A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

tender, weak, delicate, soft, fragile, gentle, mild: delicatus,-a,-um (adj.A), mollis,-e (adj.B), ‘soft, pliant, tender, delicate, gentle, mild;’ syn. tener,-era,-erum (adj.A), ‘thin, delicate, soft, tender;’ cf. habr-, habro-: in Gk. comp., ‘delicate, pretty, soft;’ cf. atal-, atalo-, in Gk. comp., ‘tender-, delicate-, soft-;’ hapal-, hapalo-, in Gk. comp., ‘soft, tender, gentle, delicate;’ opp. durus,-a,-um (adj.A), hard; opp. tenax,-acis (adj.B), tough, holding fast;’ opp. grossus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘coarse, rough, thick;’ see thin;

- hapalocarpus, soft-fruited; hapalolepideus, with soft scales;

Habranthus, ‘beautiful flower;’ Habrostictis; Habrodon, a genus of mosses.

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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