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anophel-, anapholes, -anopheles Greek ανωφελης, anopheles, troublesome, hurtful; useless, unprofitable.<br />

anopl-, anoplo- Greek ανοπλος, anoplos, unarmed, thornless.<br />

anoplanthus naked blooming, leafless<br />

Anoplobatus unarmed-thornbush, from Greek ανοπλος, anoplos, and βατος, batos.<br />

Anoplophytum unarmed-plant, from Greek ανοπλος, anoplos, and φυτον, phyton. ( = Tillandsia)<br />

anopt-, anopto- Greek ανοπτος, anaptos, unseen.<br />

anopterus <strong>with</strong> unequal wings<br />

Anopyxis upright-capsule, from Greek ανω, ano, and πυξις, pyxis, the fruit is held upright until it dehisces.<br />

anorecto- Greek ανορεκτος, anorectos, lacking appetite, undesired.<br />

anosmus -a -um <strong>with</strong>out fragrance, <strong>with</strong>out smell, scentless, from Greek αν-οσµη, an-osma.<br />

Anredera for Anreder, about whom nothing else is known, the Madeira vine. The name may be derived from<br />

a person's name, or from the Spanish word, enredadera, meaning creeping or climbing plant, a liana (Wagner<br />

et al. 1999).<br />

ans-, ansa, -ansa Latin ansa, ansae, a handle, haft.<br />

ans-, anser, -anser Latin anser, a goose.<br />

-ans, -antia, -antis Latin suffix indicating belonging to, having the quality of.<br />

ansatus -a -um having a handle, from Latin ansa, ansae.<br />

Ansellia for Mr. Ansell, collector for RHS Chiswick on the ill-fated Niger Expedition of 1841.<br />

anser -eris m. Latin goose.<br />

anserinifolius -a -um <strong>with</strong> leaves similar to those of Potentilla anserina, which Linnaeus called goose-weed,<br />

Gåsört, from Latin anserina and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

anserinoides anserina-like, from Latin anserina and oides.<br />

anserinus -a -um anseri'nus (an-ser-EYE-nus) meadow-loving, loved by geese, pertaining to, relating to, or<br />

belonging to geese, or growing on land grazed by geese, from Latin anser, anseris, a goose, and -inus, adjective<br />

suffix for nouns: belonging to or resembling; of or pertaining to geese, goose-grease, goose down; goose greens, of<br />

the goose; from Greek (?) anser, a goose sacred to Juno.<br />

ansiferus -a um bearing a handle, from Latin ansa and fero, meaning petiolate or petiolulate; some interpret<br />

as sword-bearing (as in Latin ēnsis, ēnsis m. sword and fero, I bear).<br />

antalyensis -is -e from Antalya, southwest Turkey.<br />

antanambensis -is -e from Antanamba, Madagascar.<br />

antarcticus -a -um southern, from Antarctica, or of the Antarctic region or continent, from Greek ανταρκτικος,<br />

ant-arktikos, opposite to the north.<br />

ant-, ante Latin before, in front, from ante, antea.<br />

ant-, anti- Greek αντι-, anti-, opposite, in opposition to, before, over, against.<br />

ante Latin adverb before, formerly.<br />

ante meridiem before noon<br />

antecedens preceding<br />

antea Latin before this, formerly<br />

antenna, -antenna Latin, antenna. antennae, a sail-yard.<br />

Antennaria, antennaria Antennar'ia (an-ten-NAY-ree-e, or an-ten-AH-ree-a, an-ten-AIR-ee-a) feeler, New Latin<br />

from Medieval Latin antenna, antennae, and New Latin -aria, connection to or possession of, for the resemblance<br />

of the clavate pappus hairs of the staminate plants to insect antennae, literally projecting like a boat’s yard-arm the<br />

hairs of the pappus. (Compositae)<br />

antennatus, antenninus <strong>with</strong> antennae, <strong>with</strong> feeler-like threads<br />

antenniferus -a -um bearing antennae, having feelers, antennae-like threads, <strong>with</strong> ‘feeler-like’ stamens, from<br />

Latin antenna and fero, ferre, tuli, latum.<br />

Antenoron<br />

anter-, anteres Greek αντηρης, anteres, opposite.<br />

anter-, antero New Latin from Latin anterius, former; before, in front of.<br />

anterior before, in front<br />

anth-, anthe-, antheo-, anthus, -anthus Greek ανθος, anthos, a flower; brilliancy.<br />

anth- referring to a male part (the anther) of a flower<br />

anthelatus<br />

anthelminticus -a -um vermifuge, destroying or expelling intestinal worms, from Greek αντι, anti, and<br />

ἑλµινς, ἑλµινθος, helmins, helminthos.

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