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aquaticus -a -um aqua'ticus (a-KWA-ti-kus) aquatic, of water, living in or growing by water; living in water,<br />

from Latin aquaticus, living in water, or full of water, watery, as opposed to aquatilis, living under water.<br />

aquatilis -is -e aqua'tilis (a-KWA-ti-lis) Latin aquatilis, aquatic, of water, swimming in-, living in- or growing by<br />

water, floating in water; living under water, from aquatilis -e living in water. Our Carex aquatilis might be better<br />

named C. aquaticus.<br />

aquëus, aqueus aqueous, watery; clear as water, colorless<br />

Aquifoliaceae Aquifolia'ceae (ak-wi-fo-lee-AY-see-ee) plants of the holly family (same as Ilicineae), from ,<br />

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

Aquifolium aquifo'lium (ak-wi-FO-lee-um) thorny-leaved, from Latin acus-folium, a former generic name for<br />

Ilex (Aquifoliaceae), from , and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant<br />

family names.<br />

aquifolius -a -um <strong>with</strong> pointed leaves; Holly-leaved, spiny-leaved, from Latin acus and folium, foli(i), n.,<br />

noun, a leaf.<br />

aquil-, aquila Latin aquila, an eagle.<br />

aquil- eagle-like<br />

Aquilegia Aquile'gia (ak-wi-LEE-jee-a, ah-quill-EE-gee-ah) The name is from either Latin aquila, eagle, for the<br />

curved spurs of some European species resembling eagle claws (the claw-like nectaries), or Latin aqua, water and<br />

legere, to collect or draw, for the nectar at the base of the spurs, or possibly the wet habitat of some species. Some<br />

say from medieval German Acheleia, Akelei (Aquilegia vulgaris). From the Indo-European root -ak, acute or sharp.<br />

(Αχέλεια, Akheleia, seems to be Greek, a village on Cyprus.) (Ranunculaceae)<br />

aquilegifolius -a -um, aquilegiifolius aquilegia-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like Columbine, or Aquilegia, from Latin<br />

Aquilegia and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

aquilegioides Columbine, or Aquilegia-like<br />

aquilinus -a -um aquili'nus (ak-wi-LIE-nus) aquiline, of eagles, eagle-like, from aquila, an eagle and –inus, -<br />

ium, belonging to or resembling, characteristic of. “Linnaeus noted that in the obliquely cut rhizome of Pteridium<br />

the appearance of the vasculature ‘refert aliquatenus aquilam imperalis’, suggest to some extent the imperial eagle”<br />

(Gledhill 1985)<br />

aquilus -a -um blackish-brown, swarthy, from Latin aquilus -a -um dark-colored, blackish.<br />

-aquilo, aquilo-, aquiloni Latin the north wind; northern, from Latin aquilo -onis m., the north wind; the<br />

north.<br />

aquilo, aquilonis m. Latin the north wind; the north<br />

aquilonius -a -um Latin northern<br />

aquosus -a -um watery, containing much moisture; rainy humid, damp, from Latin aquosus -a -um, full of<br />

water, watery.<br />

ar- Latin prefix to, toward, at, an assimilative form of ad- used before r-, meaning at, to, <strong>towards</strong>.<br />

ara-, araeo, arai Greek αραιος, araios, thin, narrow, weak, slight.<br />

arab, arabo, arabus, -arabus Greek αραβος, arabos, a rattling, gnashing of teeth.<br />

arabi Latin Arabia, Arabia, Arabian.<br />

arabicus -a -um, arabius, arabus -a -um Arabian, of Arabian origin, from Arabius, Arabicus -a -um,<br />

Arabian; Arabs -abis and Arabus -a -um, Arabian, an Arabian, Arabia, Arabiae, Arabia.<br />

Arabidopsis Arabidop'sis (air-a-bi-DOP-sis) New Latin, Arabis-resembling, from Arabid-, Arabis and from<br />

ancient Greek ὄψις, opsis, appearance, sight, view.<br />

Arabis Ar'abis (AIR-a-bis, or AR-a-bis) derivation obscure, possibly from Greek name for arabid-, arabis, a<br />

brassicaceous plant, probably from Arab-, Araps Arab; or from Latin arabia, arabiae, in reference to its ability to<br />

grow in rocky or sandy soil, or in reference to the native country of some species. (Cruciferae)<br />

Araceae Ara'ceae (a-RAY-see-ee) plants of the Cuckoo-plant, Arum family, from the genus name, Arum, and -<br />

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

arachn-, arachna, -arachna, arachni, arachno Greek a spider; a spider web, from Latin Arachne -es f., a<br />

Lydian maiden turned into a spider by Minerva.<br />

arach-, arachis, -arachis Greek αραχιδνα, arachidna, a leguminous plant, the ground pea, Lathyrus<br />

amphicarpos.<br />

arach-, arachos Greek αραχος, arachos, wild vetch, Vicia sibthorpii.<br />

Arachis Greek α-ραχις, a-rhachis, <strong>with</strong>out a branch, <strong>with</strong>out a rachis, the peanut genus. An ancient Greek<br />

name for a leguminous plant, αρακος, arakos, Latin arachus, in Galen, a groundnut. Alternately New Latin,<br />

perhaps modification of Greek arakis chickling vetch, diminutive of arakos chickling vetch; perhaps akin to

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