A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

corniculatus,-a,-um (part.A); corniculated, “furnished with a little horn or horns” (Jackson); “furnished with little horns” (Paxton); see cornet-shaped; see corniculum,-i (s.n.II);

1. in the form of a horn, horned; crescent-shaped (Glare); see crescent-shaped; see horn-shaped;

- luna corniculata, the new ‘horned’ crescent moon (Lewis & Short).

- [Pinguicula] nectarium corniculatum, e basi petali postice productum (Linn.), the nectary corniculate, prolonged postically from the base of the petal.

- [Utricularia] nectarium corniculatum, e basi petali productum (Linn.), the nectary corniculate, prolonged from the base of the petal.

- [Medeola] Germina tria, corniculata, in stylos desinentia (Linn.), ovaries three, corniculate, ending in the styles.

- [Aquilegia] nectaria quinque, aequalia, cum petalis alterna: singulum corniculatum (Linn.), nectaries five, equal [in shape, uniform], alternate with the petals; individual ones corniculate.

2. provided with a small horn-like appendage or protuberance curved in the form of a horn; “terminating in a process resembling a horn; as the fruit of Trapa bicornis. If there are two horns the bicornis is used; if three, tricornis, and so on” (Lindley); “furnished with a little horn or horns” (Jackson; Fernald 1950); [fungi] “slightly or somewhat horned; having small horns” (S&D); cf. calcaratus,-a,-um (adj.A), provided with a spur;

- [algae] specimen eremoblum huius speciei unicum tantum observavi, insigne cellulae lobis dive rgentibus bicornutis, parte basilari cellulae rotundata, nec ut in eremobiis P. Ehrenbergii corniculata (Braun), I have observed only a single eremobic specimen of this species, remarkably cells with divergent, two-horned lobes, with the basil part of the cell rounded, not as in eremobic cells of P. Ehrenbergii, horned [i.e. ornamented with little horns].

- [Euchaetis] cocci 5, compressi, transverse rugosi, postice corniculati, endocarpio soluto (B&H), mericarps 5, compressed, transversly rugose, postically corniculate [i.e. with a small horn-like process], with the endocarp loosened [i.e. not adherent].

NOTE: calcaratus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v., ‘spurred;’ nearly synonymous by some authors (DeCandolle) with corniculatus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘horned.’

- Aquilegia corniculata: flore pleno, petalis calcaratis, calcaribus deorsum productis (DeCandolle), Aquilegia corniculata, with the flower double, with the petals spurred, with the spurs elongated on the back.

corniculate-pinnate paraphysis of Bresadola: see acanthophysis; (fungi) “(of paraphyses), having small hornlike or bristly projections, more or less like a bottle brush; see ‘acanthophysis’ (S&D).

Semen,-inis (s.n.III) corniculatum (adj.A), abl. sg. semine corniculato: “the receptacle of certain Fungals” (Lindley).

Lotus corniculatus L. 'horned' (Fernald 1950).

[alga] Cystoseira corniculata

[fungus] Clavaria corniculata; Gelidium corniculatum

[moss] Encalypta corniculata; Trichostomum corniculatum