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megaspermus large-seeded<br />

megastachyusm megastachys large-spiked.<br />

megastigmus <strong>with</strong> large stigmas<br />

megist, megisto Greek largest, greatest<br />

megistocarpus bearing very large fruit, or large panicles of fruit.<br />

mei, meio Greek less, from ancient Greek µείων, lesser, less.<br />

meiacanthus <strong>with</strong> thin thorns or small thorns, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny.<br />

meicanthus(?) small-flowered, from ανθος, anthos, flower(?); or small thorns?<br />

meifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Badmoney, Meum.<br />

meiogyrous rolled inwards a little.<br />

meiophyllous <strong>with</strong> one or more leaves of a whorl suppressed.<br />

Meiotrichum Greek meio-, fewer, and trichos, hair, referring to calyptra<br />

meiz, meizo larger, greater, from ancient Greek µείζων, greater, comparative of µέγας, great.<br />

mḗkōn from Greek µήκων, poppy seeds (as a spice).<br />

mel-, mela-, melo- Greek the cheeks, from Hellenistic Greek µῆλον, cheek, in ancient Greek in the sense of<br />

‘apple’.<br />

mel, meli, melit, melito Greek honey; Melita, domi adsum.<br />

mel-, melo Greek a song-, a limb; an apple. Ancient Greek µέλος, melos is a song. Latin mēlinus, of<br />

quinces, from Helensitic Greek melinos, µήλινος, quince-yellow, from ancient Greek Aeolic µάλιος, malios, an<br />

apple tree, from µῆλον, melon, apple, quince.<br />

mel-, mell- referring to honey, from classical Latin mell-, mel honey, cognate <strong>with</strong> ancient Greek µελιτ-, µέλι,<br />

melit-, meli-, honey, similar to ancient Greek (Attic) µέλιττα, melitta, bee.<br />

mela-, melan-, melano- Greek pure black, used as a prefix, from Greek µέλας, melas, black.<br />

mela- black, from melan- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin, from Greek µέλας,<br />

melas, black; melano- & melam- from New Latin, from Greek, from melan-, melas, black<br />

melaen-, melaenus Greek black; blacken, from ancient Greek µελαίνειν, melainein, to turn black<br />

melaena Post-classical Latin melaena, from ancient Greek µέλαινα, melaina, disease characterized by<br />

bloody vomit (in the Hippocratic corpus), use as noun (short for µέλαινα νοῦσος, melaina nousos, black<br />

disease) of the feminine of µέλας, melas, black. Compare post-classical Latin melaenus, adjective (4th cent.,<br />

modifying cholera bile). (OED)<br />

mela-leucus, Melaleuca black and white, New Latin, from Greek µέλας, melas, black, and -leuca, from<br />

Greek leukos white, from the black trunk and white branches.<br />

melam- combining form µελαν- melan-, forms µελαµ-, melam-, before β, π, ϕ, and ψ and µελαγ- before γ, κ,<br />

and χ .<br />

Melampodium “Often said (erroneously) to be from Greek melampodion, blackfoot; evidently traceable to<br />

Melampus, a soothsayer of renown in Greek mythology” (fna) “Classical Latin melampodium, melampodion <<br />

Hellenistic Greek µελαµπόδιον, melampodion, ancient Greek µελαµ-, melam-, and πόδιον, podion. Pliny (Nat.<br />

Hist. 25. 47) derives the word from the name of Melampūs, a mythical soothsayer and healer.” (OED)<br />

(Compositae)<br />

melampodus <strong>with</strong> black stems, from melan, black or nearly so, from and Greek πους, ποδος, pous, podos.<br />

Melampyrum<br />

melan-, melano- from ancient Greek µελαν-, µελανο-, melan-, melano-, combining form of µελαν-, µέλας,<br />

melan-, melas, black.<br />

melanadenius -a -um melanaden'ius (mel-an-a-DEE-nee-us) <strong>with</strong> black glands.<br />

melananthus black-flowered, from Greek µελαν-, µέλας, melan-, melas, black, and ανθος, anthos, flower.<br />

melancholicus melancholy, melancholic, gloomy on appearancce or color; hanging or drooping, from Greek<br />

µελαν-, µέλας, melan-, melas, black, and .<br />

melangeophilis loam-loving, lit. black earth loving, from Greek µελαν-, µέλας, melan-, melas, black, .<br />

melanidus dark, somber, from Greek µελαν-, µέλας, melan-, melas, black, and .<br />

melanocalyx having a black calyx or a dark calyx, from Greek µελαν-, µέλας, melan-, melas, black, and .<br />

melanocarpus -a -um (me-la-no-KAR-pus) <strong>with</strong> black fruits or dark fruits, from Greek µέλας, melas, black,<br />

and καρπός, karpos, fruit.<br />

melanocaulis <strong>with</strong> a black stalk, ffrom Greek µελαν-, µέλας, melan-, melas, black, and Latin noun caulis,<br />

caulis m., from the Greek καυλος, kaulos, the stem or stalk of a plant; usual spelling was colis or coles, or<br />

kaulos, the shaft.

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