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androcladum from Greek ανδρος, andros, ανδρο-, andro-, a man, and κλάδος, klados, -cladus, a young<br />

branch, a young shoot, sprout, referring to a branch.<br />

Androcymbium male-cup, andro-cymbium, the petal limbs enfold the stamens.<br />

androgynos Greek ανδρογυνος, androgynos, hermaphrodite.<br />

androgynus -a -um hermaphrodite, having staminate and pistillate flowers on the same head; having male<br />

and female parts or flowers on the same plant, from Greek ανηρ-γυνη, aner-gyne (?Gledhill), androgynus,<br />

androgyni.<br />

Andromeda (an-DROM-e-da) after Andromeda of Greek mythology.<br />

Andromeda from Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiope, whom Perseus rescued from the sea<br />

monster.<br />

andromedea andromede'a (an-dro-meh-DEE-a)<br />

andromediflorus <strong>with</strong> flowers like Andromeda<br />

andromedifolius -a -um andromedifo'lius (an-dro-me-di-FO-lee-us)<br />

Andropogon (an-dro-PO-gon) bearded-male, or man beard from Greek ανδρος, andros, a man’s, from ανηρ,<br />

aner, ανδρ-, andr-, man, male, and from ancient Greek πώγων, pōgōn, beard, ανδρο-πωγων, andro-pogon, in<br />

reference to the many species <strong>with</strong> long white hairs in the seed head, the awned male spikelet, or properly the<br />

pubescent pedicels of the staminate spikelets.<br />

Androrchis male testicle, from Greek ανδρ-ορχις, andr-orchis, Orchis mascula, or man orchid.<br />

Androsace man shield, from Greek ανδρο-σακος, andro-sakos, for the exposed stamens of heterostyled<br />

species; or New Latin, alteration of Latin androsaces, a plant or zoophyte, from Greek androsakes, a sea plant<br />

(probably a species of Acetabularia) (Primulaceae)<br />

androsaceus -a -um androsa'ceus (an-dro-SAY-see-us) like Androsace, of the type of Rock-jasmine Androsace;<br />

like Androsace (for the pink and brown pileus of the horse hair fungus).<br />

androsacoides resembling Rock-jasmine<br />

androsaemiflorus androsaemum-flowered<br />

androsaemifolius -a -um androsaemifo'lium (an-dro-see-mi-FO-lee-um) Androsaemum leaved, Androsaemumfolium,<br />

leaves like Androsaemum (now Hypericum), from androsaemon, androsaem, from the Greek ανδροσαιµον,<br />

androsaimon, Hypericum perforatum, from Greek aner (man) aima (blood) referring to the blood red sap (or berry<br />

juice), plus -i- connective vowel used by botanical Latin, and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

Androsaemum, androsaemum man’s-blood, from Greek ανδρος-αιµα, andros-aima, from Dioscorides,<br />

ανδροςαιµον, androsaimon, for the blood-colored juice of the berries.<br />

Androstephium from Greek andros, male, by inference stamen, and stephanos, crown, referring to the apical<br />

appendages of the united filaments<br />

andrus -a -um -stamened from Greek ανηρ, aner, ανδρ-, andr-.<br />

Andryala entymology uncertain.<br />

-anea, -anum, -anus Latin suffix meaning belonging to, often used <strong>with</strong> place names.<br />

anebos Greek ανηβος, anebos, youth, beardless.<br />

aneca- Greek ανεκας, anekas, upwards.<br />

anecto Greek ανηκτος, anektos, bearable, tolerable.<br />

anegadensis -is -e from Anegada Island, Puerto Rico.<br />

Aneilema <strong>with</strong>-out a cover, from α(ν)-ειλυµα, a(n)- eilyma, from the absence of an involucre.<br />

aneilematophyllus -a -um having leaves resembling those of Aneilema.<br />

aneitensis from Aneitom, New Hebrides<br />

anell- Latin anellus, a little ring.<br />

anelsonii anel'sonii (ay-NEL-son-ee-eye)<br />

anem-, anemo- referring to wind, from Greek ανεµος, anemos, the wind.<br />

Anemarrhena exposed-males, from ανεµ-αρρην, anem-arrhen, for the exposed stamens.<br />

Anemia (Aneimia) naked, from Greek ανειµων, aneimon, <strong>with</strong>out clothing, referring to the absence of blade<br />

protection for the sporangia, or the sori have no indusia.<br />

Anemiopsis Anemop'sis (an-em-OP-sis) naked looking, from ανειµων-οψις, aneimon-opsis, from and ancient<br />

Greek ὄψις, opsis, appearance, resembling, likeness, sight, for the sparsely-leaved stems.<br />

Anemoi wind gods, from Greek Ἄνεµοι, Anemoi, winds. The wind gods of the cardinal and ordinal (Ἄνεµοι<br />

Θύελλαι, Anemoi Thuellia) directions, equivalent to the Roman Venti.<br />

Anemone (a-ne-MOW-nee, anem′one, or anemo′ne) Wind flower, a name used by Theophrastus, from Latin<br />

and Greek anemōnē, from ἄνεµος, anemos, the wind, for it was thought that the flowers did not expand until<br />

beaten by the wind, or in reference to the elevated and windy habitat of many sepcies; or a corruption of the

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