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Flashcards by kate thompson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by kate thompson
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| Question | Answer |
| Allium | GENUS Latin name for garlic |
| Smyrnium | GENUS From the Greek smyrnion (myrrh); referring to its smell |
| olusatrum | Latin for alexander olus = vegetable/turnip |
| Pimpinella | GENUS bi-pinnate - from a word meaning |
| anisum | latin, anesum = Aniseed |
| Carum | GENUS Latin for dear or expensive Careum = caraway |
| carvi | An old name for Caraway. Links to carota - carrot. |
| Anthriscus | GENUS Another but unidentified plant Anthris = caves |
| cerefolium | Waxy leaves |
| Coriandrum | From the Greek koris, a bug or gnat; referring to its aroma |
| sativum | Cultivated |
| Anethum | GENUS Dill |
| graveolens | Heavy scented, unpleasant smell |
| Rumex | GENUS Latin name for Docks and sorrel plants |
| scutatus | With a shield |
| Artemisia | GENUS Named for the goddess Artemis in Greek mythology, who so benefitted from a plant of this family that she gave it her own name |
| dracunculus | Little dragon |
| Levisticum | GENUS Possibly from the Greek ligustikos, referring to being of or from the Liguria region in Italy |
| officinalis | Official - used in pharmacological sense |
| Portulaca | GENUS Carries milk |
| oleracea | Edible vegetable (olera = green) |
| Sium | GENUS A perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere from sion, ancient Greek name. |
| sisarum | Skirret |
| acetosa | Latin for sour, common sorrel & other plants with acid leaves |
| Satureia | GENUS Latin name for Savory. |
| hortensis | Of gardens; cultivated |
| Ocimum | GENUS From the Greek word meaning to smell, to be fragrant |
| basilicum | royal or princely |
| montana | Of the mountains |
| Acorus | GENUS Plant with an aromatic rhizome |
| calamus | From the Greek kalamos, meaning reed |
| Aegopodium | GENUS From the Greek aix (goat) and podion (little foot) |
| podagraria | Goat's foot |
| Alchemilla | GENUS Takes its name from a plant valued for its use in alchemy |
| xanthochlora | xanthos (yellow) and chlorus (green), greek. |
| ursinum | Referring to a bear |
| Amelanchier | GENUS From an old French common name |
| ovalis | latin for oval |
| Berberis | GENUS Latinised form of the Arabic name for the fruit |
| perennis | latin for perennial |
| Atriplex | GENUS atri = dark plex = fold Ancient Latin name for this plant |
| victorialis | Victorius; symbol of victory |
| Angelica | GENUS Like an angel, angelic |
| archangelica | Named after the Archangel Michael |
| schoenoprasum | Schoeno means Rush Greek prason = leek Latin porrum = leek |
| Alliaria | GENUS Of the Allium family |
| petiolata | Has leaf stalks (petioles) |
| Achillea | GENUS Named for Achilles, who used plants of the genus to staunch the wounds of his soldiers at the siege of Troy |
| millefolium | mille = thousand folium = leaves |
| Armoracia | GENUS Wild Radish armora = equipment (from weapons + armour) |
| rusticana | Rustic, of the countryside |
| alba | white |
| alpestris | alpine |
| bellus | beautiful |
| broccolo | flowering top |
| caerule | dark blue |
| candicans | hairy or wooly |
| cereus | waxy |
| coccineu | scarlet |
| cordata | heart shaped |
| crassu | fleshy, thick |
| dulcis | sweet |
| edulis | edible |
| ferox | very thorny |
| flavens | yellowish |
| glaber | smooth, without hairs |
| heli | sun |
| imbricata | overlapping, like scales |
| ingens | enormous |
| obesus | fat |
| phylla | leaves (pertaining to) |
| repens | crawling, creeping |
| ericeus | silky |
| serpens | creeping, snakelike |
| vulgaris | common |
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