A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Research Home | Search | Contact | Site Map

W³TROPICOS
QUICK SEARCH

MO PROJECTS:
Africa
Asia/Pacific
Mesoamerica
North America
South America
General Taxonomy
Photo Essays
Training in Latin
America

MO RESEARCH:
Wm. L. Brown Center
Bryology
GIS
Graduate Studies
Research Experiences
for Undergraduates
Imaging Lab
Library
MBG Press
Publications
Climate Change
Catalog Fossil Plants

MO DATABASES:
W³MOST
Image Index
Rare Books
Angiosperm
Phylogeny
Res Botanica
All Databases

INFORMATION:
What's New?
People at MO
Visitor's Guide
Herbarium
Jobs & Fellowships
Symposium
Research Links
Site Map
Search

Introduction	Browse by Keyword	Search	Abbreviations	Bibliography	Resources
A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

butyraceus,-a,-um (adj.A), butyrosus,-a,-um (adj.A), butyrus,-a,-um (adj.A): butyraceous, butyrosus; buttery, butter-like; full of butter; “having the qualities of butter; resembling butter; also yielding or containing a substance like butter” (WIII);

(in fungi) “having the appearance or consistency of butter; (of mycelial cultures), sodden, not shiny, like cultures of yeasts” (S&D) [> butyrum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., butter].

- ad discos ligneos mucidos semiputres butyrosos, cellaris, rarior (S&A), on moldy wooden dishes, half rotten, full of butter, of the cellar, more rare.

[fungi] Collybia (Rhodocollybia) butyracea Fr., Buttery Collybia, perhaps referring to its lubricious cap (pileus) when fresh.

Butter-fungus] Boletus luteus or Collybia butyracea (S&D).

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
Copyright © P. M. Eckel 2010-2023

© 1995-2024 Missouri Botanical Garden, All Rights Reserved
4344 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 577-5100

E-mail
Technical Support