Gardening Terms
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZLatin Pronunciation: Gay-jee-uh.
Meaning: Probably for Joseph Gaertner, 18th century German botanist who was known for his work on the Rhipsalis genus
Latin Pronunciation: gert-NER-ee
Meaning: Named for Dr. Henricus Gahn, 19th century Swedish student of Linnaeus
Latin Pronunciation: GAHN-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for Francois R Gagnepain, 18th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gan-ye-PAYN-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Gay-lard-ee-uh.
Meaning: Named for Dr. Meredith Gairdner, 19th century Scottish physician, who worked as a naturaist for the Hudson's Bay Company
Latin Pronunciation: GAIRD-ner-ee
Meaning: Leaves like Galax
Latin Pronunciation: guh-lay-see-FOL-ee-uh
Meaning: Leaves like Galax
Latin Pronunciation: guh-lay-see-FOL-ee-um
Meaning: From the Greek gala, meaning milky
Latin Pronunciation: ga-LAK-tee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: gay - las - if - foh - lee - us
Meaning: Galax-leaved.
Meaning: Milky
Latin Pronunciation: gal-lak-TY-nuh
Meaning: Milky
Latin Pronunciation: gal-lak-TY-num
Meaning: From the Greek gala, milky; referring to the milky-white leaf veins
Latin Pronunciation: ga-lak-TY-tees
Meaning: Milky
Latin Pronunciation: gal-lak-TY-nus
galactosidase
An enzyme which cuts the glycosidic bond between the sugar galactose and molecule. There are two types, the alpha galactosidases and the beta galactosidases.
Latin Pronunciation: Gal-anth-us
Common Name: Snowdrop.
Meaning: From an Arabic word khulendjan (khalangian), which is possibly from the Chinese liang-kiang ("mild ginger")
Latin Pronunciation: gal-LONG-guh
Latin Pronunciation: Gay-lax.
Meaning: Named for Jean Galbraith, 20th century Australian botanist and author
Latin Pronunciation: gal-BRAY-thee-ay
Meaning: Named for Jean Galbraith, 20th century Australian botanist and author
Latin Pronunciation: gal-bray-thee-AY-nuh
galea
A hooded or helmet-shaped portion of a perianth, as the upper sepal ofAconitum, and the upper lip of some bilabiate corollas.
Meaning: From the Greek galea (helmut) and andros (stamen), referring to the helmet-shaped cap over the stamen
Latin Pronunciation: gal-ee-AN-druh
Meaning: From the Greek galea (helmet), referring to the helmet-like appearance of the flower
Latin Pronunciation: gal-ee-AIR-iss
Meaning: From the Old English name for this shrub Gagel
Latin Pronunciation: ga-lee
Meaning: Helmet-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: ga-le-AY-tuh
galeate
Helmet-shaped; having a galea.
Meaning: Helmet-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: ga-le-AY-tum
Meaning: Helmet-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: ga-le-AY-tus
Latin Pronunciation: Gal-lee-guh
Common Name: Goats- rueMeaning: (G. officinalis).
Meaning: Having leaves resembling Galega (genus name meaning milk)
Latin Pronunciation: guh-lee-gih-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Having leaves resembling Galega (genus name meaning milk)
Latin Pronunciation: guh-lee-gih-FOH-lee-us
Meaning: From the Greek gale (weasel) and opsis (resembling)
Latin Pronunciation: gal-ee-OP-sis
Meaning: Having leaves resembling Galega (genus name meaning milk)
Latin Pronunciation: guh-lee-gih-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Named for Henri Galeotti, 19th century French botanist and plant collector in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: gal-ee-ot-ee-AH-nuh
Meaning: Named for Henri Galeotti, 19th century French botanist and plant collector in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: gal-ee-OT-ee-eye
Meaning: From the Latin galerus, small cap or hat (sometimes made of skin)
Latin Pronunciation: gal-er-ee-koo-LAH-tuh
Meaning: Possibly named for the 2nd century Greek physician Galen
Latin Pronunciation: gal-EE-nee-uh
Meaning: Smells like a weasel
Latin Pronunciation: gay-lee-OB-doh-lon
Latin Pronunciation: gal-er-ik-yew-lay-tus
Meaning: helmet-like.
Meaning: Resembling Galium (genus name for bedstraw)
Latin Pronunciation: gal-ee-OY-deez
Meaning: From the Latin galerus, small cap or hat (sometimes made of skin)
Latin Pronunciation: gal-er-ee-koo-LAH-tum
Meaning: Named for Mariano Martinez Galinsoga, 18th century Spanish physician
Latin Pronunciation: gal-in-SOH-guh
gall
An abnormal growth or swelling caused by insects, fungus, etc.
gallery forest
A narrow woodland developed along a stream because of constant and sufficient moisture through a grassland or other open vegetation.
Meaning: Of or from France
Latin Pronunciation: GAL-ee-kum
Latin Pronunciation: Gay-lee-um
Common Name: Bed-straw.
Meaning: Of or from France
Latin Pronunciation: GAL-ee-kuh
Latin Pronunciation: gal-lik-us
Meaning: French, of or from France.
Meaning: Anagram of Malpighia, to which it is closely related
Latin Pronunciation: gal-FIM-ee-uh
galls
Corky swellings.
Meaning: Named for Ernest Edward Galpin, 20th century South African banker, amateur botanist and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: gal-PIN-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Gol-toh-nee-uh
Common Name: Giant Summer-hyacinthMeaning: (G. candicans).
Meaning: Named for Jose Galvez, 18th century Marqu?s de la Sonora (Spanish colonial administrator)
Latin Pronunciation: gal-VAYZ-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gal-VEZ-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for William Gambel, 19th century American naturalist, plant collector and assistant curator at the National Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia
Latin Pronunciation: gam-BEL-ee-eye
Meaning: Of or from Galveston, Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: gal-ves-ton-EN-sis
gametangium
The organ producing the gametes.
gamete
A sex cell, either male or female, having a haploid set of chromosomes.
gametophyte (syn. gametophore)
That part of the plant which bears the gametes or sexual cells. In mosses, all of the plant except the " fruit," or seta and capsule.
Meaning: From the Greek gamo (united, as in marriage) and chaite (bristle), referring to the pappus which are united at the base
Latin Pronunciation: gam-oh-KAY-ta
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gam-oh-KEE-ta
Latin Pronunciation: Gam-mol-ep-iss.
gamopetalous
Having the petals of the corolla more or less united. See also: polypetalous.
Meaning: From the Grek gameo (to marry) and phyllum (leaves), referring to the fused or joined leaves
Latin Pronunciation: gam-oh-FIL-uh
Meaning: From the Grek gameo (to marry) and phyllum (leaves), referring to the fused or joined leaves
Latin Pronunciation: gam-oh-FIL-lus
Meaning: From the Grek gameo (to marry) and sepal (skepe, covering + petalum, petal), referring to the united or fused petals
Latin Pronunciation: gam-oh-SEP-uh-luh
Meaning: From the Grek gameo (to marry) and sepal (skepe, covering + petalum, petal), referring to the united or fused petals
Latin Pronunciation: gam-oh-SEP-a-lum
gamophyllous
Composed of coalescent leaves or leaf-like organs.
Meaning: From the Grek gameo (to marry) and sepal (skepe, covering + petalum, petal), referring to the united or fused petals
Latin Pronunciation: gam-oh-SEP-a-lus
Meaning: Of or from Ghent, Belgium
Latin Pronunciation: gand-av-EN-see
Meaning: Named for Frank Forrest Gander, 20th century Curator of Botany at the San Diego Museum of Natural History
Latin Pronunciation: GAN-der-ee
Meaning: Named for Abbot Michel Gandoger, 19th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gan-DOH-jher-ee
Meaning: From the Grek gameo (to marry) and phyllum (leaves), referring to the fused or joined leaves
Latin Pronunciation: gam-oh-FIL-um
Meaning: Of or from Ghent, Belgium
Latin Pronunciation: gand-av-EN-sis
gamosepalous
Having the sepals united.
Meaning: Of or from the Ganges River (India)
Latin Pronunciation: gan-GET-ee-kum
Meaning: Of or from the Ganges River (India)
Alternative Meaning:Of or from the Ganges River (India)
Latin Pronunciation: gan-GET-ee-kus
Meaning: Named for Dr. Abram Paschal Garber, 19th century American
Latin Pronunciation: gar-BER-ee-uh
Meaning: Of or from the Ganges River (India)
Latin Pronunciation: gan-GET-ee-kuh
Meaning: Named for Dr. Abram Paschal Garber, 19th century American
Latin Pronunciation: GAR-ber-ee
Meaning: Named for Dr. Abram Paschal Garber, 19th century American
Latin Pronunciation: gar-ber-ee-AH-na
Latin Pronunciation: Gar - sin - ee - uh
Common Name: Mango-steen.
garden
The proper term for landscaped area or yard. To many Americans, the term refers only to the vegetable garden.
Meaning: Named for Dr. Alexander Garden, 18th century Scottish physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gar-DEN-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Hon. Edward Gardner, representing the East India Company in the early 19th century
Latin Pronunciation: gard-nair-ee-AH-nuh
garden hoe
A lightweight hoe for weeding, etc., in home or truck gardens.
Latin Pronunciation: Gar-deen-ee-uh.
