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asilongus -a -um having a long lower portion, from Latin basis and longus.<br />

basinervis <strong>with</strong> nerves from the base of the leaf<br />

Basiphyllaea from Greek basis, base, and phyllon, leaf, referring to the single basal leaf<br />

basiphyllus <strong>with</strong> flat leaves (?)<br />

basirameus -a -um Latin much branched from the base, from Latin basis, Greek βασις, basis, foundation,<br />

pedestal, foot, base, and ramus, rameus of or belonging to branches, boughs.<br />

basis, basis and baseos f. Latin a pedestal, base; basis villae foundation-wall; basis trianguli, base.<br />

basisetus -a -um <strong>with</strong> a hairy (?) base, in reference to the stem, from Latin basis and saeta -ae f. a bristle,<br />

stiff hair.<br />

basitonae extended to the base, from Greek βασις-τονος, basis-tonos.<br />

basium, basi(i) n. Latin noun, a kiss; kiss of the hand.<br />

basjoo the Japanese name for fiber from Musa basjoo, Japanese Fiber Banana.<br />

basm-, basmo, basmus, -basmus Greek βασµος, basmos, a step, metaphorically a degree, rank.<br />

bass- Late Latin bassus, low, deep.<br />

bassan Latin bass rock (Borror)<br />

bassar-, bassara, -bassara, bassaris, -bassaris Greek βασσαρα, bassara, a fox, made of fox skins, an<br />

impudent woman, a courtesan, a Thracian bacchante, a priestess of Bacchus, from βασσάρα, bassara, a fox.<br />

Bassia Bas'sia (BASS-ee-a) for Ferdinando Bassi (1710-1774), Italian naturalist, botanist, and Director of<br />

Bologna Botanic Garden, or George Bass, (died at sea 1803), navigator who commended Botany Bay for<br />

settlement.<br />

bastardii for Toussaint Bastard (1784-1846), French botanist, author of the Flora of Maine-et-Loire, 1809.<br />

bastardus -a -um not natural, abnormal, debased, from medieval Latin bastardus, bastardi.<br />

basuticus -a -um from Lesotho, S. Africa, known as Basutoland until 1966.<br />

bat-, bates, -bates Greek βατες, bates, one that treads, walks or haunts.<br />

bat-, bato-, batus, -batus Greek βατος, batos, a bramble (Rubus fruticosus), blackberry, thorn-bush.<br />

bat-, bato-, batus, -batus Greek βατος, batos, passable, accessible.<br />

bataanensis -is -e from Bataan, Luzon, Phillipiines.<br />

batalinii from A.F. Batalin 1847-1896), Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg.<br />

batalo- Greek βαταλος, batalos, anus, rump; stammerer.<br />

Batatas, batatas a Hatian native American name, batata, for sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, cognate via<br />

Portuguese patatas, Spanish and Portuguese batata, <strong>with</strong> potato.<br />

bataua from a vernacular name for oil palm.<br />

batavus of Dutch origin, from Latin Batavia, of the Netherlands, of Holland. The Batavi were an ancient<br />

Germanic people who lived on the island Betawe, Latin insula Batavorum, between the Rhine and the Waal<br />

rivers, now part of Holland. Batavi is from batawjō, good island, from Germanic bat- good, excellent, and<br />

awjō, island, land near water.<br />

batavicus -a -um, batavinus -a -um from Jakarta (Batavia) NW Java, Indonesia.<br />

bate-, batei Greek βατες, bates, a walker.<br />

Batemannia for James Bateman (1811-1897), orchid collector and monographer of Odontoglossum, etc.<br />

bater Greek βατηρ, bater, threshold.<br />

bath-, batho, bathy Greek deep; high<br />

bathm-, bathmo-, bathmus, -bathmus Greek βαθµος, bathmos, a step, a stair, threshold; metaphorically<br />

degree, rank.<br />

bathr-, bathro-, bathrum Greek βαθρον, bathron, a base, pedestal, stage, scaffold, throne. Also bathrum,<br />

bathri n., Latin base, pedestal.<br />

bathy- Greek βαθυς, βαθυ-, βαθος, bathys, bathy-, bathos, deep, thick, high, strong, violent, copious,<br />

abundant.<br />

bathyphyllus -a -um densely leaved, thickly leaved, from Greek βαθυ-φυλλον, bathy-phyllon.<br />

Bataceae Bata'ceae (ba-TAY-see-ee) from the genus name, Batis, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of<br />

plant family names.<br />

-bati-, batis, -batis Greek βατις, batis, the skate or ray fish.<br />

batia Greek βατια, batia, bush, ticket.<br />

Batis Ba'tis (BAT-is) thorn-bush, from Greek βατος, batos. (Bataceae)<br />

batis, batis f., battis, battis f. Latin name for a plant, probably samphire, Crithmum maritimum and similar<br />

species.<br />

bativalvis <strong>with</strong> broad flap or valve

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