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eros Greek: love; Latin: gnawed away<br />

erostratus, erostratus beakless.<br />

erosus -a -um ero'sus (er-OSE-us) erose, jagged, having the margin irregularly notched as if gnawed or bitten off.<br />

erot, erote, erotem Greek question, ask<br />

erot, eroto Greek love<br />

erotyl Greek a darling<br />

erpe, erpes, erpet Greek creep; a creeper, compare to Latin rept, reptili-<br />

Erpodium from Greek erpo, creeping, alluding to growth habit<br />

err, erran, errat Latin wander; wandering<br />

erraticus erratic, unusual, sporadic, wild strange.<br />

erratum mistake<br />

erromenus vigorous, healthy<br />

ers, ersae, erse Greek dew; dewy, fresh; young<br />

Erste Zuneiging German cv. first love<br />

erubescens blushing, or reddening, usually referring to color literally, emitting rose-color, pale red, turning<br />

red.<br />

Erucastrum<br />

eruc, eruca, eruci Latin a caterpillar<br />

eruciformis tendril-like.<br />

Eucephalus from Greek eu-, good or original, and kephalotos, <strong>with</strong> a head; a reference "to the elegant<br />

qualities of the calyx"—T. Nuttall 1840<br />

erucoides eruca-like<br />

erumpens breaking out of, breaking through, as if bursting through the epidermis.<br />

erupt Latin burst forth<br />

erycin, erycina Latin Venus, goddess of love and beauty<br />

eryng-, eryngus Greek a kind of thistle<br />

eryngioides resembling Eryngium, Sea-Holly.<br />

Eryngium Eryn'gium (e-RING-gee-um, or er-IN-jee-um) A name used by Theophrastus or Dioscorides. New<br />

Latin, from Latin ēryngion, eryggion name for E. campestre eryngo, from Greek ἠρύγγιον, eryggion, eryngion, a<br />

bristly plant, diminutive of ἤρυγγος, eryggos, eryngos, in reference to the apparent prickle-like leaves, which are<br />

not very bristly or prickly. The Greek root is an ancient regional (epichoric) dialect, Attic Greek, a variation of and<br />

closely related to aruncos, Doric Greek, the source of the genus name Aruncus. Both aruncos and eryngos are from<br />

the Indo-European root *ue(s)r, spring. Alternately from Greek ἐρυγεῖν, erygein, to belch, from a supposed remedy<br />

to flatulence. (Umbelliferae)<br />

eryo- Greek draw, drag<br />

erysi- Greek red<br />

Erysimum Erys'imum (er-IS-i-mum, or e-RI-si-mum) from the Greek name erysimon, a kind of mustard, from<br />

erysthai to defend, protect, save; from its use as a medicinal herb; alternately from ἐρύω, eryo, to cure, in reference<br />

to its salutary medicinal properties. (Cruciferae)<br />

erysimum hedge mustard.<br />

erythr-, erythro- red, combining form of Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red.<br />

erythr- red (Erythrina, the tropical coral-tree), from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red.<br />

erythraeus -a -um <strong>with</strong> a reddish tinge, from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red.<br />

erythranthus bearing red flowers, from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red, and ανθος, anthos, flower.<br />

erythreus from Erythrea in Abysinnia.<br />

Erythrina from Greek ερυθρὸς, erythros, red, for the color of the flowers. (Leguminosae)<br />

erythrinus -a -um coral red, from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red.<br />

erythrobasis from from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red, and .<br />

erythrocarpus red-fruited, <strong>with</strong> red fruits, from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red and καρπός, karpos, fruit.<br />

erythrocaulis -is -e having a red stalk, from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red, and Latin noun caulis, caulis m.,<br />

from the Greek καυλος, kaulos, the stem or stalk of a plant; usual spelling was colis or coles, or kaulos, the<br />

shaft.<br />

erythrocephalus red-headed, having red heads, from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red, and κεφαλή, kephale,<br />

head.<br />

erythrochaetus having red bristles, from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red, and χαιτη, khaite, bristle, long hair.<br />

Erythrocladum (e-rith-ro-KLA-dum) <strong>with</strong> red shoots, from Greek ἐρυθρός, erythros, red, and .

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