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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: Mahk-ee-uh.
Meaning: Named for Gustav Friedrich Hermann Maass, 19th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: MAH-see-eye
Meaning: The vernacular name of this plant in Philipines
Latin Pronunciation: mah-kar-AN-guh
Meaning: Named for Richard Maack, a 19th century Russian naturalist
Latin Pronunciation: MAK-ee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:MAHK-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for John MacAdam, 19th century Australian chemist and lecturer
Latin Pronunciation: mak-uh-DAY-mee-a
Meaning: Named for James Francis Macbride, 19th century South Carolina botanist
Latin Pronunciation: mak-bride-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Named for James Francis Macbride, 19th century South Carolina botanist
Latin Pronunciation: mak-BRIDE-ee-a
Meaning: Named for James Francis Macbride, 19th century South Carolina botanist
Latin Pronunciation: mak-bride-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for James Francis Macbride, 19th century South Carolina botanist
Latin Pronunciation: mak-BRIDE-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for John Macdougal, botanist with the Missouri Botanical Gardens
Alternative Meaning:Named for DT MacDougal, director of the Desert Laboratory, Tucson Arizona (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-DOOG-uh-lee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-doog-AL-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for James Francis Macbride, 19th century South Carolina botanist
Latin Pronunciation: mak-bride-ee-AH-nus
maquis (syn. macchia)
A dense type of growth typically made up of low evergreen shrubs and oaks of dry Mediterranean areas--maquis is the French term, in Italy the term is macchia.
Meaning: Discovered by Carl Purpus and subsequently named by Dr. Rose for reasons that are not clear
Latin Pronunciation: mak-doog-al-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Named for Tom MacDougall, who discovered the species in the mid-20th century
Latin Pronunciation: mak-doo-GALL-ee-eye
Meaning: Of or from Macedonia
Latin Pronunciation: mas-eh-DON-ih-kuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-eh-DON-ih-kuh
Meaning: Of or from Macedonia
Latin Pronunciation: mas-eh-DON-ih-kum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-eh-DON-ih-kum
Meaning: Of or from Macedonia
Latin Pronunciation: mas-eh-DON-ih-kus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-eh-DON-ih-kus
Meaning: Named for James Macfadyen, 19th century Scottish botanist in Jamaica
Latin Pronunciation: mak-fad-ee-EN-uh
Meaning: Named for Sir William MacGregor, 19th century Scottish-born medical officer and later government official in British New Guinea
Alternative Meaning:Named for Richard Crittenden MacGregor, 19th century American ornithologist and assistant editor of the Philippine Journal of Science
Latin Pronunciation: mak-GREG-or-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Dr William David Kerr Macgillivray, 20th century physician, eminent ornithologist and naturalist
Latin Pronunciation: mak-gil-liv-RAY-ee
Meaning: Having dagger-like foliage
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ee-ree-ee-FOH-lee-a
Latin Pronunciation: Mak-ee-ranth-er-uh
Common Name: Tahoka Daisy.
Meaning: From the Greek machaira (dagger, sword) and phyllon (leaf)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ee-ro-FILL-um
machete
A large powerful knife used to clear brush, e.g., trails through jungle areas.
Latin Pronunciation: Mak-ee-roh-seer-ee-us.
Meaning: Thin, lean, meager
Latin Pronunciation: mas-il-LEN-tum
Latin Pronunciation: mas - il - lent - us
Meaning: lean, meagre.
Meaning: Named for Mackay, but not sure which one
Latin Pronunciation: mak-AY-eye
Meaning: Named for John Maclean, 19th century Scottish merchant who exported plants from Lima, Peru
Latin Pronunciation: mak-LAY-nee-uh
Meaning: Named for Mackay, but not sure which one
Latin Pronunciation: mak-AY-eye
Meaning: Thin, lean, meager
Latin Pronunciation: mas-il-LEN-tuh
Meaning: Named for James Townsend Mackay, 19th century Scottish botanist and gardener
Latin Pronunciation: MAK-kay-uh
Meaning: Named for Alexander Macleay, 18th century secretary of the Linnean Society
Latin Pronunciation: ma-klay-ee-AY-na
Meaning: Derivation of Greek macro (long), referring to the long lip
Latin Pronunciation: MAK-oh-deez
Meaning: Named for Alexander Macleay, 18th century secretary of the Linnean Society
Latin Pronunciation: ma-kLAY-ee
Latin Pronunciation: Mak-lay-uh
Common Name: Plume-poppy or Tree Celandine is M. cordata).