Meaning: Named for Hon. Edward Gardner, representing the East India Company in the early 19th century
Latin Pronunciation: gard-nair-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for Gardner; not sure which one
Latin Pronunciation: gard-NAIR-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Hon. Edward Gardner, representing the East India Company in the early 19th century
Latin Pronunciation: gard-nair-ee-AH-nus
Meaning: Of or from Mt. Gargano (Italy)
Latin Pronunciation: gar-GAN-ee-kuh
Meaning: Of or from Mt. Gargano (Italy)
Latin Pronunciation: gar-GAN-ee-kum
Latin Pronunciation: gar-gan-ik-us
Meaning: of Gargano (Italy).
Meaning: Named for HB Garrett, British botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gar-RET-ee-a
Meaning: Of or from the Gariep River, South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: gar-ee-ep-EN-sis
Meaning: Named for HB Garrett, British botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gar-ret-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Named for HB Garrett, British botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gar-ret-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for HB Garrett, British plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: gar-RET-ee-eye
garrigue (syn. phrygana, syn. batha)
Stony or sandy--often over- grazed--hillsides, similar to maquis, but hotter and drier still.
Meaning: Named for HB Garrett, British botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gar-ret-ee-AH-nus
Latin Pronunciation: Gar-ee-uh
Common Name: Silk- tassel Bush.
Latin Pronunciation: Gas-teer-ee-uh.
Meaning: Named for Gast?n Bonnier, early 20th century French botanist and author
Latin Pronunciation: gas-TON bon-nee-ER-ee
Meaning: From the Greek gastro (stomach, belly) and cheilus (lip)
Latin Pronunciation: gas-tro-KY-lus
Meaning: From the Greek gastros (stomach or belly) and cocos (genus name for coconut)
Latin Pronunciation: gas-tro-KOH-kos
Meaning: From the Greek gastrodes (belly) referring to the swollen tuber of this orchid
Latin Pronunciation: gas-TRO-dee-uh
Meaning: Named for Charles Gaudichaud-Baupr?, 19th century French botanist and physician
Latin Pronunciation: go-dih-SHAW-dee-uh
Meaning: Named for Charles Gaudichaud-Baupr?, 19th century French botanist and physician
Latin Pronunciation: go-dih-shaw-dee-AY-nuh
Meaning: Named for Charles Gaudichaud-Baupr?, 19th century French botanist and physician
Latin Pronunciation: go-dih-shaw-dee-AY-num
Meaning: Named for Charles Gaudichaud-Baupr?, 19th century French botanist and physician
Latin Pronunciation: go-dih-shaw-dee-AY-nus
Meaning: Intergeneric hybrid between Gaultheria (named for Jean-Francois Gaultier) and Pernettya (named for Antoine Joseph Pernetty)
Latin Pronunciation: gol-NET-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Gol-theer-ee-uh
Common Name: One of several species, G. pro-cumbens, is called Wintergreen,
Meaning: From the Greek gauros, meaning superb, majestic, showy, or proud
Latin Pronunciation: GOW-ra
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GAH-ra
Meaning: Named for the ship "Gauss" used in the Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition; the ship is named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, 19th century German mathematician
Latin Pronunciation: GAUS-see-uh
Meaning: Named for Charles Gaudichaud-Baupr?, 19th century French botanist and physician
Latin Pronunciation: go-dih-SHAW-dee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Gay-uh
Common Name: Lacebark.
Latin Pronunciation: Gay-lus-say-shee-uh
Common Name: Huckleberry.
Latin Pronunciation: Gaz-zay-ne-uh.
gazebo
A free-standing roofed structure usually open on the sides.
Meaning: Of or from Gaza
Latin Pronunciation: gaz-EN-sis
Meaning: Named for French collector Geay
Latin Pronunciation: GAY-ee
Meaning: From the Greek geisson (title) and rhiza (root); refers to the overlapping corm tunics in some species
Latin Pronunciation: gees-or-RY-zuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gice-or-RY-zuh
Meaning: Of or from Gaza
Latin Pronunciation: gaz-EN-see
gel
A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
gelatinous
Having the consistency of jelly or gelatin.
Meaning: Latin gelidus (ice cold), refers to the region it is found
Latin Pronunciation: JEL-id-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GEL-id-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Gye-ton-oh-plee-see-urn.
Meaning: Latin gelidus (ice cold), refers to the region it is found
Latin Pronunciation: JEL-id-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GEL-id-um
Latin Pronunciation: jel-id-us
Meaning: frigid (regions).
Meaning: Paired or doubled
Latin Pronunciation: jem-in-AY-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: Jel-seem-ee-um
Common Name: Caro-lina Yellow Jessamine.
geminate
Equal, in pairs.
Meaning: Paired or doubled
Latin Pronunciation: jem-in-AY-tum
Latin Pronunciation: jem-in-nay-tus
Meaning: twin.
Meaning: Having twin or several flowers
Latin Pronunciation: jem-in-ih-FLOR-uh
Meaning: Having twin or several flowers
Latin Pronunciation: jem-in-ih-FLOR-um
Latin Pronunciation: jem-in-if-floh-rus
Meaning: twin-flowered.
Meaning: Having twin or many spines
Latin Pronunciation: jem-in-ih-SPIN-uh
Latin Pronunciation: jem - in - iss - pye - nus
Meaning: twin-spined.
gemma (pl. gemmae)
A bud or body analogous to a bud by which a plant propagates itself.
gemma (pl. gemmae)
A bud or body analogous to a bud by which a plant propagates itself.
Latin Pronunciation: jem - may - tus
Meaning: jeweled (bud-bearing).
Meaning: Bearing buds
Latin Pronunciation: jem-MIF-er-uh
gemmiferous (syn. gemmiparous)
Bearing gemmae.
Latin Pronunciation: jem-mif-er-us
Meaning: having buds.
Meaning: Having flower buds
Latin Pronunciation: jem-MIH-flor-uh
Meaning: Having flower buds
Latin Pronunciation: jem-MIH-flor-us
gene
A chromosomal unit carrying information which can be inherited.
alternation of generations
The complete life cycle of plants with very different sexual and asexual phases, such as the succession of haploid gametophytes and diploid sporophytes found in ferns, Pteridophyta.
Meaning: Prevailing, normal
Latin Pronunciation: jen-er-RAY-lee
gemmiparous
With vegetative buds.
Meaning: Prevailing, normal
Latin Pronunciation: jen-er-RAY-liss
Meaning: Named for A. Genestier, 19th century French missionary in China
Latin Pronunciation: jen-es-teer-ee-AY-nuh
Meaning: Named for A. Genestier, 19th century French missionary in China
Latin Pronunciation: jen-es-teer-ee-AY-num
genetic diversity
Variability in the genetic makeup of individuals within or among species; the hereditary variation within and among populations.
genetic dominance
The influence exerted by a dominant gene or allele, like wrinkled seeds being dominant over smooth.
genetic drift
Random changes in isolated populations, or in the frequencies of certain genes, which cannot be accredited to selection, mutation, or migration. See also: natural selection.
Latin Pronunciation: jen-ev-ven-siss
Meaning: of Geneva (Switzerland).
gene bank
A facility existing for the ex situ conservation of seeds, tissues, or reproductive cells.
Meaning: Of or from Geneva
Latin Pronunciation: gen-EE-ven-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jen-EE-ven-see
Meaning: Bent sharply
Latin Pronunciation: gen-ik-yoo-LAH-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jen-ik-yoo-LAH-tuh
Meaning: Bent sharply
Latin Pronunciation: gen-ik-yoo-LAH-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jen-ik-yoo-LAH-tum
Latin Pronunciation: jen - ik - yew - lay - tus
Meaning: jointed, kneed.
geniculum
A sharply bent joint or node.
geniculate (alt. genticulate)
Bent abruptly, like a knee.
Latin Pronunciation: Jen-ip-uh
Common Name: Genip.
Latin Pronunciation: Jen-nist-uh
Common Name: Broom.
Meaning: Diminutive of Genista (Latin name from which the Plantagenet kings and queens of England took their name, planta genesta)
Latin Pronunciation: jih-nih-STEL-uh
Meaning: Having foliage like Genista
Latin Pronunciation: jih-nis-tih-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Having foliage like Genista
Latin Pronunciation: jih-nis-tih-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Resembles Genista
Latin Pronunciation: jen-is-TOY-deez
Meaning: Having foliage like Genista
Latin Pronunciation: jih-nis-tih-FOH-lee-us
genome
All the genetic material of an organism; one haploid set of chromosomes and the genes they contain.
genotype
The genetic constitution of an organism, acquired from its parents and available for transmission to its offspring. See also: phenotype.
Latin Pronunciation: Jen-shee-ay-nuh
Common Name: Gen-tian.
Meaning: From the Greek genos (race) and plesios (affinity), referring to its affinities with the genus Prasophyllum
Latin Pronunciation: jen-oh-PLEE-see-um
Meaning: The Gentian family; named for Gentius, 6th century king of Illyria
Latin Pronunciation: jen-shun-AY-see-ay
Meaning: Little Gentiana (named for Gentius, 6th century king of Illyria, who found the roots of the yellow gentian to have a healing effect on his malaria-stricken troops)
Latin Pronunciation: jen-shee-an-EL-luh
Latin Pronunciation: jen - shan - noy - deez
Meaning: Gentian-like.
