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Pelargonium Pelargo'nium (pel-ar-GO-nee-um) from the Greek πελαργὸς, pelargos, a stork, referring to the<br />

storksbill-like fruit. (Geraniaceae)<br />

pelec-, pelecan, pelecanus, -pelecanus, pelecin Greek a pelican<br />

pelec-, pelecy Greek a hatchet, axe<br />

pelecyphorus bearing organs resembling a hatchet.<br />

pelegrinus proud.<br />

Pelexia Greek pelex, helmet, in reference to dorsal sepal, which is united <strong>with</strong> petals to form narrow hood<br />

peli-, pelio Greek livid, black and blue, from ancient Greek πελιος livid, dark bluish grey from an Indo-<br />

European base related to that of ancient Greek πελιτός livid<br />

pelia-, pelia Greek a dove<br />

pelichn-, pelichina Greek a bowl<br />

pelico Greek a basin; the pelvis<br />

pelidn-, pelidno Greek livid, black and blue<br />

pelio Greek livid, black and blue<br />

peliocladus having lead-colored boughs.<br />

peliorrhynchus <strong>with</strong> bluish-grey beaks.<br />

pell-, pellia, pellia, pelli Greek skin; the pelvis; a bowl, basin<br />

pell-, pello Greek dusky<br />

Pellaea Pellae'a (pe-LIE-a or pel-EE-a) New Latin, from Late Greek pellaia, feminine of pellaios dark-colored;<br />

from the dark leaves or the dark stalks; akin to Greek polios gray. Greek pellos, dark, possibly referring to bluish<br />

gray leaves. Alternately from the Greek pelius, from Mount Pelion on the coast of Thessaly.<br />

pellaios dark, referring to the often dark stalks.<br />

pellen- Latin driving<br />

pelliger having a thin skin or film.<br />

pellitus -a -um skin, film-like, (?) from Latin pellitus -a -um, clothed, covered, or clad in skins, from pellis,<br />

pellis f., skin, hide.<br />

pelluc, pellucen, pellucid Latin transparent<br />

pellucidus pellucid, translucent, transparent; having translucent dots/spots, from Latin pellucidus, from per<br />

through and lucidus lucid<br />

pelma, -pelma, pelmato Greek the sole of the foot; a stalk<br />

pelo Greek clay, mud, from ancient Greek πηλο-, pelo-, combining form of πηλός, pelos, clay, mud, of<br />

unknown origin; brown, dusky<br />

pelocarpus -a -um New Latin mud fruit, from ancient Greek πηλός, pelos, clay, mud, and καρπός, karpos,<br />

fruit; dark-fruited in one source.<br />

peloponnesiacus from the Peloponnese region or Morea, of Greece<br />

peloponnesius from Peloponesus or Morea, Greece.<br />

pelor, -pelor, peloro Greek a monster; monstrous<br />

peloritanus fro the highlands of Pelorium, near Palermo, Sicily.<br />

pelorius a monstrosity.<br />

pelorus, -pelorus mythology Hannibal’s pilot<br />

pelt, pelta a shield, from classical Latin pelta, peltae, a light, often crescent-shaped shield, from ancient<br />

Greek pelte, πέλτη, a small light shield of leather<br />

pelt- peltate, stalk attached to the center, as opposed to the margin, from Latin pelta, petlae a small shield<br />

from the Greek for a shield.<br />

Peltandra New Latin, from Latin pelta, and New Latin -andra; or from pelt-, a shield, from classical Latin<br />

pelta, peltae, a light, often crescent-shaped shield, from ancient Greek πέλτη, pelte, a small light shield of<br />

leather and andro-, male-, man-, stamened-, anthered-, from Greek ανηρ, ανδρ-, ανδρος, ανδρο-, aner, andr-,<br />

andros, andro-, in reference to the shield-shaped tops of the staminate flowers.<br />

peltatim peltately<br />

peltatsus bearing small shields.<br />

peltatus -a -um pel-TAH-tus stalked from the surface, not the edge, peltate, shield-shaped, like a pelta, a<br />

small half-moon-shaped shield, from πελτη, pelte. As in the leaves of Nasturium-Tropoeolum.<br />

peltidius lichen-like.<br />

peltifolius peltate-leaved<br />

peltigerus bearing shields.<br />

peltophorum bearing a shield

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