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zacaensis zacaen'sis (zak-ee-EN-sis)<br />

zaccario a plant <strong>with</strong> sweet flavour.<br />

Zaforá Greek ζαφορά, saffron.<br />

zal-, zale, -zale, zalo Greek sea spray; a storm<br />

Zaluzania No etymology in protologue; perhaps for Adam Zaluziansky von Zaluzian (1558–1613), Polish<br />

physician/botanist.<br />

zambesinus from the shores of the Zambesi River, south Africa.<br />

zamen Greek forceful, raging<br />

zami-, zamia, -zamia, zamio New Latin a kind of cycad; a decayed fir cone<br />

xamioides resembling Jamaica Sago-Tree, Zamia.<br />

zamorensis from Zamora in Venezuela.<br />

zancl-, zanclo, zanclum, -zanclum Greek a sickle<br />

zanguebaricus from the coast of Zanzibar.<br />

Zanthorhiza from Greek ξανθὸς, xanthos, yellow, and ῥίζα, rhiza, root. (Ranunculaceae)<br />

Zanthoxylum (zanth-OKS-i-lum) (formerly spelled Xanthoxylum) from Greek ξανθὸς, xanthos, shades of<br />

yellow or yellow red, and ξύλον, xylon, wood, for the yellow wood of some species.<br />

Zannichellia New Latin, from Gian Girolamo Zannichelli (1662-1729) Venetian botanist, physician, and<br />

pharmacist (apothecary), and New Latin -ia. (Potamogetonaceae)<br />

Zannichelliaceae Zannichellia'ceae (zan-i-chel-ee-AY-see-ee), from the genus name, Zannichellia, and -aceae,<br />

the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

zanzibaricus, zanzibariensis from Zanzibar, on the east coast of Africa.<br />

Zantedeschia for Francesco Zantedeschi (1797-1873), Italian priest and physicist<br />

zawadskii for Alexander Zawadski (1798-1868), Austrian scientest.<br />

ze-, zei, zeus, -zeus Greek a kind of fish<br />

Zea New Latin, from Greek ze, zea, zeia, single-grained wheat, alternately late and modern Latin zēa, from<br />

Greek ζειά, zeia, a name for spelt; akin to Sanskrit yava barley; alternately from ζάω, zao, to live, or the cause<br />

of life, an allusion to the life supporting role it has for animals and man. The name was adopted by Linnaeus<br />

for Maize, or Indian Corn. Although in the synonyms for Diarrhena americana there is Korycarpus<br />

arundinaceus Zea ex Lag. There was a Mr. or Ms. Zea out there somewheres.<br />

zea rosemary<br />

zebrinus -a -um zebra-striped, striped<br />

zeclias knot-grass, from Egyptian.<br />

zelo Greek emulate, envy, rival<br />

Zeltnera Zelt'nera (ZELT-ner-a)<br />

zem-, zema, -zema Greek a drink<br />

zemi-, zemia, -zemia Greek loss, damage<br />

zeo Greek boil, seethe<br />

zenzur polygonvm; knot-grass, from Punic.<br />

zephyr-, zephro, zephrus,- zephyrus Greek mythology the west wind, from Latin zephyrus, adopted from<br />

Greek ξέφυρος.<br />

Zephyranthes from Greek Zephyros, the west wind, and anthos, flower<br />

zephyranthoides resembling Zaphyr-Flower, Zephranthes.<br />

zephyrinus covered <strong>with</strong> bloom like ripe grapes.(????)<br />

zerdanus from Mount Zerdkou in southern Persia.<br />

zeren, zereno Greek dried<br />

zest-, zesto Greek boiling, boiled<br />

zete Greek search for<br />

zetlandicus of or from the Shetland Islands<br />

zeuct-, zeucto Greek joined<br />

zeug-, zeugo Greek things paired, a yoke<br />

zeugl-, zeuglo Greek the strap of a yoke<br />

zeugma, -zeugma-, zeugmato Greek a band, bond<br />

zeus, -zeus Greek a kind of fish; a sea god (?)<br />

zeuxi-, zeuxis, -zeuxis Greek a joining<br />

Zeuxine from Greek zeuxis, a yoking or joining, referring to partial union of lip and column, or possibly to<br />

fusion of pollinia

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