A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Pecten,-inis (s.m.III), abl.sg. pectine:

1. a comb, q.v.; a comb-like structure widely found in the biological world [> L. pecten,-inis (s.m.II), a comb, as for the hair; also an instrument for heckling flax, or combing wool; a kind of shell-fish, a scallop; Pecten Veneris, “a plant, perhaps Venus’s comb, needle-weed” > L. pecto,-pexi, pexum, 3., to comb, shear; to comb, as the hair; to comb, card, heckle (Lewis & Short)];

. - [fungus Geastrum pectinatum]. Oris dentes validi crassi, inde ab ejus basi separati , pectinis dentibus similes , in conum acutum convergunt (S&A), the teeth of the mouth strong, thick, thence separated from its base, similar to the teeth of a comb, [the teeth] converging into a pointed cone.

- Scandix pecten-veneris L. Lady's comb (comb of Venus).

- pecten-simiarum, monkey's comb.

Draba pectinipila, a species with doubly pectinate trichomes.

NOTE: “(obsol.) pecten: see trichidium, “a hair which bears the spores of such Fungals as Geastrum” (Lindley); “pecten (obsol.) = sterigma” (Jackson).

2. “a kind of shell-fish, a scallop” (Lewis & Short).

Pecten,-inis (s.m.III), abl. sg. Pectine, the generic name of a bivalve mollusc, the scallop or saltwater clam, family Pectinidae.