A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

praeclarus,-a,-um (adj.A): very clear, very bright; very beautiful; magnificent, honorable, splendid, noble, remarkable, distinguished, excellent, famous, celebrated; (in a bad sense) notorious;(of medicines that operated well, ‘excellent, efficacious’ (Lewis & Short);

- lux praeclara, very bright or clear light [e.g. daylight].

- sol praeclarus, a very bright sun, or sunlight.

- res praeclarus distinguished wealth, opulence.

Hieracium praeclarum; Crataegus praeclara; (Orchidaceae) Blephariglottis praeclara, Fimbriella praeclara, Platanthera praeclara

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