A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

fetidus,-a,-um (adj.A),(also faetidus,-a,-um (adj.A) and foetidus,-a,-um (adj.A); superl. fetidissimus,-a,-um (adj.A) (faetidiss-, foetidiss-): that has an ill smell, evil-smelling, stinking, fetid; foul; “having a disagreeable smell of any kind” (Lindley); disgusting; see stinking; see putrid; cf. graveolens,-entis (part.B), 'strong-smelling.'

- Odor Leguminosorum, sed foetidus (Swartz), the odor of legumes, but with an ill smell.

- flores flavi, saepissime fetidi (B&H), the flowers yellow, most often ill- smelling.

- [Aroideae] flores parvi v. minuti, interdum fetidissimi (B&H), the flowers small or minute, sometimes excessively ill-smelling.

- Cimicifuga foetida: herba foetidissima ad cimices fugandos in Sibiria adhibita (DeCandolle), an herb very bad-smelling used in Siberia for driving away insects.

Anagyris foetida, stinking bean-trefoil (Liddell & Scott).

Merisma foetidum; Ozophyllum foetidum,; Sterculia foetida; Symplocarpus foetidus, Skunk Cabbage, ‘foul-smelling;’ Thalictrum foetidum; Ticoria foetida; Zygophyllum foetidum var. insuave, var. ‘unpleasant.’