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-formis -is -e New Latin, -shaped, from Latin verb formo, formare, formavi, formatus, form, shape, fashion,
model.
formos, formos- Latin graceful, beautiful
formosan, formosanus referring to Formosa (Taiwan), an island in the China Sea. Taiwan was so named by
the Portuguese for the beauty of the island.
formosanus of Taiwan (Formosa)
formosissimus very or most beautiful, extra beautiful.
formosus -a -um formo'sus (for-MO-sus) beautiful from Latin, finely formed, beautiful, handsome.
forn-, fornic, fornix, -fornix Latin an arch; a brothel
fornicalis, fornicatus arched
fornicatus helmet-shaped; arched as the scales on certain flowers.
forrestii named for George Forrest (1873-1932), Scottish plant collector for the Botanic Garden in
Edinburgh who worked in China
forsan, forsitan, fortasse perhaps
Forsythia New Latin, from William Forsyth (1737-1804), British (Scottish) botanist, and New Latin -ia
fort-, forti-, fortis Latin adjective strong, vigorous
fortiter Latin adverb strongly, from fortis, strong, and iter, a way.
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo. Strong in cause, mild in manner. Claudio Aquaviva:
fortuit Latin at random; fluctuating
fortunatus fortunate, happy.
fortunei named for Robert Fortune (1812-1880), Scottish plant collector
fosbergii fosberg'ii (fos-BURG-ee-eye)
foss-, fossa, -fossa Latin a ditch, trench
fossalis fossa'lis (fos-SAY-lis)
fossil Latin dug up
-fossor, fossori Latin a digger
fossul Latin burrow
fossulatus with small grooves.
Fothergilla dedicated by the younger Linnaeus to Dr. John Fothergill (1712-1780), London physician and
patron of and expert on early American botany. (Hamamelaceae)
Fouqieria Fouqier'ia (foo-kwee-ER-ee-a)
Fouquieriaceae Fouquieria'ceae (foo-kwee-air-ee-AY-see-ee), from the genus name, Fouquieria, and -aceae, the
standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.
fourcroyoides like Fourcroya, or furcraea, a small genus of tropical American plants closely related to and
resembling Agave but distinguished by rotate white flowers. New Latin, from Count Antoine F. de Fourcroy
died 1809 French chemist. (family Amaryllidaceae)
fovearis groove-like or with a depression, as in the upper surface of the leaf base in Isoëtes.
foveatus pitted, depressed, grooved.
foveolatus rather pitted, having a small depression or a small groove.
foveosus depressed, grooved.
fracid Latin mellow, soft
fract Latin break; broken
fractiflexis zigzag
fracti-serialis in intermittent rows.
fractuosus broken, severed.
fractus -a -um frac'tus (FRAK-tus) broken
frag-, fraga, -fraga Latin break; a strawberry
-frag(...) referring to a break or rupture
Fragaria Fragar'ia (fra-GARE-ee-a, or fra-GAH-ree-a) from Pliny, from fraga, fragorum, (fragum, fragi n.)
strawberry and New Latin -ia. “Fraga (akin to Sanscrit root ghra, odorari), the fragrant things: hence
Strawberries.” --Whites Lat. Dict 1869 quoted in Alcock. In one source as from the Latin fraga, fragum, or
fragrans, fragrant, refering to the scent of the fragrant fruit, as in the verb fragro, I smell strongly. (Rosaceae)
fragarioides strawberry-like, resembling Fragaria, from Latin fraga, fragorum, (fragum, fragi n.)
strawberry, and ancient Greek -οειδής, -oeides, adjectival suffix indicating having the form or likeness of,
resemble.