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aloïfolius, aloifolius -a -um <strong>with</strong> leaves like the Aloe, aloe-leaved, from Aloe and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a<br />

leaf.<br />

aloinopsis -is -e loking like Aloe, from Greek αλοη, aloe, and ancient Greek ὄψις, opsis, appearance,<br />

resembling, likeness, sight.<br />

Alonsoa for Alonsoa Zanoni, Spanish official in Bogotá, Columbia, mask flowers.<br />

alooides resembling Aloe, aloe-like, from αλοη, aloe, and -οειδης, -oeides.<br />

alope-, alopec-, alopex Greek αλοπηξ, alopex, the fox (Canis vulpis); a large bat.<br />

alopecia from Latin alōpecia, from Greek ἀλωπεκία, alopekia, fox-mange, also baldness in man, from<br />

ἀλώπηξ, alopex, a fox.<br />

alopecias fox (used in compound words)<br />

alopecurioides resembling fox’s brush, Alopecurus, alopecurus-like, from Greek αλωπηξ, alopex, and -ουρα,<br />

-oura, tail, and -οειδες, -oeides, or αλωπεκουρο, αλωπεξουρα, alopekouro, alopexoura, from Theophrastus,<br />

fox tail, fox brush (perhaps Polypogon monspeliensis), from which the genus name Alopecurus is taken, and -<br />

οειδες, -oides, suffix meaning like, resembles.<br />

alopecoideus -a -um from the Greek alopex, fox, and oides, <strong>with</strong> the form of, resembling a fox’s tail.<br />

Alternately like the genus Alopecurus (foxtail), from αλωπεκουρο, αλωπεξουρα, alopekouro, alopexoura, from<br />

Theophrastus, fox tail, fox brush, perhaps referring to Polypogon monspeliensis, from which the genus name<br />

Alopecurus is taken, and -oides, οειδες, like, resemble.<br />

Alopecurus Alopecur'us (a-lo-pe-KEW-rus, or al-oh-peh-KYUR-us) from the Greek alopekouros, beard grass,<br />

(Polypogon monspeliensis), from ἀλώπηξ, alopex, fox and ούρά, oura, tail, the name for a grass <strong>with</strong> an<br />

inflorescence like a fox’s tail.<br />

Alophia from Greek α, a, not, and λοφος, lophos, crest, referring to the absence of style crests.<br />

Aloysia Aloy'sia (al-OY-zee-a) for Queen Maria Loiusa of Spain (d. 1918).<br />

alp-, alpestr-, alpin- Latin Alpes, the Alps, mountains.<br />

alpester, -tris, -tre alpes'tris (al-PES-tris) of mountains, of the lower Alps, from Latin alpes, alpium, alpinus.<br />

alpestris- nearly alpine, growing just below the alpine zone<br />

alpestris, alpigenus, alpîgalus found in the lower Alps<br />

alpha Greek αλφα, alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet.<br />

alphit-, alphito-, alphitum, -alphitum Greek αλφιτα, alphita, barley meal.<br />

alpicolus -a -um alpico'lus (al-pi-KO-lus) an inhabitant of the alpine zone, of high mountains, from Latin alpes<br />

and colo, colere, colui, cultum.<br />

alpigenus -a -um alpig'enus (al-PIJ-en-us) alpine, born of mountains, living on mountains, from Latin alpes and<br />

genus, from gigno, gignere, genui, genitum.<br />

Alpinia for Italian botanist Prosper Alpinus (1553-1617), who introduced bananas and coffee to Europe.<br />

alpiniformis<br />

alpinoarticulatus -a -um alpine form of (Juncus) articulatus.<br />

alpinus -a -um alpi'nus (al-PIE-nus) belonging to the high Alps, alpine, growing in the alpine zone, of the high<br />

mountains, of upland or mountainous regions, from Latin alpinus, adj, of Alps, of mountains, of alpine regions, or<br />

from alpes.<br />

als- cold, frosty, from Latin alsius -a -um.<br />

als-, also-, alsus a grove, from Greek αλσος, alsos, αλσο-, also-, grove, sacred grove, glade.<br />

alsaticu, -a -um from Alsace, France, in some older sources listed as in Germany. Alsace was a disputed<br />

land, sometimes German, sometimes French.<br />

Alseuosmia good fragrance of the grove lit., from Greek αλσος-ευοσµη, alsos-euosma(η?).<br />

alseuosmoides resembling Alseuosmia, from Greek αλσος-ευοσµη-οειδες, alsos-euosma-oeides.<br />

alsin-, alsina, -alsina Greek αλσινα, alsina, chickweed, or lich-wort (Parietaria lusitanica).<br />

alsinastrus -a -um resembling Alsine, chickweed-like, from Alsine and -astrum.<br />

Alsine, alsine a name, αλσινη, alsinē, used by Theophrastus for a chickweed-like plant, from Greek άλσος,<br />

alsos, a grove, in reference to a favored habitat of some species. (Caryophyllaceae)<br />

alsinifolius -a -um <strong>with</strong> Alsine-like leaves, chickweed-leaved, from Alsine and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a<br />

leaf.<br />

alsinoides chickweed-like, from Alsine and -oides.<br />

alsius -a -um of cold habitats, from Latin alsius, from algeo, algere, alsi.<br />

also- leafy glade, of groves, from Greek αλσος, alsos, αλσο-, also-.<br />

alsodes of woodland, of sacred groves, from Greek αλσος, alsos, and ωδης, odes.<br />

Alsophila, alsophilus -a -um grove-loving, from Greek αλσος, alsos, and φιλεω, phileo.

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