Meaning: Belonging to a clan or tribe
Latin Pronunciation: jen-TIL-iss
genus (pl. genera)
A group of closely related species. The taxonomic category ranking above a species and below a family.
Meaning: Belonging to a clan or tribe
Latin Pronunciation: jen-TIL-iss
Meaning: With fruit ripening in the earth
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oh-KAR-puh
geocarpy
Underground maturation of fruits developed from flowers borne above ground, as in peanuts,Arachis hypogaea.
Meaning: With fruit ripening in the earth
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oh-KAR-pum
Meaning: From the Greek genea (race, birthplace) a nd anthos (flower), referring to the flowers arising from ground level
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oh-je-NAN-thus
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oy-deez
Meaning: of the earth.
Latin Pronunciation: jee-om-met-rik-us
Meaning: distinctly patterned.
Meaning: Resembling the genus Gentiana (named for Gentius, 6th century King of Illyria)
Latin Pronunciation: jen-shee-an-OP-sis
Meaning: Earth-lover; ground-loving
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oh-FY-la
Meaning: Resembling Geonoma (genus name for a feather palm)
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oh-no-mih-FOR-mis
Meaning: Earth-lover; ground-loving
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oh-FY-lum
Meaning: Earth-lover; ground-loving
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oh-FY-lus
geophyte
A plant whose perennating buds are found underground, usually attached to a bulb, corm, tuber, etc.
Meaning: Of or from Georgia (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: jorj-ee-AY-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jorj-ee-AH-nuh
Meaning: From the Greek geonomos (colonist), referring to the plant's habit of sending out buds which in turn become trees
Latin Pronunciation: jee-OH-no-muh
Meaning: Geometric; having markings in a formal pattern
Latin Pronunciation: jee-oh-MET-rih-zans
Meaning: Of or from Georgia (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: jorj-ee-AY-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jorj-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Of or from Georgia (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: jorj-ee-AY-nus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jorj-ee-AH-nus
Meaning: From the Greek geranos (crane), referring to the beak-like fruit
Latin Pronunciation: jer-ay-nee-AY-see-ay
geotropism
An organism's growth determined by the force of gravity, as roots growing downward and stems upward.
Meaning: Alternate spelling of gerardii; named for Louis Gerard, 19th century French physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: jer-AR-dee
Meaning: Named for John Gerard, 16th century English herbalist and author; genus name replaced by Agalinis
Latin Pronunciation: jer-RAR-dee-uh
Meaning: Named for Louis Gerard, 19th century French physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: jer-AR-dee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Jer-beer-uh
Common Name: See below.
Meaning: Possibly named for Dr. Traugott Gerber, German naturalist
Latin Pronunciation: ger-BER-ee
Latin Pronunciation: Jer-beer-ee-uh
Common Name: Transvaal Daisy or Barberton DaisyMeaning: (B. Jamesoni).
Meaning: Named for Norbert Gerloff
Latin Pronunciation: ger-lof-ee-AY-nus
germ
1. A small mass of protoplasm capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts. 2. A microorganism pathogen. 3. The embryo with the scutellum of a cereal grain that is usually separated from the starchy endosperm during milling.
Latin Pronunciation: Jer-ray-nee-um
Common Name: Cranesbill.
Meaning: Of or from Germany
Latin Pronunciation: jer-MAN-ih-kum
Meaning: Named for Norbert Gerloff
Latin Pronunciation: ger-LOF-ee-eye
Meaning: Of or from Germany
Latin Pronunciation: jer-MAN-ih-kuh
Latin Pronunciation: jer-man-ik-us
Meaning: German, of Germany.
Meaning: To sprout forth
Latin Pronunciation: JER-min-ans
germinate (n. germination)
To develop a young plant from seed.
germination rate
The proportion of seeds in a given seed lot that are likely to germinate under favorable conditions.
germplasm
The genetic material with its specific molecular and chemical makeup that comprises the physical foundation of the hereditary qualities of an organism.
germination
The sprouting of a plant seed.
germ cell
A reproductive cell, or gamete, or a cell that will develop into a reproductive cell, such as a spermatocyte or an oocyte.
germ plasm
The cytoplasm of the germ cell, particularly that containing the genetic material.
Meaning: Named for William Tyrer Gerrard, 19th century botanist
Latin Pronunciation: jer-RARD-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Gesina de boer, wife of Hindrik Wijbrand de Boer, 19th century succuelnts collector from the Netherlands
Latin Pronunciation: JES-in-ay
gesneriad
Any of the mostly tropical plants of the family Gesneriaceae, including gloxina and African violets.
Meaning: Named for Conrad von Gessner, 16th century naturalist and considered the father of bibliography and zoology.
Latin Pronunciation: jes-NER-ee-a
Meaning: Named for Conrad von Gessner, 16th century naturalist and father of bibliography
Latin Pronunciation: jes-ner-ee-AY-nuh
Meaning: Having flowers like Gesneria (genus named for Conrad von Gessner, 16th century naturalist); sometimes spelled gesneriflora
Latin Pronunciation: jes-ner-ee-ih-FLOR-uh
Meaning: An old Chilean name for the plant
Latin Pronunciation: gev-yoo-IN-uh
Meaning: Named after German botanist, Charles Geyer (1800's) who travelled and collected plants across the USA
Latin Pronunciation: gey-er-i
Latin Pronunciation: Jee-um
Common Name: Avens.
Meaning: Named for Auguste Boniface Ghiesbreght, 19th century plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: gies-BRET-ee-a
Meaning: Named for Auguste Boniface Ghiesbreght, 19th century plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: gies-bregh-tee-AY-nuh
Meaning: Named for Auguste Boniface Ghiesbreght, 19th century plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: gies-bregh-tee-AY-num
Meaning: Named for Auguste Boniface Ghiesbreght, 19th century plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: gies-bregh-tee-AY-nus
Meaning: Named for Auguste Boniface Ghiesbreght, 19th century plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: gies-BRET-ee-eye
Meaning: From the Latin gibbus (swollen) and the Greek basis (base), referring to the swollen base of the sepal
Latin Pronunciation: gib-AY-sis
Meaning: from the Latin gibba (hump), for the humped leaves of each leaf pair
Latin Pronunciation: GIB-bay-um
gibberellic acid
A hormone used to promote plant growth, especially that of seedlings, and obtained from the fungusGibberella fujikoroi.
Meaning: Humped, swollen
Latin Pronunciation: GIB-buh
gibberellin
Any of several growth-regulating plant hormones produced by seeds, mosses, ferns, algae, and fungi.
Latin Pronunciation: jib-er-roh-sus
Meaning: humped, misshapen.
Meaning: Swollen flower
Latin Pronunciation: gib-bih-FLOR-uh
Latin Pronunciation: jib-if-floh-rus
Meaning: with irregularly swollen flowers.
Meaning: Swollen on one side
Latin Pronunciation: gib-OH-suh
gibbosity
A swelling of moderate extent and asymmetrical character, chiefly at or near the base of an organ.
Meaning: Swollen on one side
Latin Pronunciation: gib-OH-sum
Meaning: Swollen on one side
Latin Pronunciation: gib-OH-sus
Meaning: Named for Lilian Suzette Gibbs, 20th century English botanist and plant collector in East Africa
Latin Pronunciation: GIBS-ee-ay
Meaning: Named for the Honorable Vicary Gibbs, 20th century English merchant banker and owner of renowned garden at Aldenham
Latin Pronunciation: GIBBS-ee-eye
gibbous
Protuberant or swollen on one side.
Meaning: Humped, swollen
Latin Pronunciation: GIB-bum
Latin Pronunciation: jib-us
Meaning: swollen on one side (gibbous).
Meaning: Gibraltar
Latin Pronunciation: jib-ral-tuh-REE-kuh
Meaning: Gibraltar
Latin Pronunciation: jib-ral-tuh-REE-kum
Meaning: Of or from Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California, Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: hee-gahn-TEN-sis
Meaning: Large, gigantic
Latin Pronunciation: jy-GAN-tee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gy-GAN-tee-um
Meaning: Gibraltar
Latin Pronunciation: jib-ral-tuh-REE-kus
Meaning: Giant blue
Latin Pronunciation: jy-gan-tee-see-ROO-lee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: jye-gan-tee-us
Meaning: large, huge.
Meaning: From the Greek gigas (giant) and chloa (grass)
Latin Pronunciation: jy-gan-toh-KLOH-uh
Meaning: Giant
Latin Pronunciation: JY-gas
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GEE-gas
Meaning: Large, gigantic
Latin Pronunciation: jy-GAN-tee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gy-GAN-tee-uh
Meaning: Resembles Gilia
Latin Pronunciation: jil-ee-ASS-trum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gee-lee-ASS-trum
Latin Pronunciation: jye-gan-tik-us
Meaning: large, gigantic.
Latin Pronunciation: Jill-ee-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: Jil-leen-ee-uh.
Meaning: Named for John McGillivray, naturalist
Latin Pronunciation: gil-liv-RAY-ee-eye
Meaning: Dull yellow
Latin Pronunciation: GIL-vuh
Meaning: Named for John Gillies, an early 19th century botanist in Argentina
Latin Pronunciation: gil-EEZ-ee-eye
Meaning: Dull yellow
Latin Pronunciation: GIL-vum
Meaning: Pale-yellow flower
Latin Pronunciation: gil-VIH-flor-us
Meaning: Dull yellow
Latin Pronunciation: GIL-vus
Latin Pronunciation: Gink-goh
Common Name: Maidenhair-tree.
