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alli-, allium, -allium from Latin alium, allium, garlic, onion, referring to the genus Allium which contains the<br />

onion, garlic, leeks, etc.<br />

alliacëus, alliaceus -a -um, allioides of the alliums, garlic-like, Allium-like, onion-like, from Latin alium and<br />

-oides, smelling of garlic.<br />

Alliaria garlic-like, New Latin, from Latin allium, alium garlic, and New Latin -aria, garlic-smelling.<br />

alliariaefolius Alliaria-leaved<br />

alliariifolius -a -um Alliaria-leaved, from Latin Allaria and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf. In one source<br />

‘<strong>with</strong> leaves like garlic, Allium’.<br />

alligans attached, adhering<br />

Allioni, allionii Allion'ia (ah-lee-ON-ee-ee, or al-ee-OWN-ee-a,) after Carlos Allioni (1725?, 1728?, 1705?-<br />

1804), Italian botanist, author of Flora pedemontana.<br />

alliodorus alliaceous, smelling like garlic<br />

Allium Al'lium (AL-ee-um) New Latin, from allium, alium, the classical Latin name for garlic, from Greek name<br />

ἄγλις, aglis, for A. sativum, garlic; perhaps akin to Sanskrit āluka edible root of an aroid plant Amorphophallus<br />

campanulatus, possibly related to the Celtic root all-, burning, pungent.<br />

allium, allii, n. Latin garlic, Allium sativum, from Pliny.<br />

allo-, alloi Greek αλλοιος, alloios, another sort or another kind, different.<br />

allo-, alloio Greek αλλος, allos, αλλο-, allo-, several, another, other, different; wrong, bad, unworthy.<br />

allo- Greek αλλως, allos, αλλο-, allo, at random, otherwise.<br />

allo- Greek ἀλλο- prefix different, foreign, strange, other, diverse<br />

Allocarya from ... Greek κάρυον, karyon, a nut, kernel.<br />

Allocasuarina different form Casuarina, botanical Latin from Greek αλλος, allos, and Casuarina.<br />

allochrous -a -um varying in complection, or changing colors, from Greek αλλος, allos, and χρως, chros.<br />

allophyllus -a -um, Allophyllum Allophyl'lum (al-oh-FIL-um) <strong>with</strong> strange, uncommon, peculiar leaves.<br />

alloplectus surrounded, twisted round, entangled<br />

Allosorus random-sori, from Greek αλλος, allos, various, and σωρος, soros, a heap, for the varying<br />

arrangement of sori in the genus as originally defined.<br />

alloteropsis Alien-looking, from αλλοτριο, allotrio, and ancient Greek ὄψις, opsis, appearance, resembling,<br />

likeness, sight, for the irregular grouping of spikelets.<br />

alloth- Greek αλλοθι, allothi, elsewhere.<br />

allotr-, allotro-, allotrio- Greek αλλοτριος, allotrios, of or belonging to another, strange, foreign.<br />

alluv-, alluvi- Latin aluvius, wash(ed) against, overflow; a pool.<br />

alluviorus -a -um occupying alluvial habitats, living where silt is washed up, modern Latin from ad-luvio,<br />

ad-luvionis.<br />

alm- Latin almus, nourishing, refreshing.<br />

alma mater nourishing mother. The Roman term for Ceres, the goddess of Agriculture, and Cybelle, the<br />

goddess of nature.<br />

almus -a -um al'mus (AL-mus) bountiful, kindly, nourishing, from Latin almus.<br />

Almutaster for Almut G. Jones, born 1923), American Aster specialist<br />

aln-, alnor, alnus, -alnus Latin alnus, the alder.<br />

alnatus -a -um Alnus-like, alder-like, living on Alnus, in reference to gall midges.<br />

alnicolus -a -um living <strong>with</strong> alder, from Latin alnus and colo, colere, colui, cultum, as in the saprophytic<br />

Pholiota alnicola.<br />

alnifolius -a -um (al-ni-FO-lee-us) <strong>with</strong> leaves like the Alder, Alnus, alder-leaved, from Latin Alnus and<br />

folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

alnoides resembling Alnus (alder), from Latin Alnus and oides.<br />

Alnus, alnus, alni f. Al'nus (AL-nus) etymology not certain, from the classical Latin name from Pliny for Alder,<br />

alnus, alni, f., from Late Greek, Macedonian dialect, aliza white poplar; alternately Classical Latin from Celtic for<br />

growth along streams, or possibly from Hebrew. The Latin name also referred to things made out of alder, as a<br />

plank, bridge, boat, or ship.<br />

Alocasia distinct from Colocasia, from Greek αλλο-, allo-, and καλοκασια, kalokasia.<br />

aloco- from Greek αλοξ,, alox, αυλαξ, aulax, a furrow.<br />

-aloe Greek αλοη, a kind of plant, bitter aloes, (Aloe vera).<br />

Aloe from Greek αλοη, Aloë of Linnaeus, from Arabic (or Semetic) alloeh, a name for these or similar<br />

plants; for the medicinal properties of the dried juice.<br />

aloides alo'ides (al-OH-i-dees) resembling Aloe, aloe-like, from Aloe and oides.

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