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erectus -a -um Latin upright, erect, perpendicular.<br />

erem-, eremi, eremo Greek a lonely place<br />

erem- solitary, deserted, usually refers to a desert<br />

erema Greek gently, calmly<br />

Eremalche Eremal'che (er-em-AL-kee)<br />

eremicolus -a -um eremico'lus (er-em-i-KO-lus), New Latin from Greek eremos, desert, and Latin suffix -cola/colus,<br />

from cola, from incola, dweller, inhabitant<br />

eremicus -a -um erem'icus (er-EM-i-kus) of deserts<br />

eremiticus of hermit habit.<br />

Eremocarpus Eremocar'pus (er-em-oh-KAR-pus)<br />

Eremocrinum Greek eremos, desert, and krinon, lily<br />

Eremogone Eremo'gone (er-e-MO-go-nee) Greek eremo-, solitary or deserted, and gone, seed or offspring,<br />

allusion uncertain<br />

eremophilus -a -um eremoph'ilus (er-em-OF-il-us) desert loving.<br />

ermocarpus <strong>with</strong> single fruit, from and Greek καρπός, karpos, fruit.<br />

eremostachya eremostach'ya (er-em-oh-STAY-kee-a)<br />

Eremothera Eremother'a (er-em-oh-THEER-a)<br />

Eremurus (?) desert tail<br />

eresis Greek take<br />

eret, eretmo Greek an oar; a rower<br />

ereth, erethist Greek irritate, rouse to anger<br />

ereun Greek probe, search<br />

erg, ergasia, ergo Greek work<br />

ergat, ergates, ergato Greek a worker<br />

ergo Latin therefore<br />

ergot French: spur; Latin: a fungus<br />

eri- Greek prefix meaning early, spring; wool; very much; a hedgehog; or heath.<br />

eri-, erio- referring to wool<br />

eriacanthus woolly-spined, having woolly thorns, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny..<br />

eriadenius <strong>with</strong> woolly veins or woolly nerves.<br />

eriantherus -a -um woolly-anthered, having woolly anthers<br />

Erianthus erian'thus (er-ee-AN-thus) woolly-flowered, New Latin, from Greek ἔριον, erion, wool, diminutive of<br />

eiros fleece, and New Latin -anthus, from Greek ἄνθος, anthos, flower. (Gramineae)<br />

Eriastrus Erias'trus (er-ee-AS-trus)<br />

Ericameria Ericamer'ia (er-ik-a-MER-ee-a)<br />

erica- referring to the genus Erica, the Heath<br />

Ericaceae Erica'ceae (er-i-KAY-see-ee), plants of the Heather family, from the genus name, Erica, and -aceae,<br />

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

ericaefolius, ericifolius erica-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like Erica, heath<br />

ericaeus peat or heath-loving<br />

Ericameria from the generic name Erica and Greek meros, part or portion, referring to the resemblance of<br />

leaves<br />

ericetorum peat-loving, heath-loving (??)<br />

erici-, ericin-, ericius Latin a hedgehog<br />

ericoides erico'ides (er-i-KO-i-dees, or e-ri-KOI-deez) Erica-like, heath-like, in reference to the slender branches<br />

and bracteal leaves resembling those of Erica, heath or heather, from the genus name Erica, and classical and postclassical<br />

Latin oīdēs, and its etymon ancient Greek -οειδής, -oeides, adjectival suffix indicating having the form or<br />

likeness of, like unto, like something else, resemble, having the nature of, in compound words to signify a<br />

resemblance.<br />

ericsmith-, ericsmithii for Eric Smith (1917-1986), plantsman and gardener at Hadspen, Somerset, UK<br />

Erigenia from Greek for born in the spring, or from Greek ἠριγένεια, erigeneia, daughter of early spring, in<br />

reference to is early blooming; probably ultimately from the Indo-European root *ue(s)r, spring.<br />

(Umbelliferae)<br />

erigeron, -erigeron Greek a kind of plant.<br />

Erigeron Erig'eron (er-IJ-er-on, or e-RI-ge-ron) New Latin, from Latin, groundsel, from Greek erigeron, early<br />

old man, from ὴρ, er, spring, early, or εριο-, erio-, woolly and γέρων, geron old man, the early flowering plant soon

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