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tiph, tipha, -tipha, tiphi Greek a kind of insect<br />

tipul, tipula, -tipula Latin a water spider<br />

Tipularia New Latin, from Latin Tipula crane-fly, and -aria; from the supposed resemblance of the flower to<br />

the crane fly. Tipula is a genus of flies, but tipula, tippula is New Latin for water spider.<br />

tipuliformis of the shape of a daddy-long-legs<br />

Tiquilia Tiqui'lia (ti-KIL-ee-a)<br />

tir-, tira, tire Latin draw<br />

tirolensis -is -e from Tyrol.<br />

-tis m. Greek suffix indicating an agent or means, used <strong>with</strong> a verb base.<br />

titan-, titano Greek mythology gigantic; chalk<br />

titanus very large<br />

tithen Greek a nurse; nursing<br />

Tithonia from Greek mythology, Tithonus, son of Laomedon and consort of Aurora, symbolic of old age;<br />

perhaps referring to gray to white induments of some plants<br />

tithymal-, tithy<strong>malus</strong>, -tithymalu Greek a spurge<br />

tithymaloides resembling Spurge, Euphorbla tithymaloides.<br />

titill, titilla Latin tickle<br />

titth, tittho, titthus, -titthus Greek a nipple<br />

titub-, tituba Latin stagger<br />

titubans restless, wavering, staggering.<br />

titul, titulus, -titulus Latin a title<br />

tityr, tityrus, -tityrus Greek a pheasant<br />

tla, tlas Greek suffering<br />

tmema, -tmema, tmemato Greek a section, portion<br />

tmesi, tmesis Greek separation, division<br />

tmoleus from the Tmolus mountain range (ancient geography) western Asia Minor.<br />

toc, toco, tocus, -tocus Greek birth<br />

tod, todi, todius, -todius Latin a small bird, a tody<br />

Tofieldia New Latin, from Thomas Tofield 1730-1779 English botanist, and New Latin -ia<br />

tofaceus tufa-colored, buffy-drab.<br />

toga, -toga Latin a cloak, toga, toga, toga...<br />

togoensis from Togoland, former German West Africa.<br />

toich, toicho Greek a wall<br />

toits de Paris French cv. roofs of Paris<br />

Toiyabea for Toiyabe Mountain Range, Nevada; traditional Shoshone, meaning black mountains<br />

tok, toko, tokus, -tokus Greek birth<br />

toler, tolera Latin bear<br />

tolm-, tolma, tolmero Greek daring, bold<br />

Tolmiea for Dr. William Tolmie (1796-1873), Scottish doctor and botanist in Canada<br />

toluiferus yielding Tolu Balsam, a resinous exudate of Myroxylum toluiferum, after the seaport Tolu in<br />

Columbia.<br />

Tolumnia probably for Tolumnius, a Rutulian mentioned by Virgil<br />

tolyp, tolypa, -tolypa Greek wind up; something<br />

Tolpis “No etymology in protologue; no readily discernible meaning from Greek or Latin roots” (fna). An<br />

Adansonian name of uncertain origin.<br />

tom, tome, -tome, tomi, tomo, tomy, -tomy Greek cut<br />

Tomanthera One source relates this to the Latin base toment-, dense hair, stuffing, possibly for the hairy stems<br />

or calyx; the first root may be Greek tom-, cut, reference unclear; the second root word is Greek άνθερα f.<br />

anthera, in botany an anther, the pollen-bearing part of a flower’s stamen. So is the stamen cut or woolly. The<br />

name is from “Greek τοωὴ, tooe, section and άνθερα, anthera, and was said to apply to the split anthers;<br />

Rafinesque described the two cells as unequal, whereas it rather seems to be that those of one pair of anthers are<br />

smaller”.<br />

tombeabensis from Mount Tombea in south Tyroly.<br />

toment-, tomentos, tomentum, -tomentum Latin dense hair, stuffing<br />

tomentellus -a -um tomentel'lus (toe-men-TEL-lus) finely covered <strong>with</strong> felt-like hairs.<br />

tomentosulus sparsely covered <strong>with</strong> felt-like hairs.

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