants of pastures and
fields.” Britton & Brown note the doubtful etymology, suggesting a low grass, or Love-grass, an “occasional
English name.”
It's likely the name "lovegrass" is a misnomer.
eran, erano Greek a contribution; a society
erann, eranno Greek pleasing
eranthemis flowering early
Eranthemum from the Indo-European root *ue(s)r, spring.
Eranthis Greek er, spring, and anthos, flower. From the Indo-European root *ue(s)r, spring.
erasmi, erasmo Greek lovely
erast, erastes, -erasto, erasto Greek a lover; beloved
erat, erato Greek lovely
Erdblut German cv. earth blood
ereb-, erebo, erebus Greek mythology darkness, from ἐρεβεννος, erebennos, dark, gloomy.
erebinthinos Greek ἐρέβινθος, erebinthos, chick pea, Cicer arietinum.
Erechtites New Latin, from Greek ἐρεχθῖτις, erekhthitis, groundsel, a name used by Dioscorides presumably
for Senecio or Erechtheus, from erechthein (or ἐρέχθω, erekhtho) to rend, break. However, ἐρεχθῖτις is said to
be another name for ἀριστολόχεια, aristolokheia, promoting birth, birthwort, ἀριστολόχεια στρογγύλη,
aristolokheia stroggyle (strongyle), is Aristolochia rotunda. Alternately from ἐρέχθω, erekhtho, to trouble, as
many species are troublesome weeds. Erechtheus is also the name of an archaic king of Athens, a character in
the Iliad, and a surname of Poseidon, and a lost tragedy of Euripides. (Compositae)
erect-, erectus -a -um erec'tus (ee-REK-tus) Latin upright, erect
erectiusculus nearly perpendicular.