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greenei green'ei (GREEN-ee-eye) after Edward Lee Greene (1843-1915), a churchman, professor of Botany at<br />

Berkley, later at the Catholic University of America in Washington, and an associate in Botany at the Smithsonian.<br />

See the discussion in http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageG.html under greenei.<br />

greg-, gregar, gregi Latin a flock, herd; collect<br />

gregalis companionable, belonging to a flock or growing together in company, but not matted.<br />

gregarius -a -um gregarious, companionable, belonging to a flock or growing together in company, but not<br />

matted.<br />

greggii greg'gii (GREG-ee-eye)<br />

gregorii greg'orii (GREG-or-ee-eye)<br />

gremi-, gremium, -gremium Latin the bosom<br />

gress, gressor Latin walk, walking<br />

grex, -grex Latin a flock, herd<br />

griffithii for William Griffith (1810-1845), British botanist<br />

Grimmia for J. F. K. Grimm (1737-1821), physician and botanist of Gotha, Germany<br />

Grindelia Grindel'ia (grin-DEL-ee-a) New Latin, from David Hieronymus Grindel (1776 –1836), German<br />

(variously Latvian or Russian) botanist, pharmacologist, physician, and professor of botany at Riga, Estonia, and<br />

New Latin –ia.<br />

grindelioides grindelio'ides (grin-del-ee-OH-i-dees)<br />

grinnellii grinnel'lii (grin-EL-ee-eye)<br />

griph-, gripho Greek a woven basket; a riddle<br />

gris- referring to the color gray<br />

griscolous<br />

grise Middle Latin gray<br />

griseus -a -um, grisëus gris'eus (GRIS-ee-us) gray, or pure pearly gray, perle-grey, somewhat grayish, from<br />

medieval Latin grīseus, grey, pearl grey, pure grey a little verging to blue. I had trouble finding a root for this<br />

word, and thought it was possibly from Greek grisôn, grisônis, pig, we all need Carex grisea PIG SEDGE, don’t<br />

we?<br />

grisellus perle grey, somewhat greyish.<br />

griso French gray-haired, a. French grison, f. gris grey<br />

grisophyllus grey leaved.<br />

grivanus from Griqualand South Africa.<br />

groenlandicus grurn-LAND-i-kus; of or from Greenland<br />

grom, groma a measuring rod, from Latin, grōma, grūma surveyor's measuring-rod.<br />

grona groove, channel.<br />

gronovii<br />

gross- Latin thick; an unripe fig, from Latin grossus, grossi, a green fig.<br />

grosse thickly, coarsely, a. French gros, fem. grosse big, thick, coarse (11th c. in Littré) = Pr. gros, Sp.<br />

grueso, Pg., It. grosso: late Latin grossus thick (freq. in the Vulgate).<br />

Grosse Fontäne German cv. big fountain<br />

grosseserratus -a -um large saw-toothed, from Latin grossus -a -um, great or large, thick, coarse, gross, and<br />

serratus -a -um, toothed like a saw, saw-toothed, serrated.<br />

grossul-, grossula-, grossular- New or Modern Latin a gooseberry, from Latin grossus, a green fig,<br />

alternately modern Latin grossulāria (Werner in 1811), an application of the specific name of the gooseberry,<br />

an allusion to the color of the fruit.<br />

Grossulariaceae Grossularia'ceae (gross-yu-lare-ee-AY-see-ee), plants of the Gooseberry family, from the<br />

specific epithet of Ribes grossularia, a gooseberry, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

grossularioides like gooseberry, Ribes grossularia, Modern Latin grossulāria.<br />

grossularius resembling small unripe figs, of the nature of, or resembling, the gooseberry.<br />

grossus -a -um, grossior -or -us, grossissimus -a -um Latin adjective, great or large, thick; coarse, gross.<br />

grossus, grossi Latin noun, common gender, young, green, immature, or abortive fig.<br />

gruis, gruis Latin noun, common gender, a crane; large bird; siege engine.<br />

groutianus for Grout family who were pioneer settlers in the type-region of Rubus groutianus<br />

gru-, grui-, gruss Latin a crane, from gruis, gruis, a crane<br />

gruinalis shaped like the bill of a crane.<br />

gruinus of or like a crane, resembling a cranes bill.

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