A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

azureus,-a,-um (adj.A): azure, pure deep blue. The word derives from the same word in Arabic, itself derived from a Persian word, both appearing in the name of the stone ‘lapis lazuli.’ Another word appears to derive from the same Arabic and Persian words and is hence a synonym: lazulum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., meaning heaven,or sky. Both apply to the blue-colored stone lapis lazuli, or ‘stone of heaven.’ A synonym is ‘lazulinus,-a,-um (adj.A).’ It is the color ‘ultramarine blue,’ q.v.

iridescenti-azureus,-a,-um (adj.A): iridescent-blue.

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