A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Herring-bone, as in a pattern: os (gen. sg. ossis, q.v.) piscarium (adj. A):

- ramis lateralibus habitu ossibus piscariis similibus, with lateral branches in appearance similar to fish bones.

Spica,-ae (s.f.I) testacea (adj.a), abl.sg. spica testacea: “tiles arranged in the form of an ear of corn, herring-bone work” (Glare); spicatus,-a,-um (part.A) “(of bricks) laid herring-bone fashion” (Glare) [> L. spica,-ae (s.f.I), (of grain), an ear, spike (syn. arista)].

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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