Meaning: Named for Giuseppe Giraldi, 19th century Italian missionary in China
Latin Pronunciation: gir-al-dee-AH-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jir-al-dee-AH-nuh
Meaning: From the Chinese vernacular name for this plant
Latin Pronunciation: jin-NAY-luh
Meaning: Named for Giuseppe Giraldi, 19th century Italian missionary in China
Latin Pronunciation: gir-al-dee-AH-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jir-al-dee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for Giuseppe Giraldi, 19th century Italian missionary in China
Latin Pronunciation: gir-al-dee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jir-al-dee-eye
Meaning: Named for Giuseppe Giraldi, 19th century Italian missionary in China
Latin Pronunciation: gir-al-dee-AH-nus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jir-al-dee-AH-nus
girdle
1. To intentionally remove a circle of bark and cambium from a tree in order to kill it. 2. To encircle tightly, eventually choking of nutrients and causing the death of a plant or limb.
Meaning: Rather or somewhat glabrous
Latin Pronunciation: gla-BEL-uh
girdling root
A root that has become wrapped around the trunk of the plant which inhibits the uptake of nutrients; usually occurring in plants grown in containers.
Meaning: Field garland
Latin Pronunciation: GITH-uh-go
Meaning: Smooth, somewhat glabrous
Latin Pronunciation: gla-bell-um
Latin Pronunciation: glab-bell-us
Meaning: smoothish.
Meaning: Hairless, smooth
Latin Pronunciation: glay-ber
Latin Pronunciation: glay-ber
Meaning: smooth.
Meaning: Most glabrous
Latin Pronunciation: gla-ber-REE-muh
Latin Pronunciation: glab-behr-im-us
Meaning: very smooth.
Meaning: Smooth, without hair
Latin Pronunciation: GLAY-bruh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GLAB-ruh
Meaning: Becoming smooth
Latin Pronunciation: glay-BRES-enz
Meaning: Most glabrous
Latin Pronunciation: gla-ber-REE-mum
Meaning: Somewhat smooth
Latin Pronunciation: GLAB-rah-tuh
glabrate
Somewhat glabrous, or becoming glabrous.
Latin Pronunciation: glab-ray-tus
Meaning: rather smooth.
Latin Pronunciation: glab-ress-enz
Meaning: becoming smooth.
Meaning: Somewhat smooth
Latin Pronunciation: GLAB-rah-tum
glabrescent
Becoming glabrous in age.
Meaning: Smooth (hairless) flower
Latin Pronunciation: glay-brih-FLOR-um
Meaning: Smooth (hairless) flower
Latin Pronunciation: glay-brih-FLOR-us
glabrous
Smooth; not rough, pubescent, or hairy.
Meaning: Smooth, without hair
Latin Pronunciation: GLAY-brum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GLAB-rum
Latin Pronunciation: glay-brus
Meaning: smooth (glabrous).
Meaning: Smooth (hairless) flower
Latin Pronunciation: glay-brih-FLOR-a
Meaning: Very cold icy regions
Latin Pronunciation: glass-ee-AH-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:glay-see-AH-lee
glade
An open grassy area surrounded by woods.
Meaning: Sword-like
Latin Pronunciation: glad-ee-AY-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: glad-ee-ay-tus
Meaning: sword-like.
gladiate
Sword-shaped.
Meaning: Sword-like
Latin Pronunciation: glad-ee-AY-tum
Meaning: Variant of gladiiformis; sword-like
Latin Pronunciation: glad-ee-FOR-miss
Meaning: Sword-like
Latin Pronunciation: glad-ee-FOR-mee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:glad-ee-FOR-may
Latin Pronunciation: glay-see-ay-liss
Meaning: of glacial regions.
Meaning: Sword-like; also spelled gladiformis
Latin Pronunciation: glad-ee-FOR-miss
Latin Pronunciation: Glad-ee-oh-lus
Common Name:Meaning: (Same in both singu-lar and plural).
gland
A secreting surface or structure; any protuberance or appendage having the appearence of such an organ.
glandspine
A short spine found in the upper part of a cactus areole, bearing nectar in its first year.
glandular-toothed
Teeth that bear glands.
gland-dot
A tiny gland or pore, usually secreting fluid.
glandular
Bearing glands or of the nature of a gland.
Meaning: With glandular fruit
Latin Pronunciation: gland-yoo-lih-KAR-puh
Meaning: Bearing (little) glands
Latin Pronunciation: glan-doo-LEE-fer-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gland-yoo-LIF-er-uh
Meaning: Bearing (little) glands
Latin Pronunciation: glan-doo-LEE-fer-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gland-yoo-LIF-er-um
Latin Pronunciation: glan-dew-lif-er-us
Meaning: having glands.
Meaning: Having small glands
Latin Pronunciation: glan-doo-LAIR-ee-uh
Meaning: Having gland-like flowers or flowers with glands
Latin Pronunciation: gland-yoo-LIH-flor-uh
Latin Pronunciation: glan-dew-lif-fioh-rus
Meaning: with gland-like (glandular) flowers.
Meaning: Gland-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: gland-yoo-LEE-ger-um
Meaning: Gland-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: gland-yoo-LEE-ger-us
Meaning: Provided with glands
Latin Pronunciation: glan-doo-LOW-suh
Meaning: Provided with glands
Latin Pronunciation: glan-doo-LOW-sum
Meaning: Gland-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: gland-yoo-LEE-ger-a
Latin Pronunciation: glan-dew-loh-sus
Meaning: glan dular.
Latin Pronunciation: glaw-sess-senz
Meaning: acquiring a "bloom" (fuzz), grayish.
Meaning: Named for Charles E. Glass, 21st century cactus collector and author
Latin Pronunciation: GLASS-ee-eye
glaucescent
Somewhat glaucous, lightly coated with a fine bloom.
Meaning: Bloom has thin powder (like plums)
Latin Pronunciation: GLAW-kuh
Latin Pronunciation: Glaw-sid-ee-um.
Meaning: From the Greek glaukos, referring to the grey- or blue-green leaves
Latin Pronunciation: glau-see-FOH-lee-a
Latin Pronunciation: glaw - sif - foh - lee - us
Meaning: bloomy- or grayish-leaved.
Meaning: From the Greek glaukos, referring to the grey- or blue-green leaves
Latin Pronunciation: glau-see-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Glaucous (bluish-green or a waxy bloom)
Latin Pronunciation: glau-SIGH-num
Meaning: Glaucous (bluish-green or a waxy bloom)
Latin Pronunciation: glau-SIGH-nus
Meaning: From the Greek glaukos, referring to the grey- or blue-green leaf color
Latin Pronunciation: GLAH-see-um
Meaning: Glaucous (bluish-green or a waxy bloom)
Latin Pronunciation: glau-SIGH-nuh
glauconite
A greenish mineral consisting of a silicate of iron, magnesium, aluminum or potassium found in greensand and often used as a fertilizer or soil supplement.
Meaning: Resembling blue; looks blue
Latin Pronunciation: glaw-KOY-deez
Meaning: Blue or greyish/bluish leaves; having bloom on the leaves
Latin Pronunciation: glaw-koh-FIL-uh
Meaning: Blue or greyish/bluish leaves; having bloom on the leaves
Latin Pronunciation: glaw-koh-FIL-um
glaucous
Bluish white; covered or whitened with a very fine, powdery substance.
Latin Pronunciation: glaw-koh-fill-us
Meaning: bloomy or grayish leaved.
Latin Pronunciation: glaw-kus
Meaning: "bloomy," grayish (glaucous).
Meaning: Bloom has thin powder (like plums)
Latin Pronunciation: GLAW-kum
Meaning: Greek named used by Dioscorides for another plant; subsequently used for the Sea Milkwort genus
Latin Pronunciation: GLOKS
Meaning: Named for Auguste Fran?ois Marie Glaziou, 19th century French botanist and landscape artist who worked for the emperor of Brazil
Latin Pronunciation: gluh-zee-OH-vee
Meaning: Named for Auguste Francois Marie Glaziou, 19th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gla-zee-oh-vee-AY-nuh
Meaning: Named for Auguste Fran?ois Marie Glaziou, 20th century French plant collector in Brazil
Latin Pronunciation: gla-ZHOO-vee-eye
Meaning: Named for Baron von Gleichen, 18th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: glee-CHEN-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Gled-dit-see-uh
Common Name: Honey Locust.
Meaning: From the Latin glis (dormouse) and caedo (kill); referring to the use of the seeds and bark to poison rodents
Latin Pronunciation: gly-rih-SY-dee-uh
Meaning: Gluey or sticky
Latin Pronunciation: GLY-skruh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GLIS-kruh
Meaning: Gluey or sticky
Latin Pronunciation: GLY-skrum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GLIS-krum
Meaning: Derived from the native name
Latin Pronunciation: GLAH-buh
Meaning: From the Greek glechon, (pennyroyal, a kind of mint)
Latin Pronunciation: gle-KOH-muh
globose
Globe-shaped.
Meaning: Gluey or sticky
Latin Pronunciation: GLY-skrus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GLIS-krus
Meaning: Spherical
Latin Pronunciation: glo-BOH-sum
Latin Pronunciation: gloh-boh-sus
Meaning: almost spherical or globular (globose).
