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merus denotes parts or numbers in compound words.<br />

merus, -merus Greek the thigh<br />

meryc, meryco Greek ruminate, chew the cud<br />

mes, meso Greek the middle<br />

mes- mixed, middle from Greek mesos, middle, the half<br />

mesa Spanish table land<br />

mesacanthus having a thorn in the middle, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny.<br />

Mesadenus from Latinized Greek meso, middle, and aden, gland<br />

mesar-, mesara, mesari, mesarum Greek? a mesentery, from post-classical Latin mesenterium, mesenterion<br />

Mesenterium n. Cf. Middle French mesentere (c1370) in Middle French translation of Chauliac; French<br />

mésentère<br />

mesat Greek middle, median<br />

mesembri-, mesembria Greek noon<br />

mesembrianthemoides resembling Mesembryanthemum, Fig Marigold.<br />

Mesembryaceae Ice Plant family, from the genus name, Mesembryanthemum??, and -aceae, the standardized<br />

Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

Mesembryanthemaceae Ice Plant family, from the genus name, Mesembryanthemum, and -aceae, the<br />

standardized Latin suffix of plant family names; translated as ‘pistil in the middle’ by some. One of the longest<br />

plant family names.<br />

Mesembryanthemum (Mesembrianthemum) Mesembryanth'emum (mes-em-bree-AN-the-mum) mid-day flower,<br />

Greek µεσηµβρία, mesembria, midday, and ἅθος, anthos, blooming, in reference to the flowers expanding at midday.<br />

(Mesembryaceae)<br />

Mesadenia New Latin, from mes-, middle, and Greek aden-, aden gland and New Latin –ia, in reference to<br />

the central projection of the receptacle<br />

mesenteriformis having the form of entrails.<br />

meserveae for Kathleen Meserve, fl. 1950’s, who bred hollies on Long Island, New York<br />

mesit-, mesites Greek a mediator<br />

meso- Greek the middle, from µεσο-, meso-, combining form of µέσος, mesos, middle.<br />

mesochorea middle country or middle region, by extensionmid continential range, from Greek µέσος, mesos,<br />

middle, the half, and χώρα, khora, country place, region, often from a species mid continential range, compare<br />

epichoric.<br />

mesoleucus mixed <strong>with</strong> white<br />

mesophilus dwelling in moist land.<br />

mesopotamicus from Mesopotamia, between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris.<br />

mesothermophilus dwelling in the temperate zone.<br />

mesotoech, mesotoecho Greek a dividing wall<br />

mesploides Medlar-like, Mespilus.<br />

messanensis, messanius from Messina, Sicily<br />

messeniaeus from Messina, a province in Greece.<br />

mest, mesto Greek full, from µεστοῦν µεστός, full, of unknown origin.<br />

met, meta, meth Greek between, <strong>with</strong>, after, back again; change<br />

meta, -meta Latin a boundary; a turning post<br />

metachrous color-changing.<br />

metab, metabas, metabol Greek change<br />

metall, metalli, metallo Greek mine; metal<br />

metallicus metallic, <strong>with</strong> a metallic lustre.<br />

metallurg Greek metal-working<br />

metamorphus transformed (the change of one organ into another).<br />

metax, metaxi, metaxy Greek between<br />

meteloides metel-like, similar to Datura metel, from the native name.<br />

metensis from Metz in Alsace-Lorraine.<br />

meteor-, meteoro- Greek high in the air; heavenly bodies; natural phenomena, the weather<br />

meteoric a term aplied to flowers whose expansion depends on the weather.<br />

meter, -meter Greek measure<br />

meth Greek between, <strong>with</strong>, after, back again; change<br />

meth, methe, metho, methy Greek drink, drunkenness; wine

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