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Bakerisideroxylon Engler’s generic name for Baker’s Soderoxylon revoltum (= Vincetella revoluta).<br />

bal-, bali-, balo- Greek βαλλω, ballo, to throw, cast, hurl, shoot.<br />

balaen-, balaena, -balaena, balaeni, balaeno Latin balaena, balaenae f., Greek φαλαινα, phalaina, a<br />

whale.<br />

balaena, balaenae f., balena, balenae f. Latin noun whale.<br />

Balaenae nobie conservandae sunt. Save the whales.<br />

balan-, balano-, balanus Greek βαλανος, balanos, an acorn, something acorn-shaped, a date, iron peg, boltpin.<br />

(Wiliams)<br />

balan-, balano-, balanus, -balanus Greek an acorn; the glans of the penis (Borror)<br />

balanat- from Latin balanatus, perfumed <strong>with</strong> balsam.<br />

balanatus -a -um Latin perfumed <strong>with</strong> oil of Ben, from winged Horse-radish tree seeds Moringa<br />

pterygosperms.<br />

balanitēs acorn-shaped.<br />

Balanites acorn-having, from Greek βαλανος-ιτης, balanos-ites, from the Greek name βαλανος, balanos,<br />

describing the fruit of some species.<br />

balanitis, balanitidis f. Latin noun, a species of chestnut; shaped like an acorn.<br />

balane-, balanei-, balaneu- Greek βαλανειον, balaneion, a bath, a bathing room.<br />

balaninos made of acorns.<br />

balanoideus -a -um resembling an acorn, from Greek βαλανος-οειδης, balanos-oides, and Latin balanusoides.<br />

Balanaphora acorn-carrying, from Greek βαλανο-φορα, balano-phora, for the nut produced by these total<br />

parasites of tropical trees.<br />

balansae, balansanus -a -um for Benjamin (Benedict) Balansa (1825-1892), French plant collector who<br />

botanized the tropics.<br />

balanus balanite, Balanites aegyptiaca.<br />

balanus, balani m., acorn; other nuts, chestnut, ben-nut; date; balsam; shell-fish; suppository. From the<br />

ancient Greek name for an acorn βαλανος, balanos.<br />

balanocarpus bearing club-shaped fruit (?)<br />

balanophorus bearing clubs(??)<br />

balanti-, balantium Greek βαλαντιον, balantion, a bag, pouch.<br />

balata a Guyanese Carib vernacular name for several species of trees producing an edible fruit and guttapercha-like<br />

latex, balata,especially Mimusops balata.<br />

balatro a buffoon, a jester, from Latin balatro, balatronis m., buffoon, fool; jester, joker; bleater, babbler.<br />

balaustinus -a -um pomegranite fruit colored, from Greek βαλαυστιον, balaustion. Also a reference to the<br />

red rose-like flower.<br />

balb-, balbus Latin balbus -a -um, stammering, stuttering<br />

Balbisia, balbisianus -a -um for Giovanni Battista Balbis (1765-1831), Professor of Botany at Turin, Italy.<br />

balcanicus -a -um, balcanus -a -um from the Balkan Mountains, Balkan.<br />

balcoous -a -um from a Bengali vernacular name.<br />

baldaccii for Antonio Baldacci (1867-1950), of the Bologna Botanic Garde, Italy.<br />

Baldellia for Bartolommeo Bartolini-Baldelli, 19 th century Italian nobleman.<br />

baldmonia a medieval name for Meum athamanticum, baldmoney.<br />

baldensis -is -e from the Mount (Monte) Baldo area in Lombardy, northern Italy.<br />

baldschuanicus -a -um from Baldschuan (Baldzhuan), in Central Asia<br />

baldschuanicus from Balijuan, Turkestan<br />

Balduina, Baldwinia, baldwinii for Dr. William Baldwin (1779–1819), a pioneering American botanist.<br />

(Compositae)<br />

balearicus -a -um, balearica from the Balearic Islands, of or referring to the Balearic Islands, off the coast of<br />

Spain in the Mediterranean, including Majorca, Minorca, and Iviza<br />

baleen- Latin balaena, a whale.<br />

bali-, balio Greek βαλιος, balios, spotted, dappled; swift, nimble.<br />

balist-, balista Latin ballista, a catapult or the missle thrown.<br />

ball-, ballo Greek βαλλω, ballo, to throw, attack, cast, hurl, shoot, strike. In early ancient Greek this was<br />

βαλϳω, <strong>with</strong> a ‘j’ or y as in yes sound. The ‘j’ was present in very early Greek, but no symbol is known; the<br />

sound occurs in some γ and ι utterances.

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