A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

pedemontanus,-a,-um (adj.A), sc. ‘locus:’ piedmontane, pertaining to a piedmont, i.e. a district, area or region lying at the foot of a mountain or mountains; also “of the piedmont (piedmonte), Italy” (Stearn 1996) [> L. pes, gen.sg.pedis, ‘foot’ + montanus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘mountanous’ > pedemontium,-ii (s.n.II), q.v.]; cf. loca pedeplana, rooms on the ground-floor: pes + planus];

Acalypha pedemontana; Allium pedemontanum; Alyssum pedemontanum; Solanum pedemontanum; Oreochloa pedemontana.

Flora Pedemontana, Allioni, 1785.

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