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purpusii for the brothers Carl Purpus (1853-1941), and Josef Purpus (1860-1932), German plant collectors
Purshia, purshianus -a -um, purshii Pur'shia (PER-shee-a) purshia'nus (per-shee-AY-nus) pursh'ii (PER-sheeeye)
in honor of the eminent German botanist Frederick Traugott Pursh (1774-1820), author of Flora Americae
Septentrionalis in 1814. Pursh was the first to publish on the many new plants collected by Lewis and Clark.
puru Latin pus, inflammation
purus pure, confined to one form, (mixed? or unmixed).
-pus Greek a foot
pus, -pus Latin pus, inflammation
-pus referring to a foot (or basal structure, like a stalk)
pusillus very small, insignificant, small, dwarf, puny, weak, slender, obscure.
pusillanim Latin faint-hearted
pusilus -a -um pusil'lus (pew-SIL-lus) little, small from classical Latin pusillus very small, insignificant, petty,
from pūsus boy, the same base as pūtus boy, child; also classical Latin pusilla f. a very small person.
pustul, pustula, -pustula Latin a pimple, blister
pustulatus as though blistered, blistered or pimply, with blister-like or pimple-like elevations.
pustulosus blistery or pimply.
put, puta Latin prune, trim
putam, putamen, -putamen, putamin Latin a husk, pod
putamineus with a hard shell like a nut.
Putamus viam semper esse. There is always a way.
putaneus, puteanus growing in wells.
putide badly, absurdly
putill-, putillus, -putillus Latin a little boy
putor-, -putor, putori Latin a stench
putr, putre, putri Latin rotten, putrid
putridus rotting, mothery (moldy as in the dregs, lees and sediment of fermenting beer or wine).
putris corrupt, rotten.
py-, pye, pyo Greek pus
pycn, pycn-, pycno Greek thick, dense
pycnacanthus densely-spined, closely beset with thorns, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny.
Pycnanthemum Pycnanth'emus (pik-NAN-the-mus) dense flower, New Latin, from Greek, πυκνος, pyknos, dense
and ἀνθεµον, anthemon, flower.
pycnanthus densely-flowered, densely covered with flowers, from , and ἄνθος, anthos, flower.
pycnocarpon
pycnocarpus closely set with fruit.
pycnocephalus -a -um pynoceph'alus (pik-no-SEF-a-lus) thick-headed, bearing a dense head of flowers, from
and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.
pycnolepis closely covered with scales, from and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale.
pycnophyllus densely leaved.
pycnosorius closely set with capsules.
pycnosorus closely clustered.
pycnostachyus, pycnostachya pik-no-STAK-ee-us; with densely or thickly clustered flower spikes, from
Greek πυκνος, pyknos, dense, -o- connective vowel in botanical Latin, stachys, Greek, σταχυς, stakhys, spike,
ear of corn (wheat), and –us, adjective, a Latinizing suffix.
pycnoxiphus densely covered with dagger-like thorns.
pyct, -pyctes, -pyctes Greek a boxer
pyel-, pyelo, pyelus, -pyelus Greek a trough; the pelvis
pyg-, pyga, -pyga, pygo Greek the rump
pygarg-, pygargus, -pygargus Latin a kind of eagle; a kind of antelope
pygm- Greek a fist; boxing; the distance from the elbow to the knuckles (about 13+ inches); a dwarf
pygmaeus -a -um pygmae'us (pig-MEE-us) pygmy, very small, dwarf, low (same as nanus and pumilus).
pyl-, pyla, -pyla, pyle, -pyle, pylo Greek a gate, orifice
pylor-, pyloro, pylorus, -pylorus Greek a gate-keeper; the pylorus
pylaei
pyo- Greek pus, inflammation
pyosis, -pyosis Greek pus formation