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gibberosus humped, hunchbacked, <strong>with</strong> a small hump, from Latin gibber -era -erum hump-backed.<br />

gibbiflorus gibbous-flowered, <strong>with</strong> humped flowers.<br />

gibbose more convex in one place than another.<br />

gibbosus hunchbacked, humped at the base like the flowers of Snapdragons.<br />

gibbulosus having a small hump or tubercle.<br />

gibbus -a -um swollen on one side, hunchbacked, humped.<br />

gibralticus, gibraltaricus of or from Gibraltar<br />

gig- referring to giants or immensity<br />

giga-, gigan, giganto Greek giant, very large<br />

giganteus -a -um gigan'tea (ji-GAN-tee-a, but possibly <strong>with</strong> a hard initial g) very large, giant, gigantic, unusually<br />

high, higher than the type, from Latin giganteus -a -um, adjective, of or belonging to giants, gigantic, from -ēus a<br />

Greek adjectival suffix indicating a state of possession or ‘belonging to’, or ‘noted for’.<br />

giganthes giant-flowered<br />

gigantospermum<br />

gigarus edderwort, from Gallic.<br />

gigas of giants, giant, immense, from Latin Gigas -gantis m. a giant.<br />

gigno Greek know<br />

gilanicus from Gilan in Persia.<br />

gilarus, (-um?) thyme, from Gallic.<br />

Gilia Gi'lia (JEE-lee-a) (Pronunciation based on personal name) New Latin, from Felipe Gil 18th century<br />

Spanish botanist and New Latin -ia<br />

giliadensis from Gilhead in Arabia.<br />

gilioides gilio'ides (jee-lee-OH-i-dees)<br />

gilliesii gillies'ii (gil-EES-ee-eye)<br />

Gillenia (gi-LEN-ee-a) In honor of Arnold Gillen, or Gill (Gillenius), 17th century German botanist; alternately<br />

from Greek γελάω, galeo, to laugh, alluding to its exhilarating qualities. (Rosaceae)<br />

Gilmania, gillmanii gil'manii (GIL-man-ee-eye) for M. French Gilman (1871-1944), Death Valley naturalist<br />

gilv- Latin pale yellow<br />

gilvus dull yellow, brown-yellow, from Latin gilvus -a -um pale yellow.<br />

gingidion pepperwort, from Dioscorides.<br />

gingiv-, gingiva the gums, from Latin gingiva -ae f. gum (of the mouth).<br />

ginglym-, ginglymo, ginglymus, -ginglymus, ginglum Greek a hinge<br />

gingglumes resembling a hinge.<br />

Ginkgo from Chinese yin, silver, and hing, apricot, in reference to appearance of the seed<br />

ginnala a native name<br />

giraldianus, giraldii for Guiseppe Giraldi (1848-1901), Italian missionary and plant hunter<br />

Gisekia For Paul Dietrich Giseke (1741-1796), German professor, botanist, and pupil of Linnaeus (originally<br />

as Gisechia)<br />

girdiana girdia'na (gird-ee-AY-na)<br />

gissensis from Giessen Germany.<br />

git, gith, gicti black cumin, gith, fitches, Nigella sativa (L.), from the eastern Mediterranean.<br />

githago an old Latin name for a plant, gith, sometimes git or gicti, also called melanthion or melanospermum,<br />

Roman coriander, Nigella sativa L., and ago, to drive.<br />

Githopsis Githop'sis (gi-THOP-sis)<br />

glab, glaber, glabri- Latin smooth<br />

glaber, -bra, -brum, glabri-, glabro- gla'ber (GLAY-ber, or GLA-ber) gla'bra (GLAY-bra) glabrous, lacking<br />

hairs, smooth, bare, from glaber, glabra, glabrum, Latin adjective, hairless, smooth; in one source from glaber,<br />

glabri, Latin for bald.<br />

glabellus -a -um rather glabrous, smoothish, rather smooth (destitute of pubescence, hairless (questionable))<br />

glaberrimus -a -um glaber'rimus (glay-ber-EYE-mus) Latin very smooth, smoothest, bare, superlative of glaber,<br />

lacking hairs, smooth.<br />

glabr- smooth<br />

glabratus -a -um glabra'tus (gla-BRAY-tus) somewhat or almost glabrous (destitute of pubescence, hairless<br />

(questionable?))

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