A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

anserinus,-a,-um (adj.A): gooselike, pertaining to or resembling geese; “relating to geese; abundant on areas closely grazed by domestic geese” (Stearn 1996); [arched like a goose’s neck]; (geographical) pertaining to the name of a geographical feature with the name “Goose” in it, such as “Goose Creek:”

Astragalus anserinus, the Goose Creek Milkvetch, a rare plant that grows only in a ten square mile stretch of the Goose Watershed, in the western United States.

“gooseneck [Eng.adj.]: “something (as a faucet or pipe) curved like the neck of a goose or U-shaped” (WIII).

Calamus,-i (s.m.II), ‘reed’ anserinus, ‘of a goose’ = a quill pen made from a goose feather: calamus anserinus;

- caudex illi trunciformis anserini crassitudine calami (Agardh), the caudex of that one trunk-like with the thickness of a goosefeather-quill.

- Fucus herbaceus cavus fluitans, ramosus, calami anserini crassitudine (Dill.), an herbaceous [i.e. grass-green], hollow, floating Fucus, full of branches, with the thickness of [a goose-quill] [note: also called Fucus tubulosus; Fucus cavus].

Penna,-ae (s.f.I), a wing or feather, anserina, a goose-feather; penna anserina;

- caulis vix pennam anserinam crassus, 2-3 pollicaris, frondibus dense egredientibus basi incrassatis usque bipedalibus ornatus (Agardh), the stem scarcely a goose feather thick, 2-3-inches, ornamented with densely arising fronds, thickened at the base to two-feet.

Didymodon anserinocapitatus: “goose-headed” referring to the leaf tips shaped like the heads of geese.