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albotomentosus white woolly<br />

albo-vaginatus <strong>with</strong> a white tubular base of a leaf, leaf-stalk, or stem<br />

albovariegatus white-variegated<br />

alboviolaceus -a -um white and violet, from Latin albus and violaceus.<br />

albrechtii for Dr. M. Albrecht, Russian naval surgeon.<br />

Albuca whiter, from albucus.<br />

albucifolius -a -um <strong>with</strong> Albuca-like leaves, from , and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

albulus, alba, album whitish, dead white, <strong>with</strong>out lustre, watery white<br />

albulus -a -um whitish, from Latin albulus -a -um, whitish, as substituted Albula -ae (sc. aqua), an old name<br />

of the Tiber river.<br />

album-, albumen, -albumen, albumin Latin album, the white of an egg<br />

albursina Latin alba white and ursinus like a bear, for the abundance of the Carex albursina near White Bear<br />

Lake, Minnesota<br />

albus -a -um, albi-, albo- al'bus (AL-bus) bright, dead-white, from Latin albus, white, particularly a dull rather<br />

than a glossy white, or dead white; pale; bright. A general white.<br />

alc-, alcae Greek αλκη, alke, strong; strength, prowess, courage.<br />

alc-, alces, -alces, alci- Latin alces, an elk.<br />

alca, -alca Icelandic alka, the auk.<br />

alcaeoides resembling Alcea, from Greek αλκαια-οειδες, alkaia-oeides, Latin Alcea and -oides.<br />

alcalinus -a -um alkaline, Latinized Middle English, alkali, from Arabic, al-kali (Mycena alcalina smells of<br />

ammonia).<br />

Alcea Latin alcea, a mallow, from Greek name used by Dioscorides αλκαια, alkaia, αλκεα, alkea, vervain<br />

mallow.<br />

alced-, alcedin, alcedino, -alcedino Latin alcedo, a kingfisher.<br />

alceifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Alcea, from Alcea and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

alceus -a -um mallow-like, resembling Alcea.<br />

Alchemilla from Arabic al-kimiya, or âlkêmelyeh, in reference to its reputed property that dew from its<br />

leaves could transmute base metals to gold (alchemy) or to the fringed leaves of some species. (Rosaceae)<br />

alchemilloides alchemilla-like, resembling Alchemilla, from Alchemilla and -oides.<br />

alcicornis antler-shaped, elk-horned, like the horns of the elk, from alces, elk, and cornu, cornus; cornum,<br />

corni.<br />

alcim-, alcimo- Greek αλκιµος, alkimos, strong, brave, stout, fortifying.<br />

alcockianus -a -um for Sir Rutherford Alcock (1809-1897), consul in China.<br />

alcyon, -alcyon Greek αλκυων, alkyon, a kingfisher; a zoophyte<br />

aldabrensis -is -e, aldabricus -a -um from the Aldabra Archipelago, Indian Ocean.<br />

-ale Latin suffix pertaining to, having the nature of, quality, condition of.<br />

Alea iacta est “The die is cast” Ἀνερριφθω κύβος. Anerriphthō kybos. Said by Caesar when he crossed the<br />

Rubicon, a point at which he knew there was no going back.<br />

alec, alecis n. Latin noun, herrings; a fish sauce; pickle. Also alex, allec, allex, and halic.<br />

alector, -alector Greek αλεκτωρ, alector, a cock, fowl.<br />

alectr-, alectro- Greek αλεκτρος, alectros, unmarried, unwedded.<br />

Alectra unwedded or illicit, Greek α-λεκτρος, a-lektros, (mostly parasitic on grasses).<br />

Alectryon cock, from Greek αλεκτρυων, alektryon, for the indument of silk-reddish hairs.<br />

alefeldii alefeld'ii (ale-FELD-ee-eye)<br />

aleiph- Greek αλειφαρ, aleiphap, unguent, oil, annointing oil, fat.<br />

aleo Greek αλεος, aleos, αλεεινος, aleeivos, hot, warm.<br />

aleos /eleos Greek αλεος, aleos, ηλεος, eleos, distraught, crazed, foolishly.<br />

-aleos Greek -αλεος, -aleos, suffix meaning pertaining to.<br />

alepensis -is -e, aleppensis -is -e, aleppicus -a -um of Halab, or Aleppo (Beroea, Syria). A leading city of<br />

north Syria, on the caravan route between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean, Beroea was made a<br />

Macedonian city by Seleucus Nicator between 301 and 281 B.C. It was sacked by Chosroes in A.D. 540. See<br />

halepensis.<br />

-ales Latin suffix used to in botanical nomenclature to create the ending of plant order names.<br />

alet-, aleto- Greek αλετης, aletes, αλετος, aletos, grinder, grinding.<br />

alet-, aleto- Greek αλητης, aletes, αλητεια, aleteis, wanderer, wandering.<br />

aleth-, aletho- Greek αλεθεια, aletheia, truth, true, honest.

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