Latin Pronunciation: Mak-loor-uh
Common Name: Osage- orange.
Meaning: Named for Peter MacOwan, 19th century botanical gardens director and later Professor of botany at South Africa College,
Latin Pronunciation: ma-kow-AN-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for John Macoun, 19th century Irish-born Canadian explorer and naturalist
Latin Pronunciation: ma-KOWN-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for John Macoun, 19th century Irish-born Canadian explorer and naturalist
Latin Pronunciation: ma-kown-ee-AY-na
Meaning: Large spines
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ra-KAN-tha
Meaning: Prefix meaning large
Latin Pronunciation: mak-r
Meaning: Large
Latin Pronunciation: MAK-ruh
Latin Pronunciation: Mak-rad-deen-ee-uh.
Meaning: Large spines
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ra-KAN-thus
Meaning: Large spines
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ra-KAN-thum
Meaning: Large glands
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ra-DEE-nee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-ra-DEN-ee-um
Meaning: Large glands
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ra-DEE-nee-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-ra-DEN-ee-us
Meaning: Having large glands (foliage)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ra- dee-num
Latin Pronunciation: mak-rad-deen-us
Meaning: with large glands.
Meaning: Large-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mak-RAN-ther-a
Meaning: Large-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mak-RAN-ther-um
Meaning: Large flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mak-RANTH-os
Meaning: Large-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mak-RAN-ther-us
Meaning: Large flowered
Latin Pronunciation: ma-KRAN-tha
Latin Pronunciation: mak - ranth - us
Meaning: large-flowered.
Meaning: Large flowered
Latin Pronunciation: ma-KRAN-thum
Meaning: Suffix meaning large or big
Latin Pronunciation: MAK-roh
Meaning: With large thorns or spine; epithets also spelled macrocantha and macracantha
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-uh-KAN-tha
Meaning: Large-spined
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-KAN-tha
Latin Pronunciation: mak - roh - kanth - us
Meaning: large-thorned.
Meaning: Large calyx (covering)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-KAL-iks
Meaning: From the Greek macros (large) and kapnos (smoke)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-KAP-nos
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-boh-triss
Meaning: large-clustered.
Meaning: Large-fruited
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-KAR-pon
Meaning: Large fruit
Latin Pronunciation: ma-kro-KAR-pa
Meaning: Large fruit
Latin Pronunciation: ma-kro-KAR-pum
Meaning: Large head
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-SEF-uh-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-roh-KEF-uh-lum
Meaning: Large (flower) head
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-SEF-uh-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-roh-KEF-uh-luh
Meaning: Large head
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-SEF-uh-lus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-roh-KEF-uh-lus
Meaning: Large bristled
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ro-KEY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-ro-chay-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-dak-til-us
Meaning: large-fingered.
Meaning: Big tooth
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-DON-tus
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-karp-us
Meaning: large- fruited.
Meaning: Big tooth
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-DON-tum
Meaning: Big tooth
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-DON-ta
Meaning: Big tongue
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-GLOS-um
Meaning: Big tongue
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-GLOS-us
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-don-tus
Meaning: large-toothed.
Meaning: Large-angled
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-GON-us
Meaning: Big tongue
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-GLOS-uh
Meaning: Large-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-LOH-bum
Meaning: Large-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-LOH-buh
Meaning: Large-angled
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-GON-uh
Meaning: Large-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-LOH-bus
Meaning: Large thread
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-NEE-muh
Latin Pronunciation: mak-krom-er-iss
Meaning: with large or many parts.
Meaning: Big petals
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-PET-uh-luh
Meaning: Big petals
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-PET-uh-lum
Latin Pronunciation: mak- roh -pet-al-us
Meaning: large-petaled
Meaning: Big leaf
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-FIL-uh
Meaning: Big leaf
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-FIL-um
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-fill-us
Meaning: largeleaved.
