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mentosus -a -um New Latin chin-shaped, from mento, mentonis m., Latin noun, long-chin; one who has a<br />

long chin; often a reference the projection in the flowers of some orchids.<br />

mentul-, mentula Latin the penis, occasionally the clitoris, from Classical Latin mentula, mentulae f., the<br />

male sexual organ; (rude); used as a term of abuse; of unknown origin.<br />

Mentzelia Mentze'lia (ment-ZEE-lee-a) honoring C. Mentzel, physician to the Elector of Brandenburg.<br />

(Loasaceae)<br />

meny Greek inform, reveal<br />

Menyanthaceae Menyantha'ceae (men-yan-THAY-see-ee), from the genus name, Menyanthes, and -aceae, the<br />

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

Menyanthes (may-nee-ANTH-eez) from the Greek menanthos, Moonflower, the name for Nymphoides<br />

peltata, a related plant.<br />

menyanthoides resembling Fringed Buckbeam, Menyanthes.<br />

menziesii menzies'ii (MEN-zees-ee-eye) for Archbold Menzies (1754-1842), Scottish naturalist, plant collector,<br />

and surgeon<br />

meoides resembling Badmoney, Meum.<br />

meonacanthus <strong>with</strong> small thorns, from ancient Greek µείων, less see meio-, and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny,<br />

thorny.<br />

mephit-, mephiti-, mephitis Latin a foul odor, from mephitis, mephitis f., noun, a noxious exhalation;<br />

malaria.<br />

Mephitis a genus of skunks, from classical Latin mefītis, mephītis, an exhalation of sulfuretted water or gas,<br />

also personified, as the name of the goddess of exhalations; of Italic origin, compare Oscan Mefiteí (OED);<br />

Mephitis or Mefitis was the Roman goddess associated <strong>with</strong> poisonous gasses of swamps and volcanic vents.<br />

The -f- spelling is Latin or Italic, potentially Etruscan, and the -ph- after Greek orthographic practices.<br />

mer Latin pure; alone; bare<br />

mer, -mer(…), mere, meri, mero Greek a part, referring to parts; the thigh<br />

meracus -a -um unmixed, from Latin adjective meracus -a -um, pure, unmixed; undiluted, neat, as in a<br />

scotch, neat.<br />

mercur Latin mythology Mercury, a Grecian god<br />

merd, merdna, merdi Latin dung, excrement<br />

mere, meret Latin earn<br />

merg Latin dive, dip<br />

mergus, -mergus Latin a diver<br />

meri, merid, merius Greek a part<br />

meriae Greek of the thigh<br />

mericarpium a portion of fruit which splits off as a perfect fruit as in the Umbelliferae.<br />

merid-, meridi- Latin noon, referring to noon<br />

meridensis from Merida, Venezuela.<br />

meridianus belonging to noon.<br />

meridional Latin southern<br />

meridionalis mid-day bloomer, noon, belonging to noon; southern (as in <strong>towards</strong> the sun at meridian)<br />

merism, merismo, merismus Greek a division<br />

merismaticus divided into similar parts or portions.<br />

merist, meristo Greek divided merit Latin earn<br />

merluci, merlucius New Latin a kind of fish<br />

mermi, mermius, mermith Greek a cord<br />

mero Greek a part; the thigh<br />

merop, meropo, meropus Greek the bee-eater<br />

-merous Greek parted<br />

merritt-fernaldii for Merrit Lyndon Fernald (1873-1950.<br />

mers Latin dip<br />

Mertensia after Franz Karl Mertens (1764-1831), German botanist.<br />

mertensianus -a -um after Karl Heinrich Mertens (1796-1830), German botanist and naturalist, who<br />

explored the west coast of America as part of a Russian expedition, and son of Franz Karl Mertens (see<br />

Mertensia)<br />

mertensii<br />

merul, merula Latin a blackbird

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