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amaurorhachis <strong>with</strong> black ribs<br />

amaurus -a -um dark, black, <strong>with</strong>out luster, feeble, indifferent, from Greek αµαυρος, amauros.<br />

amax-, amaxi, amaxo Greek αµαξα, amaxa, the chassis of a wagon, a wagon, carriage.<br />

amazonicus -a -um of the Amazon River region or basin, of the Amazon, in South America.<br />

amb-, ambi- Latin around-, surrounding; both-, from ambio, ambire, ambii, ambitum, ambi-.<br />

amb-, ambi-, ambo Latin ambo -ae -o, both, two together.<br />

amb-, ambo Latin ambire, to walk, to go around.<br />

amb- Greek αµβον, ambon, raised platform.<br />

ambianensis -si -e from Ambiani (Civitas Ambianensium), now Amiens, France (Ambianum). The Ambiani<br />

were a Celtic Belgic people in the modern Somme valley, who mustered 10,000 men against Julius Caesar in<br />

57 BC.<br />

ambi-, ambic, ambico Greek αµβιξ, ambix, a spouted cup, beaker.<br />

ambi- Latin prefix indicating on both sides, around, round about.<br />

ambig-, ambigu- Latin ambiguus, doubt; doubtful.<br />

ambigens Latin ambigen-us, of two kinds, mongrel, from amb(i)- both, and -genus -born, -natured. Absurdly<br />

referred by some to genu a knee! (OED); or doubtful, of uncertain relationship, from Latin ambi-, and genus,<br />

generis.<br />

Amberboa from the pre-Linnaean genus name Amberboi Vaillant, cited by Linnaeus in his original<br />

publication of Centaurea. (Compositae)<br />

ambiguous ambiguous, doubtful<br />

ambiguus -a --um ambig'uus (am-BIG-yoo-us) doubtful, uncertain, of uncertain relationship, from Latin ambigo,<br />

ambigere, applied to the perianth of Nymphaea.<br />

ambit- Latin ambitus, a going around, a circuit, bribery.<br />

ambl-, ambly- Greek blunt, from αµβλυς, amblys, αµβλυ-, ambly-.<br />

amblo-, amblos-, amblot- Greek αµβλωµα, ambloma, abortion.<br />

amblolepis <strong>with</strong> blunt membrane scales, from and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale.<br />

amblyandrus -a -um in one source as having baggy, pouch-like swellings (????); having blunt anthers on the<br />

stamens, from Greek αµβλυς, amblys, and ανηρ, aner, ανδρος, andros.<br />

amblyanthus -a -um <strong>with</strong> blunt flowers, feeble flowering, from Greek αµβλυς, amblys, and ανθος, anthos.<br />

amblycalycus, amblycalyx <strong>with</strong> an irregular calyx, <strong>with</strong> a blunt calyx, from Greek αµβλυς, amblys, and<br />

καλυξ, kalyx.<br />

amblygonus -a -um blunt angled, from Greek αµβλυς, amblys, and γωνια, gonia.<br />

amblyocarpus -a -um <strong>with</strong> blunt tipped carpels, bearing obtuse, blunt fruits, from Greek αµβλυς, amblys, and<br />

καρπος, karpos. (carpels?)<br />

amblyodontus -a -um, amblyodon blunt, obtuse-toothed, blunt-toothed, from Greek αµβλυς and οδων.<br />

Amblyolepis from Greek αµβλυ-, ambly, blunt, and λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale.<br />

amblyonemus <strong>with</strong> blunt threads or filaments<br />

Amblyopappus Amblyopap'pus (am-blee-oh-PAP-us) from Greek αµβλυς, amblys, blunt, and pappos, pappus.<br />

Amblyopetalum blunt petaled one, lit., from Greek αµβλυς, amblys, and πεταλον, petalon.<br />

amblyotus, amblyotis -is -e <strong>with</strong> blunt or weak ears; having blunt, obtuse ears, from Greek αµβλυς, amblys,<br />

and ωτος, otos (lobes).<br />

amblyphyllus blunt-leaved<br />

amblypterus having blunt, obtuse wings<br />

amblys Greek ἀµβλυς, amblys, blunt, dull<br />

ambo Latin both<br />

amboiensis -is -e (amboynensis), amboinicus -a -um from Amboina, (or Ambon) one of the Molucca<br />

Islands, Indonesia.<br />

ambon- Greek αµβον, ambon, ridge, crest, rim.<br />

ambovombensis -is -e from Ambovombe, Madagascar.<br />

ambro-, ambros- , ambrosia, -ambrosia, Ambrosius, Ambrosia, Ambrosiacus Ambro'sia (am-BRO-zee-a, or am-<br />

BRO-see-a) elixir of the gods, Greek, Dioscorides’ name ἀµβροσία, ambrosia, food of the gods, divine, immortal,<br />

for Ambrosia maritima (divine food, food of the gods, immortality); <strong>with</strong> the fragrance of ambrosia, Latin, from<br />

Greek, literally, immortality, from ambrotos immortal, from a-, and Greek mbrotos mortal, whence Greek brotos,<br />

mortos, mortal, and -ia, the food of the Greek and Roman gods, or the ointment or perfume of the gods. How<br />

ragweed relates to the food of the gods is unclear.<br />

ambrosiacus -a -um Ambrosia-like, similar to Ambrosia.

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