Meaning: Spherical
Latin Pronunciation: glo-BOH-suh
Meaning: Spherical, diminutive form of globus
Latin Pronunciation: GLOB-yoo-luh
Latin Pronunciation: Glob-yew-lay-ree-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: gloh-bew-lay-riss
Meaning: like a little ball.
globular
Spherical or nearly so.
Meaning: With small spheres
Latin Pronunciation: glob-yoo-LAIR-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:glob-yoo-LAIR-ay
Latin Pronunciation: gloh-bew-/if-er-us
Meaning: bear ing small balls or globules.
Meaning: Small and spherical
Latin Pronunciation: glob-yoo-LOH-sa
Meaning: Small and spherical
Latin Pronunciation: glob-yoo-LOH-sum
Latin Pronunciation: gloh-bew-loh-sus
Meaning: globular but small.
Meaning: Spherical, diminutive form of globus
Latin Pronunciation: GLOB-yoo-lus
glochid
A barbed hair or bristle.
Meaning: Spherical, diminutive form of globus
Latin Pronunciation: GLOB-yoo-lum
glochidiate
Barbed at the tip.
Meaning: Barbed
Latin Pronunciation: glo-kid-ee-AY-tuh
Meaning: Barbed
Latin Pronunciation: glo-kid-ee-AY-tum
Meaning: Barbed
Latin Pronunciation: glo-kid-ee-AY-tus
glomerate
Compactly clustered.
Meaning: Clustered
Latin Pronunciation: glahm-er-AH-tum
Latin Pronunciation: glom-er-ray-tus
Meaning: clustered (glomerate).
Meaning: Bearing balls
Latin Pronunciation: glom-yoo-LEE-fer-uh
Latin Pronunciation: glom - yew - lif - er - us
Meaning: bearing small clusters (of flowers).
Meaning: Clustered
Latin Pronunciation: glahm-er-AH-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: Gloh-ree-oh-suh
Common Name: Glory-lily.
Meaning: Glorious
Latin Pronunciation: glo-ree-OH-sum
Latin Pronunciation: gloh-ree-oh-sus
Meaning: superb.
Meaning: Tongue
Latin Pronunciation: GLOSS-uh
Meaning: Tongue
Latin Pronunciation: GLOSS-is
Meaning: From the Greek, glossodes (tongue-shaped) referring to the tongue-like appendage at the base of the column
Latin Pronunciation: gloss-OH-dee-uh
glomerule (adj. glomerulate)
A small compact cluster.
Meaning: Tongue
Latin Pronunciation: GLOSS-um
Meaning: Tongue
Latin Pronunciation: GLOSS-us
Meaning: Named for Benjamin Peter Gloxin, 18th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: gloks-IN-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Glot-if-fill-um.
Meaning: Gloxinia-like
Latin Pronunciation: gloks-in-ee-OY-dees
Meaning: Resembling Gloxinia (genus named for Benjamin Peter Gloxin, 18th century German botanist)
Latin Pronunciation: gloks-in-OY-deez
Meaning: Having glumes
Latin Pronunciation: gloo-ma-see-a
glucose
A monosaccharide sugar widely found in plant and animal tissue.
glumaceous
Furnished with or resembling glumes.
Latin Pronunciation: glew-may-see-us
Meaning: with chaffy bracts or scales (glumes).
glume
A chaff-like bract; specifically one of the two empty chaffy bracts at the base of the spikelet in the grasses.
glutinose (alt. glutinous)
Viscid, sticky.
Meaning: Sticky stem
Latin Pronunciation: gloo-tin-ih-KAW-lee
Latin Pronunciation: glew-tin-noh-sus
Meaning: gluey, sticky (glutinous).
Latin Pronunciation: Gliss-in-ee
Common Name: SoybeanMeaning: (G. Max).
Meaning: Having glumes
Latin Pronunciation: gloo-ma-see-um
Meaning: Sticky
Latin Pronunciation: gloo-tin-OH-sum
Meaning: Sticky
Latin Pronunciation: gloo-tin-OH-suh
Meaning: From the Greek glykys (sweet) for the sweet tasting grains
Latin Pronunciation: gly-SER-ee-uh
glycosidic bond
A bond between a sugar and another organic molecule by way of an intervening nitrogen or oxygen atom.
Meaning: Like Glycine (genus name for Soybean)
Latin Pronunciation: gly-sin-OY-deez
Meaning: Sweet scented
Latin Pronunciation: gly-koz-ma
Meaning: Sweet leaves
Latin Pronunciation: gly-ky-FIL-on
Latin Pronunciation: Gliss-ihr rye-zuh. Licorice.
Meaning: Sweet leaves
Latin Pronunciation: gly-ky-FY-los
Meaning: Named after Glyptodon, an extinct South American animal related to the Armadillo whose name is from the Greek glyptos (carved) and odontos (tooth)
Latin Pronunciation: GLIP-to-don
Meaning: From the Greek glypto (carved or engraved) and the Latin sperma (seed)
Latin Pronunciation: glip-toh-SPER-mus
Meaning: From the Greek glypto (carved or engraved) and the Latin sperma (seed)
Latin Pronunciation: glip-toh-SPER-ma
Meaning: Sweet root
Latin Pronunciation: gly-ky-RY-ze
Meaning: Resembles Glyptostrobus (from the Greek glypto, to carve; and strobus, cone)
Latin Pronunciation: glip-toh-stroh-BOY-deez
Latin Pronunciation: Glip-toh-stroh-bus.
Meaning: Named for Johann Gottlieb Gmelin, 18th century German professor and naturalist who traveled extensively in Siberia and Kamchatkag
Latin Pronunciation: g-mel-IN-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Mell-in-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: Naf-fay-lee-um.
Meaning: Resembling Gnaphalium (genus name from the Greek gnaphalion, a plant whose soft white leaves are used as cushion stuffing)
Latin Pronunciation: naf-fal-OY-deez
Meaning: Pertaining to Gnidus (also spelled Knidos and Cnidus), in Caria (Asia Minor)
Latin Pronunciation: NY-dee-uh
Meaning: Resembling Gnidia (pertaining to Gnidus, which is also spelled Knidos and Cnidus, in Caria (Asia Minor)
Latin Pronunciation: ny-dee-OY-deez
Meaning: Pertaining to Gnidus (also spelled Knidos and Cnidus), in Caria (Asia Minor)
Latin Pronunciation: NY-dee-us
Meaning: Dwarf
Latin Pronunciation: NOHM-uh
Meaning: Pertaining to Gnidus (also spelled Knidos and Cnidus), in Caria (Asia Minor)
Latin Pronunciation: NY-dee-um
Meaning: Named for Joseph Godseff, 20th century English plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: god-seff-ee-AY-nuh
Meaning: Named for Joseph Godseff, 20th century English plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: god-seff-ee-AY-num
Latin Pronunciation: Goh-dee-shee-uh.
Meaning: Named for Argentine botanist Caroli Gochnat
Latin Pronunciation: gok-NAT-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for Karl Immanuel Eberhard von Goebel, early 20th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: go-BEL-ee-a
Meaning: Named for Karl Immanuel Eberhard von Goebel, early 20th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: go-bel-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Named for Karl Immanuel Eberhard von Goebel, early 20th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: go-bel-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for Philip Friedrich Wilhelm Goering (G?ring), 19th century German-born chemist who collected in Batavia and Java
Latin Pronunciation: gor-ing-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for 19th century botanist John Goldie
Latin Pronunciation: gold-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for Karl Immanuel Eberhard von Goebel, early 20th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: go-bel-ee-AH-nus
Meaning: Named for Philip Friedrich Wilhelm Goering (G?ring), 19th century German-born chemist who collected in Batavia and Java
Latin Pronunciation: gor-ING-ee-eye
Golgi complex (syn. Golgi apparatus, syn. Golgi body)
A cytoplasmic organelle that consists of a stack of smooth membranous saccules and associated vesicles and that is active in the modification and transport of protein.
Meaning: From the Greek gomphos (nail, bolt) and karpos (fruit)
Latin Pronunciation: gom-fo-KAR-pus
Meaning: Named for 19th century botanist John Goldie
Latin Pronunciation: gol-dee-AH-nuh
Meaning: From the Greek gomphos (nail, bolt) and stigma, referring to the bolt-shaped stigma
Latin Pronunciation: gom-foh-STIG-muh
Latin Pronunciation: Gon-goh-ruh.
Meaning: From the Latin gomphaena, the ancient classical name for an amaranth
Latin Pronunciation: gom-FREE-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: Gom-free
Meaning: Named for Leslie Newton Goodding, 20th century botanist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Latin Pronunciation: good-ding-ee-AY-na
Meaning: Named for Leslie Newton Goodding, 20th century botanist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Latin Pronunciation: good-ding-ee-eye
Meaning: From the Greek gonio (knee angle) and leimon (meadow, referring to the plant's native habitat)
Latin Pronunciation: go-nee-oh-LY-mon
Meaning: From the Greek gono (angle) and lobus (pod)
Latin Pronunciation: gon-oh-LOW-bus
Meaning: named for Bishop Samuel Goodenough, 19th century British natural scientist and Vice President of the Royal Society
Latin Pronunciation: good-EN-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for George Jones Goodman, 20th century botanist in Oklahoma (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: good-man-ee-AY-na
Meaning: Named for George Jones Goodman, 20th century botanist in Oklahoma (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: good-MAN-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for George Jones Goodman, 20th century botanist in Oklahoma (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: good-MAN-ee-a
Latin Pronunciation: Good-ee-uh.