Meaning: From the Greek macros (large) and podes (foot), referring to Macropus (Kangaroo genus)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-PID-ee-uh
macrophytes
All visible plants in any habitat, not microscopic bacteria or algae.
Meaning: Large foot
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-POH-dee-a
Meaning: Large foot
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-POH-dee-um
Latin Pronunciation: Mak-roh-pye per.
Meaning: Big foot
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-POH-da
Meaning: Large foot
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-POH-dee-us
Meaning: Big foot
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-POH-dum
Latin Pronunciation: mak-krop-od-us
Meaning: largestalked.
Latin Pronunciation: mak-krop-ter-us
Meaning: largewinged.
Meaning: Large wing
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-TER-uh
Meaning: Large wing
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-TER-um
Meaning: Large root (sometimes spelled macrorrhizum)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-RY-zum
Meaning: From the Greek macro (large) and ptilon (feather)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-rop-TIL-ee-um
Meaning: Large root (sometimes spelled macrorrhiza)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-RY-zuh
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-rye-zus
Meaning: with a large roots tock.
Meaning: Large root
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-RY-zuh
Meaning: mak-roh-RY-zos
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-RY-zos
Meaning: Large root
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-RY-zum
Meaning: Large root
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-RY-zus
Meaning: Large-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-SPERM-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-spay-dix
Meaning: with large spadix.
Meaning: Large-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-SPERM-us
Meaning: Large-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-SPERM-um
macrospore
The larger kind of spore in Selaginellaceae, etc.
macrosporangium
The receptacle in which macrospores are developed.
Meaning: From the Greek macros (large) and stachys (spike)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ro-STAK-iss
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-ro-STAY-kiss
Meaning: With a large tube
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-SY-fon
Meaning: Large (flower) spike
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ro-STAK-yuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-ro-STAY-kee-uh
Meaning: Large (flower) spike
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ro-STAK-yum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-ro-STAY-kee-um
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-stee-mus
Meaning: with large filaments.
Meaning: From the Greek macro (large) and strobilos (cone)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-STROH-bil-us
Meaning: From the Greek macros (large) an Thelypteris (genus name meaning female fern)
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-the-LIP-ter-is
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-stye-lus
Meaning: large- styled.
Meaning: With a large mouth
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ro-STOH-muh
Latin Pronunciation: mak-roh-yew-rus
Meaning: large-tailed.
Meaning: long tail
Latin Pronunciation: mah-kroh-OOR-uh
Meaning: Large ears
Latin Pronunciation: mak-ROH-tis
Meaning: Spotted
Latin Pronunciation: mak-yuh-LAH-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-yuh-LAY-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: Mak-roh-zay-mee-uh.
maculate
Blotched with broad, irregular patches of color.
Meaning: Spotted
Latin Pronunciation: mak-yuh-LAH-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mak-yuh-LAY-tum
Latin Pronunciation: mak-yew-lay-tus
Meaning: spotted.
Meaning: Spotted
Latin Pronunciation: mak-yoo-LOH-sum
Meaning: Spotted
Latin Pronunciation: mak-yoo-LOH-suh
Latin Pronunciation: mak-yew-loh-sus
Meaning: spotted.
Meaning: Of or from Madagascar
Latin Pronunciation: mad-uh-gas-KAR-ee-EN-sis
Latin Pronunciation: Mad-deen-ee-uh.
Meaning: Of or from Madeira Island
Latin Pronunciation: ma-der-EN-sis
Latin Pronunciation: May-dee-uh
Common Name: Tarweed.
Meaning: Of or from Madeira Island
Latin Pronunciation: ma-der-EN-see
Meaning: Of or from Madeira
Latin Pronunciation: ma-DREN-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ma-DREN-say
Meaning: Of or from Madeira
Latin Pronunciation: ma-DREN-sis
Meaning: Of or from the Magellan Straits area, Chile
Latin Pronunciation: ma-jell-AN-ee-kuh
Meaning: Of or from the Magellan Straits area, Chile
Latin Pronunciation: ma-jell-AN-ee-kum
Meaning: From the Arabic vernacular name maas
Latin Pronunciation: MAY-suh
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning great or large
Latin Pronunciation: MAG-na
Latin Pronunciation: maj-el-lan-ik-us
Meaning: of region of Straits of Magellan (So.America).
