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grum-, gruma Latin a little heap, ad. late Latin grūmus little heap, hillock; cf. obs. F. grume ‘a knot, bunch,<br />

cluster; clutter’ (Cotgr.), mod.F. grumeau clot, It. grumo lump, clot<br />

grumosus grumose, grumous, full of knobs, or diveded into little clusters of grains, granulated, modern Latin<br />

*grūmōs-us, from grūmus, grume.<br />

Grusonia for Hermann Gruson (1821-1895), German engineer, and his Magdeburg plant collections<br />

gryll, gryllus Latin a cricket, ad. L. gryllus a cricket or grasshopper, a. Greek γρὑλλος<br />

grylle from Gothlandic the black guillemot<br />

gryp-, grypo Greek curved, hooked, hook-nosed<br />

gryposepala From grypos, gryp-, curved, hooked, or hook-nosed, and sepela, sepal, having hooked sepals<br />

guadalupensis of or from Guadeloupe, an island in the West Indies.<br />

guan-, guano from Peruvian dung, Sp. guano, South American Spanish huano, ad. Quichua huanu dung<br />

guanchicus from the Canary Islands.<br />

Guapira Portugese guapirá, a Brazilian name more commonly applied to Avicennia species<br />

guara Brazilian an ibis, modern Latin, a. Tupi guará<br />

Guardiola For "M. le marquis de Guardiola"<br />

guatemalensis from Guatemala, Central America.<br />

gubern-, guberna- Latin a rudder; govern, adapted from Latin gubern-āre to govern<br />

gubernator Latin a pilot, governor, adopted from Latin gubernātor, agent from gubernāre, gubernāt-, to<br />

govern.<br />

guestphalicus from Westphalia, Germany.<br />

guianensis -is -e from Guiana, South America.<br />

Guilleminea for Antoine Guillemin (1796-1842), French botanist, author, and explorer<br />

Guillenia Guille'nia (gwil-EE-nee-a)<br />

guineensis -is -e from the coast of Guinea, west Africa.<br />

Guizotia for Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787–1874), French historian, statesman, and politician.<br />

gul, gula Latin the throat, gullet, L. gula throat (hence, appetite)<br />

gulos Latin gluttonous, L., ‘glutton’, from gula gullet, throat, gluttony.<br />

gulosus from Latin gulosus, glutinous<br />

gumm-, gummi Latin gum, referring to gum<br />

gummiferus, gummifera gum-bearing, yielding gum or rubber.<br />

gummosis yielding gum in excess.<br />

gummosus gum or rubber-like.<br />

Gundlachia for John Gundlach (1810–1896), naturalist and traveler<br />

ginneraefolius?? gunnera-leaved<br />

Gunnera named for Johan Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist<br />

Gunneraceae Gunnera'ceae (gun-er-AY-see-ee), from the genus name, Gunnera, and -aceae, the standardized<br />

Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

gunnii for Ronald Gunn (1808-1881), South African born Tasmanian botanist<br />

gurg-, gurgit- Latin a whirlpool; engulf<br />

gust-, gusta Latin taste<br />

Gustatus similis pullus tastes like chicken (Dog Latin)<br />

Gutierrezia Gutierre'zia (goo-tee-er-EE-zee-a) New Latin, from Gutiérrez, noble Spanish family, and New Latin<br />

-ia. Possibly for Pedro Gutierrez, Spanish nobleman, but not specified by Lagasca.<br />

gutt-, gutta a drop, Latin gutta a drop. Cf. gout n.<br />

gutta -ae f. Latin a drop; a spot or mark<br />

guttatim Latin drop by drop.<br />

guttattus -a -um gutta'tus (guh-TAY-tus) Latin dotted, spotted, or speckled, as if by drops.<br />

guttifer, guttiferus yielding gum, resin, or dye.<br />

Guttifera whose leaves exude water<br />

guttula -ae f. Latin a little drop.<br />

guttur-, -guttur, gutturi Latin the throat<br />

guttur -uris n. Latin the windpipe, throat; gluttony.<br />

guttus -i m. Latin a jug.<br />

Guzmania for A. Guzman, an 18th-century Spanish naturalist<br />

gyg, gyges, -gyges Greek a water bird<br />

gymn, gymn-, gymno- naked, bare, combining form of Greek γυµνός, gymnos, naked, bare

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