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air-, airo Greek αιρω, airo, to raise, carry, start, exalt.<br />

Aira New Latin, from an old Greek name, αιρα, aira, for a crop weed, possibly darnel; alternately αἴρα, aira,<br />

a deadly weapon, originally applied to a poisonous grass. (Gramineae)<br />

airoides airo'ides (air-OH-i-dees) resembling Hair Grass, Aira, from Greek αιρα-οειδες, aipa-oeides.<br />

aist-, aisto Greek αιστος, aistos, unseen.<br />

ait- Greek αιτιος, aitios, causing.<br />

aitchsonii for Dr. James Edward Tierney Aitchson (1836-1898), botanist on the Afgan Delimitation<br />

Expedition 1884-5.<br />

aithales Greek αειθαλης, aeithales, evergreen.<br />

Aitonia for William Townsend Aiton (1766-1849), Superintendent at Kew, successor to his father Willian<br />

Aiton (1731-1793.<br />

aithyi- Greek αιθυια, aithyia, a sea gull; a diver; a diving bird, probably shearwater.<br />

aix, -aix Greek -αιξ, -aix, a goat, probably ibex; a waterfowl of the goose kind, fiery meteor.<br />

Aizoaceae Aizoa'ceae (eye-zoe-AY-see-ee) plants resembling Aizoon, from the genus name, Aizoon, and -aceae,<br />

the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

aizoides resembling Aizoon, from Aizoon and oides.<br />

aizooides aizoon-like, resembling Aizoon, from Aizoon and oides.<br />

Aizoon, aizoon always-alive, ever-living, evergreen from Aizoon, New Latin, from Greek αει, aei always,<br />

and ξωον, -zoon (New Latin?).<br />

ajacis -is -e, ajacus(?) Greek for Ajax, Αἴας, genitive Αἴαντος, Aiantos, son of Telemon (Telamon), from<br />

whose blood grew a red hyacinth <strong>with</strong> AI, (or AIA) the initial letters of his name born on its leaves.<br />

Delphinium ajacis is sometimes seen spelled ajacus.<br />

-ajaia; ajaja, -ajaja South American the roseate spoonbill<br />

Ajania from Ajan, east Asia (A Chrysanthemum)<br />

ajanensis -is -e from Ajan or the Ajan Bay in the extreme northeast of Asia<br />

Ajuga New Latin, from a- and -juga, from Latin jugum yoke, or from medieval Latin ajuga, a variation of<br />

Latin abiga (in Pliny, abigo, to drive away), a plant that has the power to induce abortions; or from Scribonius<br />

Largus’ corrupted Latin for an aborifacient. Scribonius Largus was court physician and pharmacologist to<br />

Emperor Claudius. Scribonius was the father of electroshock therapy, he recommended treating patients <strong>with</strong><br />

electric eels.<br />

ajugae of bugle, living on Ajuga (Eriophyes ajugae, acarine gall mite).<br />

ajugi- Ajuga-, bugle-.<br />

ajugifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Bugle, Ajuga, from , and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

ajugoides ajugo'ides (aj-oo-GO-i-dees)<br />

akaiensis -is -e from Akaki, Ethiopia, or Akaki, Cyprus.<br />

akakus -a -um harmless, innocent, from Greek ακακος, akakos.<br />

akamantis -is -e from Akamas, Cyprus.<br />

akane a Japanese vernacular name.<br />

akasimontanus -a -um from Mount Akasi, Honshu, Japan.<br />

akbaitalensis -is -e from Akbaytai, Tajikistan.<br />

Akebia Modern Latin, a name coined by J. Decaisne, from the Japanese name akebi, name for Akebia<br />

quinata.<br />

akebioides resembling Akebia, from Akebia and -oides.<br />

akis Greek ακις, akis, needle, barb, arrow,<br />

akitensis -is -e from Akita, Honshu, Japan.<br />

akoensis -is -e from Ako, Honshu, Japan.<br />

akt-, akta-, akte, akti Greek ακτη, akte, the coast.<br />

aktauensis -is -e from Aktau, Kazakhstan.<br />

al- Latin prefix to, toward, at, an assimilative form of ad- used before l-, meaning at, to, <strong>towards</strong>.

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