Meaning: Named for Martin Woodlock Gorman, Canadian-born botanist who explored in Oregon (U.S.) at the turn of the 20th century
Latin Pronunciation: gor-MAN-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Gor-doh-nee-uh.
Meaning: Having leaves (foliage) like Gossypium (Cotton)
Latin Pronunciation: gos-sip-ee-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Named for David de Gorter, 18th century Dutch botanist and friend of Linne.
Latin Pronunciation: gor-TER-ee-uh
Meaning: Having leaves (foliage) like Gossypium (Cotton)
Latin Pronunciation: gos-sip-ee-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Having leaves (foliage) like Gossypium (Cotton)
Latin Pronunciation: gos-sip-ee-FOH-lee-us
Meaning: Covered with cotton-like hair
Latin Pronunciation: goss-ee-PEE-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:goss-ee-PIE-nuh
Meaning: Covered with cotton-like hair
Latin Pronunciation: goss-ee-PEE-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:goss-ee-PIE-num
Meaning: From the Latin gossypion, a name used by Pliny the Elder to describe cotton
Latin Pronunciation: gos-SIP-ee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:go-SEP-ee-um
Meaning: Covered with cotton-like hair
Latin Pronunciation: goss-ee-PEE-nus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:goss-ee-PIE-nus
Meaning: Named for Dr. CN Goulimis, who discovered the species in the mid-20th century
Latin Pronunciation: goul-LIM-yee-eye
Meaning: Named for Christopher J. Goudey, 21st century author and expert on ferns
Latin Pronunciation: GOW-dee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Good-yeer-uh.
Meaning: Graceful; slender
Latin Pronunciation: GRASS-il-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GRASS-il-ay
gourd
1. A trailing or climbing plant that produces fleshy fruit with a hard rind. 2. The fruit of this plant, often dried and used as a vessel, bird house, or for other, often ornamental, purposes.
Meaning: Slender; graceful
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-EN-tum
Latin Pronunciation: gras-il-len-tus
Meaning: slender.
Meaning: Slender or graceful line
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-de-lin-ee-AY-tuh
Meaning: Having graceful, slender flowers
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-FLOR-uh
Meaning: Slender; graceful
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-EN-tuh
Meaning: Having graceful, slender flowers
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-FLOR-um
Meaning: Slender-leaved; graceful-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Having graceful, slender flowers
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-FLOR-us
Meaning: Slender-leaved; graceful-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-FOH-lee-us
Meaning: Graceful foot (stalk)
Latin Pronunciation: gra-SIL-i-peez
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-iss
Meaning: slender (graceful).
Meaning: Having a slender, graceful style
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-STY-luh
Meaning: Thinner; more graceful
Latin Pronunciation: grass-IL-ee-or
Meaning: Having a slender, graceful style
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-STY-lum
Meaning: Thinner; more graceful
Latin Pronunciation: grass-IL-ee-us
Meaning: Most graceful, slender
Latin Pronunciation: grass-IL-ih-muh
Meaning: Having a slender, graceful style
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-STY-lus
grade
The measure of the slope of the ground, usually in degrees; the relative height of garden elements as they compare to each other.
Meaning: Slender or graceful spines
Latin Pronunciation: grass-il-ih-SPY-nus
Meaning: Most graceful, slender
Latin Pronunciation: grass-IL-ih-mum
Latin Pronunciation: gras-sil-im-us
Meaning: very slender.
grader (alt. roadgrader)
A truck which smooths the surface of gravel roads and raw soil.
Latin Pronunciation: gree-kus
Meaning: Greek, of Greece.
Meaning: Greek; grecian
Latin Pronunciation: GRAY-kih-zans
grade adjustment
Changing existing levels of ground areas.
Meaning: Of or from Greece
Latin Pronunciation: GRAY-kum
Meaning: Named for Richard Graessner, 20th century German plant collector who introduced the species to Europe
Latin Pronunciation: GRAES-ner-ee
grafting
Method of propagation for trees and shrubs by inserting a section of one plant, usually a shoot, into another so that they grow together into a single plant.
graft chimaera (alt. graft hybrid)
The mingling of tissues belonging to the stock and scion through grafting in a nonsexual manner. These are designated in formulae by a crucifix type cross which appears as "_", e.g., _Laburnocytisus adamii (Laburnum anagyroides _ Chamaecytisus purpureus).
Meaning: Named for Edward Graham, who collected specimens in the 1930s, near the Green River in Utah (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: GRAM-ee-eye
grain
1. The small, one- seeded fruit characteristic of cereal grasses. 2. A pollen grain.
graft
To insert a section of one plant, usually a shoot, into another so that they grow together into a single plant; the plant formed from grafting.
Meaning: Of or from Greece
Latin Pronunciation: GRAY-kuh
Meaning: Former name for the Poaceae (grass) family
Alternative Meaning:From Latin grmineus, meaning grassy
Latin Pronunciation: gram-IN-ay-ee
graminaceous
Related to grain-bearing plants.
Latin Pronunciation: gram-min-ee-us
Meaning: grassy, grass-like.
Meaning: Grass-like
Latin Pronunciation: gram-IN-ee-um
Meaning: Grass-like
Latin Pronunciation: gram-IN-ee-uh
Meaning: Grass-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: gram-in-ee-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Grass-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: gram-in-ee-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: An intergeneric hybrid of Cymbidium (from the Greek kymbe, boat) and Grammatophyllum (From the Greek gramen, grass and phylon, leaf)
Latin Pronunciation: gram-at-oh-sim-BID-ee-um
Latin Pronunciation: gram-in-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: grass-leaved.
Latin Pronunciation: Gram-at-oh-fill-urn.
Meaning: From the Greek gramma (line), referring to the elongated shape of the sori
Latin Pronunciation: gram-MY-tis
Meaning: Of or from Grenada Central America
Latin Pronunciation: gran-uh-DEN-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gran-uh-DEN-say
Meaning: Of or from Grenada Central America
Latin Pronunciation: gran-uh-DEN-sis
granum (pl. grana)
Structures in chloroplast that consist of thylakoids.
Meaning: Large, spectacular
Latin Pronunciation: GRAN-dee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:GRAN-day
Meaning: Many seeds
Latin Pronunciation: gran-AH-tum
Meaning: Large head
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dee-KAP-yoo-tee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gran-dee-KAP-yoo-tay
Meaning: Large head
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dee-KAP-yoo-tiss
Latin Pronunciation: gran - dis - seps
Meaning: large- headed.
Meaning: Large horn
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dih-KOR-nee
Meaning: Many seeds
Latin Pronunciation: gran-AH-tus
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dik-kusp-iss
Meaning: with large points.
Meaning: Many seeds
Latin Pronunciation: gran-AH-tuh
Meaning: Large tooth
Latin Pronunciation: GRAN-di-denz
Meaning: Having big teeth
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dee-den-TAY-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: gran-did-en-tay-tus
Meaning: big-toothed.
Meaning: Having big teeth
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dee-den-TAY-tum
Meaning: Named for Alfred Grandidier, 19th century collector in Madagascar
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dee-dee-ER-ee
Meaning: With large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dih-FLOR-uh
Meaning: Large horn
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dih-KOR-nis
Meaning: With large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dih-FLOR-um
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dif-floh-rus
Meaning: large-flowered.
Meaning: Large leaved
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dih-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Large ribs
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dee-ko-STAY-tus
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: large-leaved.
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dif-form-iss
Meaning: of a large sort.
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dip-unk-tay-tus
Meaning: large-spotted.
Meaning: Large-scaped
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dee-SKAY-puh
Meaning: Large leaved
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dih-FOH-lee-um
Latin Pronunciation: gran-diss
Meaning: large.
Meaning: Growing in granite crevices
Latin Pronunciation: gran-NY-tih-kum
granular structure
Refers to a soil composed mostly of particles that exhibit rather indistinct faces and edges. See also: fragmented structure.
Meaning: Growing in granite crevices
Latin Pronunciation: gran-NY-tih-kuh
granular
Composed of minute knobs or knots, grainy.
Latin Pronunciation: gran-nit-ik-us
Meaning: of granite soils or crevices.
granulate
Having a granular surface.
Meaning: Grain-like tubercles
Latin Pronunciation: gran-yoo-LAY-tum
Meaning: Grain-like tubercles
Latin Pronunciation: gran-yoo-LAY-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: gran-yew-lay-tus
Meaning: of grain-texture, granular.
Meaning: Grainy-scaly
Latin Pronunciation: GRAN-yoo-loh LEP-roh-sum
Meaning: Grain, granular
Latin Pronunciation: gran-yoo-LOW-suh
granulose
Composed of or appearing as if covered by minute grains.
Latin Pronunciation: gran-yew-/oh-sus
Meaning: grainy, granulose.
granum (pl. grana)
Structures in chloroplast that consist of thylakoids.
Meaning: Grain, granular
Latin Pronunciation: gran-yoo-LOW-sum
Latin Pronunciation: Grap-toh-pet-al-um.
grass (pl. grasses)
Any of the monocotyledonous, mostly herbaceous plants of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts.
grass (pl. grasses)
Any of the monocotyledonous, mostly herbaceous plants of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts.
