A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

gigantic, huge, enormous: colossus,-a,-um (adj.A), huge, gigantic, enormous; giganteus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘of or belonging to the giants, mighty;’ superl. gigantissimus,-a,-um (adj.A); giganticus,-a,-um (adj.A); titaniacus,-a,-um (adj.A), titanicus,-a,-um (adj.A), titaneus,-a,-um (adj.A), titanius,-a,-um (adj.A), of or for the Titans, huge, gigantic, titanic; see immense; see giant;

- [hepatic] calyptra vertice solum cellulis giganteis clavatis grosse comata (Steph.), calyptra only at the top with gigantic clavate cells grossely tufted.

- [fungi] pileus e convexo planiusculus, plerumque laevis, 3—4 unc. latus, interdum tamen etiam giganteus, spithamaeus et ultra (S&A), pileus from convex to somewhat flat, usually smooth, 3-4 inches wide, yet sometimes gigantic, a spithama [seven inches] and more.

- [algae] plantulae e zoogonidiis pullulantes cum Characio minuto comparatae giganteae sunt (Braun), the plantlets budding off from zoogonidia are gigantic compared to Characium minutum.

- [fungi] margine varie incisam, intus colliculoso–costatam saepe pustulato - vesiculosam, extus farinosam quandoque giganteam 4—6 uncialem, hymenio a receptaculo facillime discedente (S&A), variously incised at the margin, inside colliculose-ribbed often pustulate-vesiculose, externally farinose, sometime gigantic 4-6 inches, with the hymenium very easily separating.

Carex gigantea; Cirsium giganteum; Cnicus giganteus; Anthoxanthum odoratum fo. giganteum, the form being significantly larger in all respects than the typical form; Calvatia gigantea, a mushroom with a large body (20-50 cm broad)(Miller); Leucopaxillus giganteus, a mushroom with a cap 15-30 cm broad (Miller).