Meaning: Magnificent
Latin Pronunciation: mag-NIH-fee-kuh
Meaning: Large or magnificent bracts
Latin Pronunciation: mag-nih-brak-tee-AY-ta
Latin Pronunciation: mag-niff-ik-us
Meaning: showy, magnificent.
Meaning: Magnificent
Latin Pronunciation: mag-NIH-fee-kum
Meaning: Large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mag-NEE-flor-uh
Meaning: Large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mag-NEE-flor-um
Meaning: Large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mag-NEE-flor-us
Meaning: Large leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mag-nee-FOH-lee-a
Meaning: Large leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mag-nee-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Large leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mag-nee-FOH-lee-us
Meaning: Having leaves like Magnolia
Latin Pronunciation: mag-noh-lee-eye-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Variant spelling of magnoliifolia; having leaves like Magnolia
Latin Pronunciation: mag-no-lee-ay-FOH-lee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Mag-nohl-ee-uh.
Meaning: Mahogany
Latin Pronunciation: mah-HAH-go-nye
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning great or large
Latin Pronunciation: MAG-nus
Latin Pronunciation: Mah-hern-ee-uh
Common Name: Honey-bell.
Latin Pronunciation: May anth-em-um.
Latin Pronunciation: Mah-hoh-nee-uh.
Meaning: The Latinized form of Maihuen, the native name for this plant
Latin Pronunciation: may-hew-EN-ee-uh
Meaning: Resembles Maihuenia (a related genus)
Latin Pronunciation: may-hew-en-ee-OP-sis
Latin Pronunciation: May-lus
Common Name: Apple.
Meaning: For Chinese plants, named for Edouard Ernest Maire, 19th century missionary in Yunnan, China where he collected many specimens
Alternative Meaning:For North African plants, named for Rene C. J. E. Maire, 20th century professor of Botany in Algeria
Latin Pronunciation: MAIR-ay-AH-na
Meaning: For Chinese plants, named for Edouard Ernest Maire, 19th century missionary in Yunnan, China where he collected many specimens
Alternative Meaning:For North African plants, named for Rene C. J. E. Maire, 20th century professor of Botany in Algeria
Latin Pronunciation: MAIR-ay-AH-num
main shoot
A basal cane or a strong lateral cane.
Meaning: For Chinese plants, named for Edouard Ernest Maire, 19th century missionary in Yunnan, China where he collected many specimens
Alternative Meaning:For North African plants, named for Rene C. J. E. Maire, 20th century professor of Botany in Algeria
Latin Pronunciation: MAIR-ay
Meaning: May
Latin Pronunciation: maj-AY-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:maj-AY-lay
Latin Pronunciation: maj-ay-liss
Meaning: of May (May- blooming).
Latin Pronunciation: may-jor (may-jus)
Meaning: greater, larger.
