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ex, -rex, reg- Latin a king, referring to a king, royal<br />

rh (see also r)<br />

rhabarbarum literally the rhubarb of foreigners, Rha for old name of River Volga (not Volta) along which R.<br />

officinale was brought from China; post-classical Latin reubarbarum, rheubarbarum, also rubarbera,<br />

ruebarbum, probably adopted from Hellenistic Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον, rheon barbaron, from ῥῆον, rheon,<br />

rhubarb, and ancient Greek βάρβαρον, neuter of βάρβαρος, barbaros, foreign, non-Hellenic, outlandish, rude.<br />

rhabd, rhabdo, rhabdos, -rhabdus Greek a rod ῥάβδος, rhabdos.<br />

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

Rhabdoweisia from Greek rhabdos, rod, presumably referring to the ribbed capsule, and genus Weissia,<br />

indicating a resemblance<br />

rhac, rhaco, rhacus, -rhacus Greek rags<br />

rhachi, rhachia, -rhachia Greek a rocky shore; surf<br />

rhachi, rhachia, rhachio, rhachis, -rhachis Greek the spine, backbone, from ancient Greek ῥάχις, rhachis,<br />

spine, ridge, outer edge of the arm of the polypus<br />

rhachipterygius, rachipterus <strong>with</strong> a central fin.<br />

rhachist-, rhachisto Greek cut up<br />

Rhachithecium from Greek rhachis, ridge, and theke, case, referring to the ribbed capsule<br />

rhachitrichus <strong>with</strong> hairy mid-rib or hairy spike.<br />

rhadin, rhadino Greek slender, delicate<br />

rhaeb-, rhaebo Greek crooked<br />

rhaeticus, rhaetus from the Rhaetian (Rhoedian) Alps of Switzerland and Austria, from Latin Rhæticus, adj.<br />

of Rhætia, ancient name of a district of the Alps.<br />

rhag, rhaga, rhage, -rhage, rhagi, rhago Greek break, break out, broken; a grape, berry<br />

rhagadiolepis <strong>with</strong> a chappy or scabby membrane scale, from and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-,<br />

scale.<br />

Rhagadiolus Greek rhagado, crack or split, and -olus, diminutive, perhaps alluding to gaps between margins<br />

of enfolding phyllaries<br />

rhagi, rhagio, rhagium, -rhagium Greek a kind of spider<br />

rhagia, -rhagia Greek a breaking out<br />

rhamn-, rhamno, rhamnos, rhamnos Greek referring to the genus ῥάµνος, rhamnos, Rhamnus, the buckthorn<br />

Rhamnaceae Rhamna'ceae (ram-NAY-see-ee) plants of the Buckthorn family, from the genus name, Rhamnus,<br />

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

rhamnifolius rhamnus-leaved<br />

rhamnoides rhamnus-like, like or resembling Rhamnus, buckthorn.<br />

Rhamnus Rham'nus (RAM-nus) New Latin or Late Latin, from Greek ῥάµνος, rhamnos, the name of a shrub,<br />

buckthorn. (Rhamnaceae)<br />

rhamph-, rhamphid, rhamphsi, -rhamphis, rhampho Greek a curved beak; a hook<br />

rhani, rhanid, rhanis, -rhanis Greek drop, sprinkle<br />

rhaph, rhapha, -rhapha, rhapho Greek a seam, suture<br />

rhaphan-, rhaphano, raphanus, -rhaphanus Greek a radish; a cabbage<br />

rhaphi-, rhaphid-, rhaphio-, rhaphis, -rhaphis Greek a needle<br />

Rhaphiolepis from Greek rhaphis, needle, and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale.<br />

rhaphidophorus bearing needles.<br />

rhapi-, rhapido, rhapis-, -rhapis a rod, stick, modern Latin from Greek ῥαπίς, rod.<br />

Rhapidophyllum needle-leaf, a palm genus, from Greek, ῥαπιδ-, rhapid-, a rod, and phyllon, leaf, in reference<br />

to the spines of the leafbases, or perhaps meaning having the leaf of Rhapis, a genus of small Asian palms.<br />

rhapis Greek name for the plant rape.<br />

rhaponticum Graden Rhubarb, from modern Latin rhaponticum, same as rha Ponticum, and radix Pontica,<br />

from Celsus; or r(e)uponticum, an altered form corresponding to reubarbarum, rhubarb.<br />

rhaptodes seam-like.<br />

rhax, -rhax Greek a grape, berry<br />

rhe, rhea, -rhea New Latin a kind of bird<br />

rhe, rhea, -rhea, rheo Greek a flow, current<br />

rhe, rheum, -rheum Middle Latin rhubarb<br />

rheb, rhebo Greek crooked<br />

rheifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Rhubarb, Rheum.

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