18.06.2013 Views

N with malus towards none - Genesis Nursery

N with malus towards none - Genesis Nursery

N with malus towards none - Genesis Nursery

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

pomeridanianus flowering in the afternoon.<br />

pomeridianus -a -um pomeridia'nus (pom-er-id-ee-AY-nus)<br />

pomifer, pomiferus -a -um (pom-I-fer-ra) fruit-bearing, apple-bearing, or <strong>with</strong> apple-like fruit, from classical<br />

Latin pōmifer fruit-bearing, from pōmum fruit and -ferus-a -um, -iferous, bearing, adjectival suffix from Latin -<br />

fer (-ifer), producing, from the verb fero, ferre, to bear, bring, carry, and -ous.<br />

pomiformis apple-shaped.<br />

Pomoideae of the apple tribe.<br />

pomonensis -is -e pomonen'sis (po-mo-NEN-sis)<br />

pomp-, pompa, -pompa Greek a guide<br />

pomph-, pompho, pomphus, -pomphus Greek a blister<br />

pompholy, pompholyg, pompholygo, pompholyx, -pompholyx Greek a bubble<br />

pompil-, pompilus, pompilus Latin a kind of fish<br />

pomponianus pompous, of great splender.<br />

pomponicus pompous, of great splender.<br />

pomponius of a tuft or topknot; pompous, of great splender.<br />

pomum, -pomum Latin an apple, fruit<br />

pon, pono, ponus, -ponus Greek toil; pain<br />

ponderosus -a -um pondero'sus (pon-der-OH-sus) ponderous, heavy, producing heavy wood.<br />

Pontederia (pon-te-DE-ree-a) New Latin, from Giulio (or Guilo) Pontedera, (1688-1757), professor of<br />

botany at Padua and New Latin –ia. (Pontederiaceae)<br />

Pontederiaceae Pontederia'ceae (pon-te-der-ee-AY-see-ee) plants of the Pickerel-weed family, from the genus<br />

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

ponticus -a -um pon'ticus (PON-ti-kus) of Pontus, the Black Sea, from the shores of the Black Sea, the sea<br />

between Europe and Asia connected <strong>with</strong> Aegean Sea through the Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, and Dardanelles; of<br />

the area south of the Black Sea in northeast Asia Minor (now Turkey), the kingdom of Pontus; also the<br />

biogeographical region comprising the largely steppe areas north of the Black Sea, the Pontic-Caspian steppe.<br />

pons-, -pons Latin a bridge<br />

ponder Latin weighty<br />

poner, poneri, ponero Greek pain; bad, painful<br />

pono Greek toil; pain<br />

pont, ponti Latin a bridge<br />

pont, ponto Greek the sea<br />

Ponthieva For Henri de Ponthieu, a West Indian merchant who sent plant collections to Sir Joseph Banks in<br />

1778<br />

ponus, -ponus Greek toil; pain<br />

poo Greek grass, a grassy place<br />

pooecetes, -pooecetes Greek a grass dweller<br />

poophilous grass-loving, growing between the grasses.<br />

popayanensis from the district of Popayan, Columbia.<br />

popinalis for culinary purposes, from classical Latin popīnālis belonging to or characteristic of an eatinghouse<br />

(2nd cent. A.D. in Apuleius), from popīna eating-house, from the (unattested) Oscan cognate of classical<br />

Latin coquīna. Rhodocybe popinalis, a toadstool.<br />

popl, poples, -poples, poplit Latin the back of the knee<br />

popul- , populus -a -um Pop'ulus (POP-yoo-lus) Latin people; the poplar, from the classical Latin name for<br />

Populus alba. Poplar from Middle English poplere, from Middle French pouplier, from pouple, peuple poplar,<br />

from Latin populus. The word is said to be of Etruscan origin. (Latin words of unknown origin are often said to be<br />

‘of Etruscan origin’. Other than tombstone inscriptions, little Etruscan writing survives.)<br />

popul- referring to the poplar shape<br />

populifolius poplar-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like Populus, poplar, from popul, Populus, and folia, leaves referring<br />

to poplar-shaped leaves<br />

populinus growing on Poplar.<br />

populneus of or pertaining to poplars, like a poplar, generally for the shape of the leaves.<br />

Populus New Latin, from Latin, poplar<br />

Platanus (PLA-ta-nus) From Greek platanos, name for P. orientalis<br />

por, pori, porus, -porus Latin a pore, small opening<br />

por, poro Greek a soft stone; blind; a callus

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!