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mylabr, mylabris Greek an insect in flour mills<br />

mylacr, mylacris Greek a millstone<br />

myll, myllo, myllus Greek a lip; crooked; a salted sea fish<br />

mymar Greek ridicule; blame<br />

myo Greek a muscle; a mouse, from ancient Greek my-, mys, µυ-, µῦς, muscle, mouse, mussel, plus -o-,<br />

connective.<br />

myodes mouse-like.<br />

myop, myops Greek short-sighted; a horse fly<br />

Myoporaceae Myopora'ceae (my-oh-pore-AY-see-ee) plants of the Australian Blueberry-tree family, from the<br />

genus name, Myoporum, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

myoporoides myoporum-like<br />

myoporum Myopor'um (my-oh-PORE-um) New Latin, from myo-, from Greek myein to close -- used of the lips<br />

and eyes and -porum from Greek poros pore.<br />

myosot- Greek mouse-eared<br />

Myosoton Greek myos, mouse, and otos, ear, alluding to leaves<br />

myosotidifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Myosotis, forget-me-not<br />

Myosotis (mee-os-O-tis) from the Greek name for another plant, from Greek mus, a mouse, and otos, an ear,<br />

refering to the mousy leaves. In post-classical Latin, denoting lichwort, and the scarlet pimpernel; classical<br />

Latin myosōtis or myosōta, from Pliny, an unidentified plant <strong>with</strong> leaves like a mouse's ears; from Hellenistic<br />

Greek in Dioscorides, µυοσωτίς, mysostis, from µυὸςὦτα, myosota, ancient Greek µυός, muos, genitive of<br />

µῦς, mus, mouse, and ὦτα, ota, nominative plural of οὖς, ous, ear. (Boraginaceae)<br />

myosotoides resembling Myosotis, Forget-me-not.<br />

Myosoton<br />

myosuroides resembling mouse-tail, Myosurus.<br />

Myosurus from Greek µῦς, mus, mouse, and οὐρὰ, oura, tail, from shape and texture of the fruiting head (the<br />

long spike of the carpels) of M . minimus. (Ranunculaceae)<br />

myox-, myoxus Greek a dormouse<br />

myr-, myro, myrum Greek ointment, perfume<br />

myr- referring to myrrh<br />

Myrabilis (mee-RAH-bi-lis) New Latin, from Latin for wonderful, Late Latin mirabilia miracles, marvels,<br />

from neuter plural of Latin mirabilis wonderful, marvelous, from mirari to wonder at, and -abilis -able. The<br />

genus is also spelled Mirabilis.<br />

myrc New Latin the myrtle -<br />

myri-, myria, myrio Greek many, numberless; (10,000), from µυριάς, myrias uncountable, innumerable.<br />

myri, myrist Greek anoint<br />

myri, myrio myriad, an immense number, numberless, too many to count, from Greek myriad-, myrias, from<br />

myrios countless, plural, myrioi ten thousand<br />

myriacanthus closely set <strong>with</strong> thorns, myriad-spined, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny.<br />

Myriaceae Myrica'ceae (my-ri-KAY-see-ee) plants of the Candle-berry Myrtle family, from the genus name,<br />

Myrica, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

myric-, myrica Greek the tamarask<br />

Myrica My'rica (MY-ri-ka or mi-REE-ka) from classical Latin myrīcē, also myrīca, tamarisk, or its etymon the<br />

Greek µυρίκη, myrikē, a name for Tamarix or another aromatic shrub; further etymology is uncertain, but it is<br />

probably a loanword, perhaps ultimately cognate <strong>with</strong> tamarisk (OED); possibly from myrizein, to perfume,<br />

probably of Semitic origin; akin to the source of Greek myrrha myrrh.<br />

myricifolius -a -um myricifo'lius (my-ris-i-FO-lee-us)<br />

myricoides resembling Myrica, Candle-berry Myrtle.<br />

myrin-, myring, -myringo, myrinx, -myrinx New Latin the eardrum<br />

myrio Greek numberless; 10,000<br />

myriocarpus myriad-fruited, bearing much fruit.<br />

Myriocephalus <strong>with</strong> a myriad of heads, from and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

myriocladus myriad-branched<br />

Myriophyllum Myriophyl'lum (my-ree-oh-FI-lum) (mi-ree-o-FIL-lum) from the Greek µυρίος, myrios,<br />

innumerable, many, and φύλλα, phylla, a leaf, for the finely divided leaves. (Haloragaceae formerly Onagraceae)<br />

myriophyllus myriad-leaved, densely covered <strong>with</strong> leaves.<br />

myriostachys, myriostachyus <strong>with</strong> many spikes.

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