Latin Pronunciation: Grap-toh-fill-um.
grass catcher
A container fitted onto a lawn mower to catch grass clippings while mowing.
grassland
An area covered with grass and grass-like vegetation. See also: steppe, prairie, pampas, meadow, veld, campos, savanna.
Meaning: Of or from Grenoble
Latin Pronunciation: grat-ee-an-oh-pol-it-AH-nus
Meaning: Resembles Gratiola (genus name meaning pleasant, agreeable)
Latin Pronunciation: gra-tee-oh-LOY-deez
Meaning: From the Latin gratia (agreeableness, pleasantness), referring to the medical properties of the herbs
Latin Pronunciation: gra-TEE-oh-luh
Meaning: Most pleasing
Latin Pronunciation: gra-TIS-ih-mum
Meaning: Most pleasing
Latin Pronunciation: gra-TIS-ih-muh
Meaning: Pleasant, charming
Latin Pronunciation: GRAH-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: grat - tiss - im -us
Meaning: very pleasing.
Latin Pronunciation: gray-tus
Meaning: pleasing.
Latin Pronunciation: grav-vee-ol-enz
Meaning: heavy- scented.
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning heavy or weighty; a reference to its relatively greater size
Latin Pronunciation: GRAV-ee-or
Meaning: Pleasant, charming
Latin Pronunciation: GRAH-tum
gravitational water
Water held in large pores in soil that drains away or leaches when underdrainage is free.
Meaning: Named for Asa Gray, America's leading botanist in the mid-19th century and staunch friend and supporter of Darwin
Latin Pronunciation: GRAY-eye
gray mold
A fungus disease characterized by the gray hairy appearance of affected parts.
Meaning: In the Plantae kingdom, a misspelling ofgrayi which honors Asa Gray, 19th century American botanist
Latin Pronunciation: GRAY-ee-eye
graze
1. To feed on grasses and forbes. 2. Grasses and forbes.
greenhouse
An enclosed structure, usually made of glass (to trap solar radiation), that allows for the regulation of temperature and humidity and is used to propagate and grow plants.
Meaning: Named for Dave Green, 21st century farmer and amateur botanist in the Estcourt region of South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: GREEN-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for 19th century English geologist George Bellas Greenough
Latin Pronunciation: green-OH-vee-uh
greensand
A sand or sediment that consists largely of dark greenish grains of glauconite, usually mixed with clay or sand.
green drought
A weather term describing a period of enough rain to keep shallow- rooted plants alive, although the water table continues to recede.
Meaning: Named for Edward Lee Greene, 19th century botanist
Latin Pronunciation: GREE-nee-eye
Meaning: From the Latin grex, meaning fond of being with others or in a flock or herd
Latin Pronunciation: greh-GAR-ee-uh
gregarious
Growing near together or clustered, but not in close tufts or mats.
green manure
The plowing under of living plants so that their decay will increase the humus of the soil.
Meaning: From the Latin grex, meaning fond of being with others or in a flock or herd
Latin Pronunciation: greh-GAR-ee-um
Meaning: Named for Josiah Gregg, 19th century frontier trader and author
Latin Pronunciation: GREG-ee-eye
Meaning: From the Latin grex, meaning fond of being with others or in a flock or herd
Latin Pronunciation: greh-GAR-ee-us
Meaning: Named by and for Josiah Gregg, 19th century frontier trader and author
Latin Pronunciation: greg-ee-AH-na
Meaning: The Thunbergia species was named for John Walter Gregory, 19th century Scottish botanist
Alternative Meaning:The Adansonia species was named for Augustus Charles Gregory, 19th century Australian explorer
Latin Pronunciation: gre-GOR-ee-eye
Meaning: Named Samuel Alexeivich Greig, 19th century botanist and president of the Russian Horticulture Society
Latin Pronunciation: GREEG-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Samuel Alexeivich Greig, 19th century botanist and president of the Russian Horticulture Society
Latin Pronunciation: GREEG-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for Dr. Werner Greuter, 20th century Swiss botanist and chari of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)
Latin Pronunciation: GROO-ter-ee
Meaning: Named for Dr. Werner Greuter, 20th century Swiss botanist and chari of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)
Latin Pronunciation: groo-ter-ee-AY-na
Latin Pronunciation: Grev-vill-ee-uh.
grex
A group name for all plants derived from crossing the same two or more parent species; the herd or hybrid swarm.
Latin Pronunciation: Gray-ee-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: Grew-ee-uh.
Meaning: Named for SA Greig, a 19th century botanist from St. Petersburg
Latin Pronunciation: GREEG-ee-eye
Meaning: From the Greek graen (to eat), in reference to the fruit
Latin Pronunciation: GREE-us
Meaning: Named for Dr. William Griffith, 19th century botanist and curator of the Botanic Garden in Calcutta
Latin Pronunciation: GRIF-ith-ee-ey
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:grif-fith-ee-i
Meaning: Named for David Hieronymous Grindel, 19th century German professor of botany at Riga
Latin Pronunciation: grin-DEL-lee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Griz-el-lin-ee-uh.
Meaning: Grey
Latin Pronunciation: GREE-see-um
Meaning: Grey
Latin Pronunciation: GREE-see-uh
Meaning: Grey
Latin Pronunciation: GREE-see-us
Meaning: Of or from Greenland
Latin Pronunciation: green-LAND-ee-kuh
Meaning: Silvery-gray
Latin Pronunciation: GREE-see-oh ar-JEN-tee-uh
grooved
A general term for sulcate or striate.
Meaning: With large teeth
Latin Pronunciation: gros-den-TAY-tum
Meaning: Of or from Greenland
Latin Pronunciation: green-LAND-ee-kum
Meaning: With large teeth
Latin Pronunciation: gros-den-TAY-ta
Meaning: With large teeth
Latin Pronunciation: gros-den-TAY-tus
Meaning: Named for W C Grosser, 20th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: GROHS-ser-ee
Meaning: With large, serrated (saw-like) teeth
Latin Pronunciation: gros-ser-AY-ta
Meaning: With large, serrated (saw-like) teeth
Latin Pronunciation: gros-ser-AY-tus
Meaning: Alternate spelling for grossulariifolia (having leaves like gooseberry)
Latin Pronunciation: gross-yoo-lar-ee-ih-FOH-lee-a
Meaning: Alternate spelling for grossulariifolium (having leaves like gooseberry)
Latin Pronunciation: gross-yoo-lar-ee-ih-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Alternate spelling for grossulariifolius (having leaves like gooseberry)
Latin Pronunciation: gross-yoo-lar-ee-ih-FOH-lee-us
Meaning: From the Latin name for gooseberry
Latin Pronunciation: gross-yoo-LAR-ee-uh
Meaning: Having leaves like Grossularia (gooseberry)
Latin Pronunciation: gross-yoo-lar-ee-ih-FOH-lee-a
Latin Pronunciation: grohss-us
Meaning: great, large.
Meaning: Having leaves like Grossularia (gooseberry)
Latin Pronunciation: gross-yoo-lar-ee-ih-FOH-lee-us
Meaning: Resembles grossularia (Latin name for gooseberry)
Latin Pronunciation: gross-yoo-lar-ee-OY-deez
Meaning: Having leaves like Grossularia (gooseberry)
Latin Pronunciation: gross-yoo-lar-ee-ih-FOH-lee-um
grotto
An artificial recess or structure made to resemble a natural cave, often having running water.
groundcover
A plant with a low-growing, spreading habit, grown specifically to cover the ground.
groundwater
Subsurface body of water body in the zone of saturation; That portion of the water beneath the surface of the earth that can be collected with wells, tunnels, or drainage galleries, or that flows naturally to the earth's surface via seeps or springs.
basal area (alt. basal cover, alt. ground cover, alt. cover)
1. The area of the cross section of a tree at a height of 4.5 feet above the ground, generally written as the total of the basal area of the trees in a forest in square feet per acre. 2. The surface of the soil actually covered by a plant, as compared to the full spread of the herbage, which in grassland ecology often measures at one inch above the ground.
ground layering
Another name for tip layering.
growth regulator
A chemical that sp.s or slows plant growth or maturation.
group
An artificial category between species and cultivar used to designate a collection of cultivars with similar parentage.
grub hoe
A heavy weight hoe for digging roots, etc.
Meaning: Shaped like a crane's bill
Latin Pronunciation: GROO-in-um
Meaning: Shaped like a crane's bill
Latin Pronunciation: GROO-in-uh
Meaning: Shaped like a crane's bill
Latin Pronunciation: GROO-in-us
Meaning: Named for Hermann Gruson, 19th century German engineer and plant collector from Magdeburg
Latin Pronunciation: gru-SON-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for Hermann Gruson, 19th century German collector, nurseryman in Magdeburg
Latin Pronunciation: groo-SON-ee-eye
Meaning: From the vernacular names used in Colombia and Ecuador
Latin Pronunciation: GWA-doo-uh
Meaning: From the Greek grypos (curved or hooked nose) and keras (horn)
Latin Pronunciation: gry-poh-KER-as
Meaning: Of or from Guadalupe Island, Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: gwa-da-loo-PEN-see
Meaning: Of or from Guadalupe Island, Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: gwa-da-loo-PEN-sis
Meaning: From the Spanish guayaba
Latin Pronunciation: gwah-JAV-vuh
Meaning: Of or from Guanabara, the former name of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where this species was discovered.
