A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

nonnihil (adv.), non nihil (adv.) and haud nihil (adv.): not much, in some measure, somewhat, a little; see ‘somewhat;’ non + nihil (adv.): by no means, not, not at all, (double negative = ‘not nothing’ therefore, ‘something, in some way’);

- fructibus nonnihil reticulatis, with fruits somewhat reticulate.

- nonnihil rugosa & inæqualia (Dill.), somewhat rugose and uneven.

- mollis est & nonnihil sericea, si in aquis purioribus nascatur (Dill.), it is soft and somewhat silky, if it might arise in cleaner waters.

- cauliculis & surculis teretiusculis, (per siccitatem nonnihil compressis) tenuibus (Dill.), with the little stems and shoots rather round-cylindric (somewhat compressed due to dryness) thin.

- [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.

- [lichen] apothecia satis parva (latti. 0,5 millim. vel nonnihil ultra) (Nyl.) the apothecia quite small (0.5 millimeters in length or somewhat beyond).

- lobis saepius nonnihil imbricatis (Nyl.) with the lobes more often a little imbricated [i.e. overlapping].

- [lichen] sporae cylindraceae, saepius nonnihil curvatae, (Nyl.), the spores cylindric, more often a little curved.

- [lichen] granula gonima saepe plura cohaerentia, coerulescentia, majuscula, oblongo-globulosa vel nonnihil irregularis (Nyl.), the gonimous granules often many, fusing, [sky-]bluish, rather large, oblong-globulose or somewhat irregular.

- [lichen] apothecia biatorina fusco-rufa, urceolata, margine dilutiore (interdum nonnihil connivente) (Nyl.), apothecia biatorine, blackish-brown to red, urceolate, with the margin paler (sometimes somewhat connivent [i.e. converging by not fusing into a whole].

- [lichen] subtus in speciminibus magnis nonnihil nervoso-rugosus (Nyl.), beneath, in large specimens, somewhat veined-rugose [i.e. wrinkled].

- [lichen] thallus niger, interdum nonnihil caesio-pruinosus, glebuloso-congestus (Nyl.) the thallus dull black, sometimes somewhat [lavender-]blue-bloom, densely glebulose [i.e. with rounded elevations].

- [Ephebe; lichen] Cl. Bomet nonnihil dubitat quin sit rite distincta a praecedente. Major, robustior quam praecedentes (Nyl.), the eminent Bomet somewhat doubted whether [the species] might be correctly distinct from the preceding one. Larger, more robust than the preceding [sc. species (pl.)].

- [lichen] thallus fusco-niger vel niger coralloideo-granulosus, glebuloso-diffractus, supra nonnihil pulvinatus (Nyl.), thallus grayed-brown or grayed-black, coralloid [i.e. with branching processes]-granulose, glebulose [i.e. with rounded elevations]-diffractus [i.e. appearing cracked into small areas], above somewhat pulvinate [i.e. convex, cushion-like].

- [lichen] ellipsoideae utroque apice nonnihil acuminato-attenuatae (Nyl.), spores ellipsoid, on each side at the apex somwhat acuminate-attenuate.

- Lichen coralloides tubulous major montanus e cinereo-viridi ruffescens, caulibus recurvis nonnihil foliosis inordinate dispositis (Necker Musc.), Lichen coralloides tubulose, larger, montain, reddish from a gray-green, with the stems recurved, somewhat foliose, unevenly arranged [i.e. spaced].

- pleraeque siccorum apricorum regionibus temperatis hemisphaerii borealis indigenae; in regione Mediterranea copiosae, in America boreali nonnihil rariores, in Asia media et orientali rarissimie. Species perpaucae etiam in America australi obviae (B&H), very many [sc. species] of dry, open [sc. areas] are indigenous [i.e. native] to the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere; abundant in the Mediterranean region, somewhat rarer in north America, most rare in central and eastern Asia. A very few species are also encountered in South America.