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Piscidia fish kill, the Fish-Poison tree of tropical America<br />

piscidium fish-poison.<br />

piscin-, piscina, -piscina Latin a fishpond<br />

piscinalis living in ponds.<br />

piscinari, piscinarius, -piscinarius Latin one fond of fish ponds<br />

pisidicus from Pisidia (ancient Geography) in southern Asia Minor.<br />

pisifer, pisifera lit. pea-bearing.<br />

pisiformis bearing pea-like fruit.<br />

piso Latin to grind corn (grain)<br />

pisocarpus pea-fruited, <strong>with</strong> pea-like fruit.<br />

Pisonia from Latin Piso, for Willem Pies, c. 1611-1678), Dutch physician and botanist who collected in<br />

northeastern Brazil in the mid-eighteenth century under the auspices of Prince Johan Maurits van Nassau<br />

piss, pissa, -pissa Greek pitch<br />

pissod Greek pitch-like<br />

pist, pisti, pisto Greek liquid; genuine, trusted<br />

pistaci Greek a kind of tree<br />

Pistia from Greek pistra, watertrough, in reference to the aquatic habitat<br />

pistiliferus bearing pistils or pistil-like organs.<br />

pistill-, pistilli, pistillum Latin a pestle<br />

pistillaris resembling a pistil, club-shaped.<br />

pistioides resembling tropical duckweed, Pistia.<br />

Pisum (PEE-sum) From English pea, French pois, Celtic pis, Latin name, pisum, from Greek pisos, pison.<br />

The plural of pisum gives rise to the common name peas. (Leguminosae)<br />

pisus, -pisus Greek a pea; meadows<br />

pit- referring to pitch or resin<br />

pitang, pitangus, -pitangus Brazilian a flycatcher<br />

pith, pitho, pithus Greek a wine jar<br />

pithan, pithano Greek plausible<br />

pithec, pitheco, pithecus, -pithecus Greek an ape<br />

pithec- referring to a monkey, an ape<br />

Pithecoctenium monkey's comb<br />

pithyusus from ancient Pithyus, now Pitsunda, Trans-Caucasia.<br />

pitt, pitta Greek: pitch; New Latin: a kind of bird<br />

Pittosporaceae Pittospora'caeae (pit-oh-spore-AY-see-ee) plants of the, Cheese or Talosa wood family, from the<br />

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

Pittosporum resinous seed, from Greek πίττα, pitta, pitch, and σπόρος, sporos, seed, an allusion to the<br />

resinous capsule. (Pittosporaceae)<br />

pitcheri<br />

pituit-, pituitar Latin secretion of mucus<br />

pity-, pityo, pitys, -pitys Greek pine, fir<br />

Pityopsis Greek pitys, pine, and ancient Greek ὄψις, opsis, appearance, resembling, likeness, sight, referring<br />

to pine-needlelike leaves of P. pinifolia<br />

pityr, pityro, pityrum, -pityrum Greek bran, refuse<br />

pityreus scurfy.<br />

Pityrogramma Greek pityros, bran, and gramma, lines (as in written characters), referring to the farina<br />

covering the abaxial leaf blade surface<br />

pityrorphyllus <strong>with</strong> scurfy leaves.<br />

pix, -pix Latin pitch<br />

pixinon birthwort Aristochia serpentaria (L.)<br />

plac-, placo from ancient Greek πλάκ-, πλάξ, plak-, plax, flat plate, a tablet, plate; flat.<br />

placat Latin please, appease<br />

placatus calm, quiet, pleasing.<br />

placent-, placenta, -placenta, placenti a round flat cake; the placenta, from classical Latin a cake, from<br />

ancient Greek πλακόεντ, πλακόεις, πλακοῦντ-, πλακοῦς, plakoent, plakoeis, plakount, plakous, flat cake, also a<br />

mallow seed.

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