Meanings for some Latin botanical names

 

Where it's country of origin is:

americanus: from America
atlantica(um)(us): from the Atlas Mountains, North Africa  
australe(is): southern
boreale(is): northern
britannicus: from Britain
californica(um)(us): from California  
cambrica(um)(us): from Wales
capense(is): from the Cape, South Africa  
chinensis: from China
europaea(um)(us): from Europe  
himalaica(um)(us): from the Himalaya  
hispanica(um)(us): from Spain  
japonica(um)(us): from Japan
lusitanica(um)(us): from Portugal
nipponica(um)(us): From Japan
occidentale(is): western
orientale(is): Eastern
sinense(is): from China

What shape or size it is:

aculeatus: prickly
biflorus: two flowers
contortus: twisted
gigas: giant
repens: creeping

Smell , touch or taste:

amarus: bitter
aromatica(um)(us): aromatic  
asper: rough
cibarius: edible
citriodora(um)(us): lemon-scented  
foetida(um)(us): strong-smelling, unpleasent
foetidus: stinking
fragrans: fragrant  
fragrantissima(um)(us): most fragrant  
graveolens: unpleasent smell
hircinus: smells like a goat!
moschata(um)(us): musk-scented  
odorata(um)(us): sweet-scented
odoratissima(um)(us): sweetest-scented  
pubescens: downy
suaveolens: sweet-scented
viscidus: sticky


Style of flower:

campanulata(um)(us): bell-shaped  
floribunda(um)(us): free-flowering  
grandiflora(um)(us): large-flowered
macropetala(um)(us): many-petalled  
nudiflora(um)(us): flowers when without leaves  
nutans: nodding  
paniculata(um)(us): panicle-shaped flower clusters
parviflora(um)(us): small-flowered  
pauciflora(um)(us): few flowers  
polyantha(um)(us): many-flowered  
racemosa(um)(us): raceme-shaped flower clusters  
spicata(um)(us): flowers in spikes
stellata(um)(us): starry flowers
triflora(um)(us): flowers in threes  
umbellata(um)(us): umble-shaped flower clusters  
uniflora(um)(us): one-flowered

 

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