A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

lachn-, lachno-, -lachnus,-a,-um (adj.A); in Gk. comp., wooly [> Gk. lachnos (s.m.II) = lachnE (s.f.I): soft hair, down, = Lat. lanugo, of a young man’s beard; of thin hair on the head; of the nap or pile on cloth; of sheep’s wool” (Liddell & Scott)]; see lanugo,-inis (s.f.III); see wool-;

- lachnacanthus, with wooly spines or prickles; lachnanthus, woolly-flowered;

- lachnobotrys, with woolly racemes, lachnocarpus, woollly-fruited; lachnocladus, with woolly twigs or shoots; lachnophyllus, with woolly leaves; lachnopodius, with woolly stalks; lachnopodus,-a,-um (adj.A), with downy pedicels or stalks; lachnosepalus, with woolly-sepals; lachnospermus, with woolly seeds; lachnostylus, with woolly style.

- hololachnus, completely woolly.

Lachnocaulon Kunth, Hairy Pipewort, from Greek lachnos, wool, and caulos, stalk, from the hairy scapes.

Lachnanthes (s.f.III) > Gk. lachne, wool, down + anthos, a flower, in reference to the woolly flowers.

Lachnum,-i (s.n.II) Retzius ex Karst.; Lachnodochium,-ii (s.n.II) March.; Lachnocladium Lev.; Lachnobolus Fr., all fungi.