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astroites star-shaped<br />

astrotrichus -a -um having star ahaped hairs, stellate-hairy, from Greek αστρο-τριχος, astro-trichos.<br />

astylus styleless, <strong>with</strong>out style<br />

astut- Latin astutus, skilled, cunning, adroit, clever, crafty.<br />

astutus -a -um cunning, deceptive, from Latin astutus.<br />

asty- Greek αστειος, asteios, town, city, town-bred, polite, charming<br />

astylus lacking a distinctive style, from Greek α-στυλος, a-stylos.<br />

asymmetricus -a -um irregular, lacking symmetry, from Greek α-συµ-µετριος, a-sym-metrios.<br />

asyneto- Greek ασυνετος, asynetos, stupid, witless.<br />

Asyneuma derivation uncertain, possibly from Greek α-συν-ευ-µα, a-syn-eu-ma, a relationship to Phyteuma.<br />

asynteles Greek ασυντελης, asynteles, useless.<br />

asyphelo- Greek ασυφηλος, asyphelos, headstrong, foolish.<br />

Asystasia derivation unknown, from Greek α-συστασις, a-systasis, lacking association.<br />

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

-ata Latin suffix used to form the names of animal divisions.<br />

-ata, -atum, -atus Latin suffix provided <strong>with</strong>, having the nature of, pertaining to.<br />

atacamicus -a -um from the Atacama desert or province Atacama in Chile.<br />

atacto- Greek ατακτος, ataktos, disordered.<br />

atactosorus having uneven rows or lines (of sori?).<br />

Ataenidia <strong>with</strong>out a small band, from Greek α-ταινια, a-tainia, for the lack of a spur on the staminode.<br />

atalant-, atalanto- Greek αταλαντος, atalantos, equal to, equivalent to.<br />

Atalantia for Atalanta, Αταλάντη, the swift-footed huntress of Greek mythology, Greek for balanced.<br />

Atalanta’s father wanted a son, and abandoned her on a mountain where she was found and suckled by a she<br />

bear.<br />

atalantoides resembling Atalantia, from Atalantia and oides.<br />

atalo- Greek αταλος, atalos, tender, delicate.<br />

atamasco an American Indian vernacular name for Zephyranthes atamasco, a single-flowered lily of the<br />

southern U.S.<br />

atav- Latin atavus, in general an ancestor.<br />

atavis of old type<br />

atavus -a -um great-great-great-grandfather, of great age, ancient, from Latin atavus, atavi.<br />

atavus, atavi m. Latin a great-great-great-grandfather; in general an ancestor.<br />

ataxacanthus -a -um having irregularly arranged prickles, irregularly thorned, from Greek ατακτος-ακανθος,<br />

ataktos-akanthos.<br />

atecmarto- Greek ατεκµαρτος, atekmartos, baffling, obscure, uncertain, inconsistent.<br />

atel-, atele-, atelo- Greek ατελης, ateles, incomplete, indeterminate, ineffectual, inperfect.<br />

ateleut- Greek ατελευτος, ateleutos, endless, eternal.<br />

atemel- Greek ατηµελης, atemeles, neglected, neglectful, careless.<br />

atenuat- Latin attenuatus, weakened, megre, unadorned.<br />

ater, -ater dark, black, coal black, dead black; gloomy, sad; from Latin ater, from Greek, via Etruscan, matt<br />

black, as opposed to niger, shiny black.<br />

ater, atra, atrum, atro- Latin matt-black, from ater, atris; pure black, pitch-black.<br />

atero- Greek ατερος, ateros, baneful, mischievous, ruinous.<br />

aterpes Greek ατεπης, aterpes, joyless.<br />

aterrimus -a -um Latin very black, deep black, superlative of ater.<br />

Athamantus Athamas-one, athamanticus -a -um (athemanticus) of Mount Athamas, Sicily, or in mythology,<br />

for King Athamas of the Minyans; resembling Bald-money or Spignel, Meum<br />

Athanasia immortal, from Greek α-θανασιµος, a-thanasimos, <strong>with</strong> out death, for the funery use of<br />

Tanacetum.<br />

athanat-, athanatos Greek αθανατος, athanatos, undying, immortal.<br />

atheniensis -is -e from Athens, from Latin Athenae.<br />

ather, -ather, athero- Greek αθηρ, αθερος, ather, atheros, a barb, bristle, the beard of an ear of corn; chaff<br />

(?)<br />

athera a beard of corn, an awn, or a stiff bristle

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