Latin Pronunciation: gwah-nah-BAR-eek-uh
Meaning: Of or from Guana Island (part of the British Virgin Islands)
Latin Pronunciation: gwa-na-ee-EN-sis
guano
The excrement of birds (particularly seabirds) or bats that is used as fertilizer.
Meaning: Of the Guarani Indians, a tribe in South America
Latin Pronunciation: gwar-uh-NYE-tik-um
Meaning: Of the Guarani Indians, a tribe in South America
Latin Pronunciation: gwar-uh-NYE-tik-uh
Meaning: Of the Guarani Indians, a tribe in South America
Latin Pronunciation: gwar-uh-NYE-tik-us
guard cells
The two cells that bound a stoma and by opening and closing allow gas exchange.
guard petals
The outer petals of a rose, especially those that are larger than and also enclose the inner petals.
Latin Pronunciation: Gwye-ak-um
Common Name: Lignum-vitae.
Meaning: Common name of this plant
Latin Pronunciation: goo-AH-reh-uh
Meaning: Of or from Guatemala, Central America
Latin Pronunciation: gwa-teh-mah-LEN-see
Latin Pronunciation: gwat-em-al-len-siss
Meaning: of Guatemala.
Meaning: Named for Jean-?tienne Guettard, 18th century French naturalist and geographer and minerologist
Latin Pronunciation: get-AR-da
Latin Pronunciation: gwee - an - nen - siss
Meaning: of Guiana.
Meaning: Of or from French Guiana (Guyana), South America
Latin Pronunciation: gee-uh-NEN-see
guides
A term applied to the large parenchyma cells seen in the cross- section of the costa of many Dicrana.
guild
A group of organisms sharing a common food resource.
Meaning: Named for Antoine Guichenot, 19th century French gardener and plant collector during Baudin's Australian Expedition
Latin Pronunciation: gwee-shen-OH-tee-uh
Meaning: Latinized form of a Chinese vernacular name
Latin Pronunciation: gwee-HAH-yah
Meaning: Of or from Guinea, West Africa
Latin Pronunciation: gin-ee-EN-see
Meaning: Named for William Robert Guilfoyle, 19th century landscape gardener and botanist in Australia
Latin Pronunciation: gil-FOYL-ee
Latin Pronunciation: gwin-ee-en-siss
Meaning: of Guinea (Africa).
Meaning: Named for Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, 19th century French historian and statesman
Latin Pronunciation: gee-ZOH-tee-a
gulch
Western U.S. term for a deep cleft, especially one that is formed following a torrent; a ravine. See also: arroyo, gully, valley.
gully (adj. gullied)
A miniature valley eroded by water. See also: ravine, valley.
gum
A viscid sap exuding from stems, often air-hardened.
Meaning: Named for William Edward Gumbleton, 19th century Irish botanist and horticulturist
Latin Pronunciation: gum-bel-TOH-nee-eye
Meaning: Latinized form of the Indonesian name for this palm
Latin Pronunciation: goo-LOO-bee-uh
Meaning: Gum-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: GUM-mif-er
Meaning: Gum-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: gum-MIF-er-um
Latin Pronunciation: gum-mif-er-us
Meaning: gum- bearing.
Latin Pronunciation: gum-inoh-sus
Meaning: gummy.
Latin Pronunciation: Gunn-er-uh.
Meaning: Gum-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: gum-MIF-er-uh
Meaning: Named for Ronald Campbell Gunn, 19th century botanist in Tasmania and founder of the Launceston Horticultural Society
Latin Pronunciation: gun-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Name given by Linnaeus to honor his king, Gustav III of Sweden.
Latin Pronunciation: gus-TAH-vee-uh
Meaning: Named for Ronald Campbell Gunn, 19th century British botanist and legislator in Launceston, Tasmania
Latin Pronunciation: GUN-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Francis Guthrie, 19th century mathematics professor and amateur botanist in Cape Town, South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: GUTH-ree-eye
Meaning: Named for Francis Guthrie, 19th century mathematics professor and amateur botanist in Cape Town, South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: GUTH-ree-ay
Meaning: Possibly named for Piedro Gutierrez, a Spanish nobleman and correspondent
Alternative Meaning:Possibly named for Jorge Gutierrez of Santa Cruz, Bolivia; co-discoverer of this species
Latin Pronunciation: goo-tee-er-REZ-ee-eye
Meaning: Spotted
Latin Pronunciation: goo-TAH-tuh
Meaning: named for Piedro Gutierrez, a Spanish nobleman and correspondent of the Madrid Botanical Gardens
Latin Pronunciation: goo-tee-er-REZ-ee-uh
guttation
1. The formation of drops of water on plants from moisture in the air. 2. The exudation of liquid water from the uninjured surface of a plant leaf. 3. The process of water being exuded from hydathodes at the enlarged terminations of veins around the margins of the leaves.
Meaning: Spotted
Latin Pronunciation: goo-TAH-tum
Latin Pronunciation: gut-tay-tus
Meaning: spotted, speckled.
Meaning: Naked gland
Latin Pronunciation: jim-nuh-DEE-nee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jim-nuh-DEN-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Guz-man-ee-uh.
Meaning: From the Geek gymnos (naked)
Latin Pronunciation: JIM-nas-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jim-NAS-tuh
Meaning: From the Greek gymnos (naked)
Latin Pronunciation: JIM-nas-ter
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jim-NAS-ter
Latin Pronunciation: Jim-noh-kal-liss-ee-um.
Meaning: From the Greek gymnos (naked) and karpus (fruit); the fruits are naked
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-KAR-pee-um
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-karp-us
Meaning: naked- fruited.
Meaning: Naked, bare flower
Latin Pronunciation: jim-NANTH-er-uh
Meaning: From the Greek gymnos (naked) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-SEF-uh-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jim-no-KEF-uh-luh
Meaning: From the Greek gymnos (naked) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-SEF-uh-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jim-no-KEF-uh-lum
Meaning: From the Greek gymnos (naked) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-SEF-uh-lus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:jim-no-KEF-uh-lus
Meaning: Naked branch
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-KLAD-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gim-no-KLAD-uh
Meaning: Naked branch
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-KLAD-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:gim-no-KLAD-um
Meaning: Naked foot
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-POH-da
Latin Pronunciation: Jim nok-lad-us
Common Name: Kentucky Coffee-tree.
Meaning: Naked foot
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-POH-dum
Meaning: Naked seed
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-SPER-muh
gymnospermous
Bearing naked seeds, without an ovary.
Meaning: Naked stem
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-STER-iss
gymnosperm
A seed plant that bears naked seeds, i.e., seeds without ovaries. These include conifers, cycads, ginkgos, and ephedras.
gymnostomous
Without a peristome.
Meaning: From the Greek gyne (female) and andros (male)
Latin Pronunciation: gy-NAN-dra
Meaning: From the Greek gyne (female) and andros (male); refers to the united pistil and stamens
Latin Pronunciation: gy-NAN-dree-riss
gynandrous
Having the stamens borne upon the pistil, as in Orchidaceae.
gynandrium
A structure in which the stamens are attached to the pistil.
Meaning: From the Greek gyne (female) and andros (male)
Latin Pronunciation: gy-NAN-drus
Meaning: Naked foot
Latin Pronunciation: jim-no-POH-dus
Meaning: From the Greek gyne (female) and andros (male)
Latin Pronunciation: gy-NAN-drum
gynobase
An enlargement or prolongation of the receptacle bearing the ovary.
Meaning: Hairy (bristly) ovary
Latin Pronunciation: gyn-a-triks
gynodioecious
Having both bisexual flowers and female flowers, but on separate plants. See also: dioecious.
gynomonoecious
Refers to a plant that produces both perfect flowers and female flowers.
gynobasic
Describes a style arising from the base of the gynoecium.
gynoecium
The pistil or pistils considered as a group.
gynosporangium
The receptacle in which gynospores are developed.
gynophore
A stalk bearing the gynoecium above the level of insertion of the other floral parts.
gynostegial corona
The collective term for the staminal and interstaminal coronas (in Asclepiadaceae), both of which are associated with the gynostegium. See also: staminal corona, interstaminal corona.
gynostegium
The crown of united stamens in milkweeds, Asclepidaceae.
gynostemium
The compound structure resulting from the union of the stamens and pistil in the Orchidaceae.
Latin Pronunciation: Jye-new-ruh.
gynospore
One of the larger (female) reproductive bodies in the Isoetaceae, etc.
Latin Pronunciation: Jip - so ff uh
Common Name: Babys-breathMeaning: (G. paniculata).
Meaning: Lime-dweller (grower)
Latin Pronunciation: jip-sih-KOH-luh
Meaning: Gypsum-like
Latin Pronunciation: jip-SAY-see-uh
Meaning: Gypsum-like
Latin Pronunciation: jip-SAY-see-us
Meaning: From the Greek gypsos (gypsum) and philos (loving), referring to the chalk- or lime-loving nature of most species
Latin Pronunciation: jip-SOF-il-uh
gypsum
A mineral consisting of hydrous calcium sulfate that is used as a soil amendment to add sulfur and calcium and counteract salt damage. It is added to cement to regulate setting.
Latin Pronunciation: jye-ranz
Meaning: gyrating, revolving (in a circle).
gyrate
Curving in a spiral pattern.
Meaning: From the Greek Gyro - Turning, revolving and carpus - fruit
Latin Pronunciation: Ji-ro-kar-pus