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areol- <strong>with</strong> an aereole, pitted<br />

areolate Latin areolatus, <strong>with</strong> small open spaces.<br />

areolatus -a -um <strong>with</strong> angular spaces or scars, meshed <strong>with</strong> network, checkered pitted; <strong>with</strong> small open<br />

places, marked out into small areas, from Latin areolatus, from areola, areolae, a small open place, and -atus,<br />

possessive of or likeness of something, the dimnutive of area, piece of level ground (in reference to stems and<br />

laeves).<br />

areolosus <strong>with</strong> small network, small checked<br />

arequipensis -is -e from Arequipa region of southern Peru.<br />

arequitae from Arequit, Peru.<br />

aresc- Latin arescere, to become dry; dry, thirsty.<br />

aresto- Greek αρεστος, arestos, acceptable, pleasing.<br />

arete Greek αρητε, arete, excellence, goodness, virtue.<br />

arethusa, -arethusa Latin Arethusa, a water fountain, a nymph.<br />

Arethusa Latin, from Greek Arethousa, a wood nymph (or river nymph) who was changed into a spring<br />

while fleeing the advances of the river-god Alpheus. Date: 1513. Also one of the Hesperides, or the daughters<br />

of Hesperus, of mythology, who helped guard the golden apples in the Isles of the Blest, beyond the Pillars of<br />

Hercules. “Their names are, Æglé,Brightness; Erytheia, Blushing; Hestia, the (spirit of the) Hearth; Arethusa,<br />

the Ministering.”<br />

aretioides resembling Aretia, from Aretia and -oides (Androsace).<br />

arfacanus from the Arfac Mountains in New Guinea<br />

arfakianus -a -um from the Arfak mountains in western New Guinea or Irian Jaya.<br />

arg-, argo Greek αργος, argos, shining, bright, referring to silver; pure white.<br />

argaeus from Kaisarieh in ancient Cappadocia, Asia Minor<br />

argel-, argeleo- Greek αργαλεος, argaleos, troublesome, vexatious, painful.<br />

argem-, argema-, argemat- Greek αργεµον, argemon, an ulcer in the eye, a white spot in the eye; alternately<br />

αργεµα, argema, a disease of the eye that the plant was supposed to cure.<br />

argemon- Greek αργεµωνη, argemone, an herb, the wind-rose, Papaver agremone.<br />

Argemone Argem'one (ar-GEM-on-ee, or ar-JEM-on-ee) a poppy-like herb listed by Pliny, and a name used by<br />

Dioscorides for a poppy-like plant used medicinally as a remedy for cataracts, from Greek αργεµα, αργεµωνη,<br />

argema, argemōnē. Date: 14th century. (Papaveraceae)<br />

argemonoides resembling Chicalote, Argemone<br />

argensis -is -s argen'sis (ar-JEN-sis, ar-JEN-see)<br />

argent-, argentat, argente, argentea Latin argentum silver; silvery.<br />

argent-, argente-, argenti- Latin argentum, argenti, silver-, silvery-, shining-.<br />

argentatus -a -um silvery, silvered, silver-plated, from Latin argentatus.<br />

argentauratus -a -um silvery-gilded, from Latin argentum and aureum.<br />

argenteo-, argenteus -a -um, agentus -a -um silvery, of silver, from Latin argenteus.<br />

argenteo-guttatus, argenteoguttatus -a -um guttating silvery drops, silver-spotted, <strong>with</strong> silvery spots or dots,<br />

from Latin argentum and guttata, guttatae.<br />

argenteomarginatus silver-edged<br />

argenteovariegatus silver-variegated<br />

argenteus -a -um, argentëus argen'teus (ar-JEN-tee-us) silvery, lustrous, of silvery tint and lustre<br />

argentatus -a -um argenta'tus (ar-jen-TAY-tus) silvered<br />

argentiflorus bearing silvery flowers<br />

argentifolius -a -um silvery-leaved, from Latin argentum and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

argentina from Latin in reference to Argentinus, son of Aesculanus, the god of silver money, for the silvery<br />

white pubescence on the underside of the leaf<br />

argentinus of Argentine origin, from Argentina<br />

argentissimus -a -um Latin most silvery, purest, superlative of argentus.<br />

argentoracensis, argentoratensis from Strassburg (Strassbourg), known to the Romans as Argentoratum,<br />

silver fort. It became Argentina in medieval Latin.<br />

argest- Greek αργεστης, argestes, clearing, brightening, the north-west wind.<br />

argi-, argia, -argia Greek αργια, argia, idleness, leisure, laziness, rest.<br />

argi- Greek αργια, argia, leisure.<br />

argi- whitened-, clay-, from Greek αργης, arges, αργι-, argi, Latin argilla, argillae, argi-.<br />

argill-, argillo-, argillus, -argillus Greek αργιλλος, argillos, white clay, potter’s earth.

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