Botanical Latin Flashcards
Lovely
amabilis
Notable, famous
nobilis
Fragile, brittle
fragilis
Able to bend
flexilis
Curly
crispus
Powdered
glaucous
Smooth, hairless
glabra
Creeping
repens, reptans
Common
vulgare, vulgaris
Heart shaped
cordata
Arrow shaped
hastata
Oval
ovata
White
alba, albus, album
Black (G)
melan-, melano-
Black (L)
nigra, nigrus, nigrum
Blue (G)
cyana, cyanus, cyanum
Green (L)
virens
Yellow (G)
xanth-, zantho-
Yellow (L)
lutea, luteus, luteum
Red (L)
rubra, rubrus, rubrum
Purple (L)
purpurea, purpureus, purpureum
Grey or Ash
cinerea
Marshy
palustris, palustre
Meadow
pratensis, pratense
Woods
Sylvestris, sylvestre
Mountain dwelling
monticola
Cultivated fields
arvensis, arvense
Cultivated
sativa, sativus, sativum
Vegetable garden
oleracea, oleraceus, oleraceum
Garden
hortensis, hortense
Annual
annua
Biennial
biennis
Perennial
perennis
One turn (G)
monotropa
One flower (L)
uniflora
Twice-twisted
bistorta
Twin or in a pair
didyma
Having two lobes
biloba
Three teeth
tridentata
Three leaves
triphyllum
Four petals
tetramera
With five leaves, leaflets or lobes
quinquefolius
Many seeds or knees
polygonum
Many joints
polygonatum
A thousand leaves
millefolium
Flower
anthus, flora
Fruit
carpus
Stem
caulis
Berry
coccus
Tree
dendron
Leaf
phyll
Root
rhiza, radix
Suffix: To bear or to carry
-fera
Wine bearing
vinifera
Bearing sleep
somnifera
Bearing a fragrant resin
balsamifera
Wax-bearing
cerifera
Carrying tulips
tulipifera
Suffix: Full of
-osa, -osus,- osum
Full of resin
resinosa
Ful of racemes
racemosa
Full of vessicles or bladders
vesiculosus
Full of tubers
tuberosum
Suffix: Little
-ula
Suffix: Resembling
-oid, -folia
The leaf looks like a triangle of the Greek letter Delta
deltoides
Resembles Thalictrum the meadow rue
Thalictroides
Leaves like tansy
tanacetifolia
Leaves like holly
aquifolia
Leaves like Artemisia
artemesiifolia
Like a star
stellaria
Resembles tuberculosis or swollen glands
scrophularia
Resembles a membrane
membranaceus
Like ivy
hederacea
Like birch
betulina
Like a cat
cataria
Aster or Sunflower family
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Parsley/Carrot/Celery family
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
Mint family
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Myrtle family
Myrtaceae
Knotweed family
Polygonaceae
Rose family
Rosaceae
Rose: Rose subfamily
Rosoideae
Rose: Dryad subfamily
Dryadoideae
Rose: Almond subfamily - Spiraeas
Amygdaloideae
Rose: Almond subfamily - Plums
Amygdaloideae
Rose: Almond subfamily - Apples
Amygdaloideae
Valerian family
Valerianaceae
Ginger family
Zingiberaceae
Mustard family
Brassicaceae/Cruciferae
Pea family
Fabaceae
Lily Family
Liliaceae
Grass family
Poaceae/Gramineae
Borage family
Boraginaceae
Buttercup family
Ranunculaceae
Ginseng family
Araliaceae
Poppy family
Papaveraceae
Poppy: Fumitory or Bleeding Heart subfamily
Fumarioideae
Nightshade family
Solanaceae
Heath family
Eriaceae
Horsetail family
Equisitiaceae
Mallow family
Malvaceae
Olive family
Oleaceae
Nettle family
Urticaceae
Figwort family
Scrophulariaceae
Plantain family
Plantaginaceae
Buckthorn family
Rhamnaceae
Asparagus family
Asparagaceae
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