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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
Emodus,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. emodo; nom. pl. emodi, gen.pl. emodorum: Emodi Montes, the moundains of Emodus, “the Himalaya, of which the ancient Greeks knew only the western part (gen.sg. emodi; adj. emodensis, himalaicus, himalayensis)” (Stearn); see Himalaya,-ae (s.f.I).

Emodin: emodinum,-I (s.n.II), abl. sg. emodino.

ISV emodi [“fr. NL emodi, specific epithet of Rheum emodi [= Himalayan rhubarb] + in] an orange crystalline phenolic compound ... obtained esp. from plants (as rhubarb, cascara buckthorn and senna [and Fallopia japonica = Polygonum cuspidatum; and species of the fungus genera Aspergillus, Pyrenochaeta and Pestalotiopsis, inter alia (Wikipedia “Emodin” Aug. 2 2018)] yielding cathartic substances - called also Frangula emodin” (WIII); synonyms emodol, frangula emodin, rheum emodin.

Rheum emodi (medicinal plant) Polygonaceae.

Paeonia emodi, Indian Himalayan peony: Paeonia emodi takes its name from the Latin for Himalaya, "emodi montes", where it grows in the western part of the mountain range (Wikipedia 3 Aug 2018).

Calamagrostis emodensis, Himalaya Reitgras [=in German].

(fungi) Boletus emodensis; Cortinarius emodensis, Himalayan Gypsy; Rozites emodensis.

Triosteum emodorum

 

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