A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Swarm cell, swarm-spore: a zoospore, q.v.
Swarm, hybrid, hybrid swarm: grex hybridus (adj.A), abl. sg. grege hybrido; see grex, gen. sg. gregis (s.m.III); - grex hybrida polymorpha hortensis, hybrid-swarm polymorphic belonging to gardens (Stearn).
Swarm, flock, herd, drove, hence a group of species or hybrids, hybrid-swarm: congregatio,-onis (s.f.III), abl. sg. congregatione; turma,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. turma, ‘throng, group of species;’ grex, q.v., gen.sg. gregis (s.m.III), abl. sg. grege, nom. & acc.pl. greges gen. pl. gregum; examen,-inis (s.n.III), abl. sg. examine: a swarm, multitude; “A multitude issuing forth or flying out, a swarm” (Lewis & Short), especially of bees; see group; see ‘group of species;’ - grex hybrida polymorpha hortensis, hybrid-swarm polymorphic belonging to gardens (Stearn). - congregatio apium, examen apium, a swarm of bees (apis,-is (s.f.III). - species e turma Selaginellae bisulcatae, species from (i.e. belonging to) the group of (i.e. typified by) Selaginella bisulcata (Stearn 1983). NOTE: nubes,-is (s.f.III), q.v., abl. sg. nube,“a cloud, thick multitude, dense mass, swarm” (Lewis & Short).