A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

iridicus,-a,-um (adj.A): pertaining to the plant iris; pertaining to the rainbow, rainbow-colored; iridescens,-entis (part.B), q.v., iridescent [> L. & Gk. Iris,-idis, s.f.III, goddess of the rainbow, the rainbow itself];

peridio iridescenti, with the peridium iridescent.

seminibus papillatis, atris, iridescentibus, with seeds papillate, (dull) black, iridescent.

planta recens in mari iridescens, plant recent [i.e. fresh] in the sea iridescent.

[Hepaticae] dioica, minor, laxior, fragilis, colore fere albo; nonnihil iridescente maximeque hyalino (Lindb.), dioicous, smaller, looser [i.e. more open], fragile, with a nearly white color; somewhat iridescent and in the highest degree [i.e. perfectly] hyaline.

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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