The Names of Plants

Glossary Urceolina Urn-like-one, diminutive of urceolus (the flower shape) Uredo Blight, uredo (from the scorched appearance of infected host plants, uro burn) Urelytrum Tailed-cover, our-elutron (the long-awned lower glumes) Urena from the Malabar vernacular name, aramina, for the fibre plant Urena lobata urenissimus -a -um most burning, most fiery, most stinging, superlative of urens urens acrid, stinging, burning, uro, urere, ussi, ustum Urera Burning, uro, urere, ussi, ustum (cow itch) Urginea from the Algerian type locality, the area of the Beni Urgin tribe urnalis -is -e, urnulus -a -um resembling a small urn (diminutive of urna, urnae) urnigerus -a -um urn-bearing, urna-gero uro-, -urus -a -um tail-, -tailed, oura Urobotrya Tailed-cluster, oura-botruj (the pendulous yellow fruits) Urochloa Tailed-grass, oura-xloh (the racemose inflorescence) Urochondra Tailed-grain, oura-xondroj (the caryopsis) Urogentias Tailed-gentian, botanical Latin from oura and Gentiana Uromyrtus Tailed-myrtle, botanical Latin from oura and Myrtus Urophyllum, urophyllus -a -um Tail-leaved, oura-fullon (the drip tip) Uroskinnera for George Ure Skinner (1804–67), English merchant and collector of Central American plants Urospatha Tailed-spathe, oura-spaqh (projection on the spathe) Urospermum Tailed-seed, oura-sperma (the beaked achenes) urseolatus -a -um crowded, hemmed-in, urgeo, urgere, ursi Ursinia for Johannes Heinrich Ursinus (1608–66), German cleric and botanist of Regensburg, author of Arboretum biblicum (1663) ursinus -a -um, ursorus -a -um bear-like, ursus, ursi, ursa, ursae (the smell), northern (under the Ursa Major constellation) urtic-, urticae- nettle-, UrticaUrtica Sting, uro, urere, ussi, ustum (the Latin name, urtica, urticae) (Urticaceae) urticae of nettles, living on Urtica (symbionts, parasites and saprophytes) urticifolius -a -um nettle-leaved, with leaves resembling Urtica, Urtica-folium uruguayensis -is -e from Uruguay, SE coast of S America urumiensis -is -e from Orumiyeh, by Lake Urmia, Iran urundeuva a S American vernacular name for a hardwood timber Urvillea for Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville (1790–1884), French circumnavigator (eponymous marine alga, New Zealand island and river) usambarensis -is -e from the Usambara mountains of NE Tanzania -usculus -a -um -ish, -somewhat (a diminutive suffix) usitatissimus -a -um most useful, superlative of usitatus usitatus -a -um everyday, ordinary, useful, usitatus Usnea a name of uncertain meaning by Adanson usneoides resembling Usnea, Usnea-oides (hanging in long threads) ussuriensis -is -e from the environs of the Ussuri river (Wu-su-li chiang) of the China–Siberian border ustalis -is -e of a glowing colour, uro, urere, ussi, ustum ustaloides of scorched appearance, uro, urere, ussi, ustum ustulatus -a -um frosted, scorched-looking, uro, urere, ussi, ustum ustulescens becoming scorched or dried-out-looking, present participle of uro, urere, ussi, ustum ustus -a -um parched, uro, urere, ussi, ustum usuriensis -is -e, ussuriensis -is -e from the Ussuri river area, between China and Siberia utahensis -is -e from Utah, USA utilis -is -e serviceable, useful, utilis utilissimus -a -um the most useful, superlative of utilis utri- bottle-, bag-, uter, utris 395