Meaning: For Chinese plants, named for Edouard Ernest Maire, 19th century missionary in Yunnan, China where he collected many specimens
Alternative Meaning:For North African plants, named for Rene C. J. E. Maire, 20th century professor of Botany in Algeria
Latin Pronunciation: MAIR-ay-AH-nus
Meaning: Larger
Latin Pronunciation: MAY-jor
Meaning: Of or from Majorca
Latin Pronunciation: maj-JOR-ih-kum
Latin Pronunciation: Maj - or - ray - nuh
Common Name: Sweet
Meaning: Larger
Latin Pronunciation: MAY-jus
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning rather large; diminutive of major (majuscule as opposed to miniscule)
Latin Pronunciation: ma-JUS-kuh-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ma-JUS-kyoo-lum
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning rather large; diminutive of major (majuscule as opposed to miniscule)
Latin Pronunciation: ma-JUS-kuh-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ma-JUS-kyoo-luh
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning rather large; diminutive of major (majuscule as opposed to miniscule)
Latin Pronunciation: ma-JUS-kuh-lus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ma-JUS-kyoo-lus
Meaning: Of or from the Makay Massif, in Mozambique (Madagascar)
Latin Pronunciation: ma-kay-EN-see
Meaning: Named for Jacob Makoy (or Maquoi) Lambert, 19th century sponsor of plant collecting trips into Brazil
Latin Pronunciation: mak-koy-AH-nuh
Meaning: Named for Tomitaro Makino, 20th century Japanese botanist
Latin Pronunciation: MACK-kin-oy
Meaning: Named for Jacob Makoy (or Maquoi) Lambert, 19th century sponsor of plant collecting trips into Brazil
Latin Pronunciation: mak-koy-AH-num
Meaning: Named for Jacob Makoy (or Maquoi) Lambert, 19th century sponsor of plant collecting trips into Brazil
Latin Pronunciation: mak-koy-AH-nus
Meaning: Of or from the Malabar Coast, southern India
Latin Pronunciation: mal-uh-BAR-ih-kuh
Meaning: Of or from the Malabar Coast, southern India
Latin Pronunciation: mal-uh-BAR-ih-kum
Meaning: Of or from the Malabar Coast, southern India
Latin Pronunciation: mal-uh-BAR-ih-kus
Meaning: Of or from the Malabar Coast, southern India
Latin Pronunciation: mal-uh-BATH-ree-kum
Meaning: Native from Malacca, the region including the island of Sumatra and continental Asia.
Latin Pronunciation: muh-lack-EN-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:muh-lass-EN-see
Meaning: Variant of the Greek malache (Malva)
Latin Pronunciation: mal-AK-ra
Meaning: Resembles Malachra (malva)
Latin Pronunciation: mal-a-KROY-deez
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and dendron (tree); at one time, it was applied to the crabtree genus (now Malus)
Latin Pronunciation: mah-lah-koh-DEN-dron
Latin Pronunciation: Mal-ak-oh karp-us.
Latin Pronunciation: mal-ak-koy-deez
Meaning: mucilajinous.
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and phyllon (leaf)
Latin Pronunciation: mah-lah-koh-FILL-a
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and phyllon (leaf)
Latin Pronunciation: mah-lah-koh-FILL-us
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and sperma (seed)
Latin Pronunciation: mal-uh-ko-SPER-muh
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and sperma (seed)
Latin Pronunciation: mal-uh-ko-SPER-mum
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and sperma (seed)
Latin Pronunciation: mal-uh-ko-SPER-mus
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and thamnos (shrub)
Latin Pronunciation: mal-a-ko-THAM-nus
Latin Pronunciation: Mal-ak-koth-rix.
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and thrix (hair)
Latin Pronunciation: mah-lah-koh-TRY-kum
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and thrix (hair)
Latin Pronunciation: mah-lah-koh-TRY-kus
Meaning: From the Greek malakos (soft) and thrix (hair)
Latin Pronunciation: mah-lah-koh-TRY-ka
Meaning: Of or from Malaysia (formerly Malaya)
Latin Pronunciation: ma-lay-ee-AH-na
Meaning: From the Greek word for soft or softening, referring to the soft, tender, herbaceous leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mal-AKS-is
Meaning: Named for William Malcolm, English plantsman
Latin Pronunciation: mal-KOLM-ee-uh
Meaning: From the Greek male (armhole) and phorein (to bear) referring to the seed pockets of the fruit
Latin Pronunciation: mal-eh-FOR-uh
Meaning: Of or from the Maldives (off the coast of India), which is where the plant was thought to have originated; later determined to be a native of the Seychelle Islands in the Indian Ocean near East Africa
Latin Pronunciation: mal-DY-vih-kuh
Latin Pronunciation: Mal-koh-mee uh
Common Name: Malcolm Stock.
Meaning: Named for Petra S. Malesevich, modern-day Senior Herbarium Assistant at the Missouri Botanical Gardens
Latin Pronunciation: mal-es-eh-VIK-ee-ay
Meaning: Of or from Maldonado, Uruguay
Latin Pronunciation: mal-doh-nah-DEN-sis
male cone
The conical, pollen-bearing male element of a conifer.
Latin Pronunciation: may-lif-form-iss
Meaning: Apple- formed.
