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flemingii fleming'ii (flem-ING-gee-eye)<br />

fleur French flower<br />

fletcher for Harold Fletcher (1907-1978), Director of RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey, and Keeper of the Royal<br />

Botanic Garden, Edinburgh<br />

flex-, flexi- Latin bend; pliant, from flexus, flexus m., Latin noun, turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning<br />

point.<br />

flex- pliable, crooked, bent, from flexus, flexus m., Latin noun, turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point.<br />

flexibilis -is -e Latin adjective flexible, bendable, pliant, from flectere to bend.<br />

flexicaulis -is -e New Latin pliant-stemmed, <strong>with</strong> a flexuous stem, <strong>with</strong> a bent stalk, from flexus, flexus m.,<br />

Latin noun, turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point, and Latin noun caulis, caulis m., from the Greek<br />

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

flexifolius <strong>with</strong> bent leaves, flexicaulis -is -e New Latin pliant-stemmed, <strong>with</strong> a flexuous stem, <strong>with</strong> a bent<br />

stalk, from flexus, flexus m., Latin noun, turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point., and Latin noun caulis,<br />

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

kaulos, the shaft, and .<br />

flexilis -is -e flex'ilis (FLEX-il-is) flexible, pliant, limber, whip-like, from Latin adjective, flexilis -is -e, pliant,<br />

pliable, supple.<br />

flexipes, flexipedis <strong>with</strong> a flexible stem or foot, curved foot, <strong>with</strong> a bent foot-stalk, from Latin flexipes, (gen.),<br />

flexipedis, adjective, crooked-footed, twining.<br />

flexispinus having bent thorns, from flexus, flexus m., Latin noun, turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning<br />

point, and .<br />

flexu- Latin winding, from flexus, flexus m., Latin noun, turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point.<br />

flexuosus -a -um flexuo'sus (flex-yoo-OH-sus) flexuosus, zigzag, tortuous, bent alternately in opposite directions,<br />

to the right and the left, like the path of a snake, from Latin flexibilis, flexilis, flexible.<br />

flexuosus -a -um, flexuosior -or -us, flexuosissimus -a -um Latin adjective, curved; <strong>with</strong> many curves in it, full<br />

of bends/turns; winding/sinuous/tortuous;<br />

flexus, flexus bent, twisted, from flexus, flexus m., Latin noun, turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point.<br />

flig- Latin dash; strike down, from fligo, fligere, -, - Latin verb, beat or dash down.<br />

flo- Latin blow, from flo, flare, flavi, flatus, Latin verb, breathe; blow.<br />

flocc Latin a lock of wool, flake<br />

floccidus bearing wool.<br />

floccigerus bearing wool.<br />

floccose, floccosus a -um floccosus (flock-OH-sus) floccose, woolly, <strong>with</strong> locks of soft hair, from floccus, a lock<br />

of wool.<br />

flocculosus <strong>with</strong> small woolly curls.<br />

flocon de neige French cv. snowflake<br />

Floerkea New Latin, after Heinrich G. Floerke died 1835 German botanist. (Limnanthaceae)<br />

flor-, flora, flori Latin a flower, from Flora, Florae f., Flora; goddess of flowers.<br />

floralis floral, relating to the flower<br />

florealbo <strong>with</strong> white flowers<br />

florentinus Florentine, from or pertaining to Florence, Italy<br />

florepleno, flore pleno <strong>with</strong> double flowers<br />

Florestina no etymology given; possibly from Latin floreus, of flowers, and tina, a wine vessel; perhaps<br />

referring to sometimes purplish involucres<br />

florëus flowering fully, flowering profusely<br />

floribundus -a -um floribun'dus (flor-i-BUN-dus) flowering, full of flowers, from flore, to flower, and -bundus -a<br />

-um adjectival suffix indicating doing, like a present participle, or action accomplished, used <strong>with</strong> a verb base. In<br />

other sources abounding in flowers, abundantly-flowering, free-flowering, from florum-abundus.<br />

florid Latin flowery<br />

floridanus, floridana of or from Florida, USA.<br />

floridulus rather free-flowering<br />

floridus -a -um flor'idus (FLOR-i-dus) flowering, flowering abundantly or richly, full of flowers; bright.<br />

florifer, floriferus, florifera bearing flowers, flowering<br />

florigerus bearing flowers.<br />

florindae named by the British plant hunter Frank Kingdon Ward for his first wife Florinda, Primula<br />

florindae

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