A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

tenuis,-e (adj.B): thin, fine, slender (narrow); poor, meager; (of living creatures) thin, emaciated; thin, fragile, delicate; “consisting of small, light particles, fine; consisting of fine drops; (of a liquid) watery, thin; free from impuities, fine, pure, clear” (Glare); comparative: tenuior,-ius (adj.B); superlative tenuissimus,-a,-um (adj.A); syn. subtilis,-e (adj.B), gracilis,-e (adj.B); cf. lept-, lepto-,-leptus,-a,-um (adj.A), in Gk. comp., slender, thin, narrow, fine; cf. tener,-era,-erum (adj.A), ‘thin, delicate;’ opp. crassus (adj.A), q.v., ‘thick;’ opp. pinguis,-e (adj.B), rich, thick;

- pedunculo longo tenissimo versus basin parcissime piloso, with the peduncle (seta) long very thin toward the base very scarcely pilose.

- areola fissura tenui separata, the areole separated by a narrow (thin) fissure.

- crassitie paulo tenuior aliis Pachymeniis, in thickness somewhat thinner than [other Pachymenia species].

- rhizoma tenuissimum lineare, rhizome very slender, linear.

- caules tenues simplices, stems slender, simple (unbranched).

- folium tenue; folia tenuia, pedicello tenui, leaf thin; leaves thin with a slender pedicel.

- bractea stylum tenuem subtendens, a bract subtending a slender style.

- thallus tener et tenuis aetate durior et crassior, the thalus delicate and thin, with age harder and thicker.

- amat species vulgaris pratorum ac pascuorum sicciora, gramine tenui vestita (S&A), the common species loves the drier places of meadows and pastures, [these] clothed with a thin [i.e. poor] grass.

- Usnea loris longis dichotomis, extremitatibus tenuioribus. “Micheli’s wide forked Usnea, with finer Points” (Dill.), Usnea with the lora [i.e. strap-shaped thalli] long, dichotomous, thinner at the extremities [i.e. the points or ends].

Celtis tenuifolia,, “thin-leaved;” Danthonia tenuior, Rytidosperma tenuius ; Aster tenuissimus

pertenuis,-e (adj.B): very thin, fine, slender.