Meaning: Of or from the Maling River, near Xingyi City, China
Latin Pronunciation: ma-ling-EN-sis
Latin Pronunciation: Mal-oh-pee.
Latin Pronunciation: Mal-pig-ee-uh.
mallee
A growth form in which several stems arise from a lignotuber.
Latin Pronunciation: Mal-loh-tus.
malpighiaceous hairs
Hairs which are straight and oppressed but attached by the middle.
Latin Pronunciation: Mal-vuh
Common Name: Mallow.
Meaning: The Malva (mallow) family
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VAY-see-ay
Meaning: Mallow-like
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VAY-see-um
Latin Pronunciation: mal-vay-see-us
Meaning: Mallow (Malva)-like.
Meaning: Mallow-like
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VAY-see-us
Meaning: Mallow-like
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VAY-see-uh
Meaning: Apple
Latin Pronunciation: MAL-us
Latin Pronunciation: mal-vee-floh-rus
Meaning: Mallow-flowered.
Latin Pronunciation: Mal-vast-rum
Common Name: False-mallow.
Meaning: Diminutive of Malva (Mallow genus)
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VEL-luh
Meaning: Mallow- flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VEE-flor-uh
Meaning: Sticky mallow
Latin Pronunciation: mal-vuh-VIS-kus
Meaning: Mallow- flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VEE-flor-uh
Meaning: Mallow- flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VEE-flor-uh
Meaning: Mauve
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VY-nuh
Meaning: Mauve
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VY-nus
mamillate (syn. mammillar)
Convex with a short projection in the center.
Meaning: Mauve
Latin Pronunciation: mal-VY-num
Latin Pronunciation: Mam-il-lop-siss.
Meaning: Having nipples or breasts
Latin Pronunciation: mam-mil-LAIR-ee
Meaning: Having nipples or breasts
Latin Pronunciation: mam-mil-LAIR-iss
Latin Pronunciation: Marn-il-lay-ree-uh.
Meaning: Having large breasts
Latin Pronunciation: mam-OH-sum
mammillate (alt. mammillated)
Shaped like a nipple.
Meaning: Having large breasts
Latin Pronunciation: mam-OH-suh
Latin Pronunciation: mam-moh-sus
Meaning: with nipple- or breast-like parts.
Meaning: Latinized form of manzanilla, the diminutive of manzana (the Spanish name for apple)
Latin Pronunciation: man-sin-EL-luh
Meaning: Having many nipple-like projections
Latin Pronunciation: mam-yoo-LOH-sus
Meaning: An old name for this plant
Latin Pronunciation: man-DRAG-or-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Man-dev vill-uh
Common Name: Chilean-jasmine.
Meaning: Of or from Manchuria, a region on the borders of Russia and Northern China; also spelled mandshurica
Latin Pronunciation: man-SHEU-ree-ka
Meaning: Of or from Manchuria, a region on the borders of Russia and Northern China; also spelled mandshuricum
Latin Pronunciation: man-SHEU-ree-kum
Meaning: Of or from Manchuria, a region on the borders of Russia and Northern China; also spelled mandshuricus
Latin Pronunciation: man-SHEU-ree-kus
Meaning: Of or from Manchuria, a region on the borders of Russia and Northern China; also spelled mandschurica
Latin Pronunciation: man-SHEU-ree-ka
Latin Pronunciation: mand-shoor-ik-us
Meaning: of Manchuria.
Meaning: Possibly a latinization of the word "mangue", mangrove
Latin Pronunciation: MANG-leh
Meaning: Of or from Manescau, Pyrenees (sometimes spelled manescavi)
Latin Pronunciation: man-ess-KAV-ee-eye
Meaning: Of or from Manescau, Pyrenees
Latin Pronunciation: man-ESS-kav-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:man-ess-KAV-ee
Latin Pronunciation: Man-jiff-er-uh
Common Name: Mango.
Latin Pronunciation: Man-net-ee-uh.
