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portulacastrus -a -um portulacas'trus (por-tew-la-KAS-trus)<br />

portulaceus portulaca-like<br />

portulacoides Purslane-like.<br />

portun Latin mythology a harbor, port<br />

porulos Latin full of small pores<br />

porulosus <strong>with</strong> small holes, somewhat porous.<br />

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

porzan, porzana, -porzana Italian a rail, or crake, of the genus Porzana, of the Rallidae<br />

Porzellan German cv. porcelain<br />

pos, posis, -posis Greek drink; husband<br />

pos, poso Greek how much; indefinitely; quantity<br />

poscharskyanus for Gustav Poscharsky (1832-1914), German gardner<br />

poseidon Greek mythology a god of the sea<br />

posit Latin placed<br />

posoniensis from the province of Posen in Prussia.<br />

Possunt, quia posse videntur. They are able, because they appear to be able. Publius Vergilius Maro [The<br />

Aeneid]:<br />

post Latin behind, after<br />

post, poster, postero, postic Latin hinder, posterior<br />

post, postea afterwards<br />

post meridiem after noon<br />

post mortem Latin lit. after death<br />

post partum after birth, from partus, -us, m. a birth.<br />

post scriptum abbreviated P.S., after having been written, from the past participle of scribo, scribere, scripsi,<br />

scriptum, I write.<br />

posth-, posthi, postho Greek the foreskin; the penis<br />

postice at the back, opposite of antice<br />

posticus behind, nearest the axis.<br />

postremo at last, finally<br />

postul Latin demand<br />

pot, pota, poti, poto Greek drink<br />

potam, -potam(...), potamo, potamus Greek a river, referring to a river<br />

Potamogetonaceae Potamogetona'ceae (poe-ta-moe-gee-ton-AY-see-ee) plants of the Pond-Weed family, from<br />

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

Potamogeton Potamoge'ton (po-ta-mo-GAY-ton or po-ta-mo-GEE-ton) from the classical name, from the Greek<br />

potamos, a river, and geiton, a neighbor. (Potamogetonaceae)<br />

potamophilus water-loving, swamp-loving, river-loving.<br />

potaninii for Grigori Potanin (1832-1914), Russian naturalist and explorer<br />

potass-, potassi New Latin potash, potassium<br />

potatorum of the drinkers, pertaining to drink.<br />

poten-, potens, potent Latin powerful<br />

Potentilla Potentil'la (po-ten-TIL-la) from Latin, potentia, diminutive of potens, powerful, for the potent<br />

medicinal properties of this genus. (Rosaceae)<br />

potentilloides like Potentilla, resembling Cinquefoil, Potentilla.<br />

poter-, poteri-, poterio, poterium Greek a drinking cup<br />

Poterium “literally [in Lat.] a drinking vessel, and hence a beverage” (Wood 1873) (Rosaceae)<br />

potero Greek either<br />

potes Greek a drinker<br />

poth, potho, pothus, -pothus Greek longing, desire; New Latin: a kind of plant<br />

pothoinus resembling silver vine of the West Indies, pathos.<br />

poti, poto Greek drink<br />

potius rather<br />

potosinus from San Luis de Potosi, Bolivia.<br />

pottioides resembling the genus Pottia.

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