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Matteuccia (ma-TOO-kee-a) after Carlo Matteucci (1800-1863 (or 1811-1868) Italian physicist at the
University of Florence.
matthewsii matthews'ii (math-YOO-see-eye)
Matthiola Matthio'la (math-ee-OH-la) New Latin, from Pierandrea A. (or Pietro Andrea) Mattioli (Matthiolus),
(1500-1577), Italian physician and botanic author, physician to Ferdinan of Austria. (Cruciferae)
mattula the fibrous matting on some palms.
matur- Latin ripe; ripen
maturescent becoming ripe.
maturus mature, ripe.
matutin- Latin the morning
matutinus flowering early, before noon.
matzourána µατζουράνα, marjoram.
maur-, mauro Greek dark, obscure
Maurandya Maurand'ya (more-AND-ya)
Mauranthemum from Latin Mauros, a native of North Africa, and Greek ἀνθεµον, anthemon, flower
mauraria (?)edderwort, from Dioscorides.
mauritanicus of Mauritania, North Africa, in modern Morocco.
mauritianus, mauritiana from the island of Mauritius.
maurorum from Morocco, northwest Africa.
max largest
maxill, maxilla, -maxilla, maxilli Latin the jaw, jawbone
Maxillaria from Latin maxilla, jawbone; a reference to the open-mouth appearance of the flower when
viewed laterally
maxillaris of the jaw, relating or pertaining to jaws, of jaw-bone shape..
maxim Latin largest, greatest
maximilianii, maximilliani named for Prince Maximillan van Wied-Neu (1782-1867), explorer in North and
South America, a naturalist, and the leader an expedition in the Western USA in the 1830s, and discoverer of
this species. The species epithet is also spelled maximiliani
maximowiczianus, maximowiczii for Karl Maximowicz (1827-1891), Russian botanist
maximus -a -um max'imus (MAX-im-us, or MAHK-si-mus) Latin superlative adjective, the largest, very large.
Maxonia for William R. Maxon (1877-1948), American pteridologist
Mayaca
maynensis from the river Mayo in Peru.
maypurensis from Maipures, the island in the cataracts of the Orinoco River.
mays
maz-, mazia, mazo Latin the breast; a cake
Mazus New Latin, from Greek mazos, mastos breast; from the ridges on the lower lip of the flower
me Greek not
Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!
Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni! Beam me up, Scotty!
mea culpa my fault, lit. by my fault
meadia MEE-dee-A meadia for Richard Mead (1673-1754), English physician and botanical patron.
meadii discovered by Dr. Samuel B. Mead (1799-1880), a medical doctor who lived near Augusta, Hancock
County, Illinois and published a plant list in the Prairie Farmer. Frontier doctors were by necessity botanists,
using many local plants for medicines.
meandr- Greek winding, zigzag
meandr- Latin winding, twisting
meat-, meatus, -meatus a passage, from classical Latin meātus, from meāre to go, pass and -tus, suffix
forming verbal nouns.
meccamus from Mecca in Arabia.
mechan, mechani, mechano Greek an instrument, machine
mecist, mecisto Greek longest
meco Greek long; length
mecon-, meconi, mecono Greek µήκων, mekon, the poppy; opium; the ink bag of a cuttlefish; the fecal
matter discharged by a newborn child.
Meconella Meconel'la (mek-on-EL-la) Greek µήκων, mekon, poppy, and -ella, Latin feminine diminutive suffix.