Meaning: With a sleeve
Latin Pronunciation: man-ih-KAR-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for James Mangles, 19th century naturalist who spent time in Western Australia
Latin Pronunciation: man-GELS-ee-eye
Meaning: Long sleeved
Latin Pronunciation: mah-nuh-KAH-tuh
Meaning: Long sleeved
Latin Pronunciation: mah-nuh-KAH-tum
Latin Pronunciation: man - ik - kay - tus
Meaning: long- sleeved (often referring to tube-like calyx).
Latin Pronunciation: Man-ee-hot.
Meaning: Of or from the Manica (Manik) Region of Mozambique
Latin Pronunciation: man-eek-EN-sis
Latin Pronunciation: Man-freed-uh.
Meaning: Alternate spelling of Manilkara, the Latinized form of the South American vernacular name for Malabar
Latin Pronunciation: man-il-KAR-uh
manila coin envelopes
Small easily labeled containers for otherwise easily lost parts of plant specimens such as seeds, individual flowers, leaves, etc.
Meaning: Latinized form of the South American vernacular name for Malabar; also spelled Manilcara
Latin Pronunciation: man-il-KAR-uh
Meaning: Of or from Manchuria, a region on the borders of Russia and Northern China; also spelled mandschurica
Latin Pronunciation: man-SHEU-ree-kuh
Meaning: Of or from Manchuria, a region on the borders of Russia and Northern China; also spelled mandschuricus
Latin Pronunciation: man-SHEU-ree-kus
Meaning: Of or from the Sierra da Mantiqueira (Brazil)
Latin Pronunciation: man-tee-kwee-ER-ay
Meaning: Of or from Manchuria, a region on the borders of Russia and Northern China; also spelled mandschuricum
Latin Pronunciation: man-SHEU-ree-kum
Meaning: Named for Paolo Mantegazzi, 19th century Italian etnographist
Latin Pronunciation: man-tee-gaz-zee-AH-num
Meaning: Diminutive form of the Spanish word manzana (apple)
Latin Pronunciation: man-za-NEE-tuh
Meaning: Genus named for the flowers' resemblance to the Mantid insect
Latin Pronunciation: man-TIS-ee-uh
manure
Animal dung used as a fertilizer.
maquis (syn. macchia)
A dense type of growth typically made up of low evergreen shrubs and oaks of dry Mediterranean areas--maquis is the French term, in Italy the term is macchia.
Meaning: Bitter
Latin Pronunciation: MAIR-uh
Meaning: Of or from the Rio Mara?on, a river in Peru
Latin Pronunciation: mar-a-NON-ih-ka
Latin Pronunciation: Mar-rant-uh
Common Name: Arrow-rootMeaning: (M. arundinacea).
Meaning: Maranta (named for Bartolommeo Maranti, a 16th century Venetian botanist) and chloa (grass)
Latin Pronunciation: muh-ran-toh-KLOH-uh
Meaning: Latinized form of the female name Margaret; the specific person commemorated depends on the plant
Latin Pronunciation: mar-GAR-et-tay
Latin Pronunciation: mar-sess-senz
Meaning: withering.
Latin Pronunciation: Mar-rat-tee-uh.
Meaning: Named for Professor Eugenio de Jes?s Marcano, 20th century botanist from the Dominican Republic
Latin Pronunciation: mar-KAH-no-ee
Latin Pronunciation: mar-sid-us
Meaning: withering (not falling).
Meaning: From the Latin name for pearl
Latin Pronunciation: mar-gar-EE-tuh
marcescent
Withering but persistent.
Latin Pronunciation: mar-gar-it-tay-see-us
Meaning: pearly.
Meaning: Pearl-like
Latin Pronunciation: mar-gar-ee-tuh-KEE-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mar-gar-ee-tuh-SEE-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mar-gar-rye-tus
Meaning: pearly.
margin
An edge of a flat structure, such as a leaf.
Latin Pronunciation: mar-gar-it-tif-er-us
Meaning: pearl-bearing (of flowers or fruit).
Meaning: Pertaining to margins and marginal land (water margins)
Latin Pronunciation: mar-gin-AH-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mar-gin-AH-lay
marginal
Situated on, or close to the margin of a leaf, frond, or other lobe.
marginal rays
Fully developed ray florets which establish and determine the maximum diameter of a flower, as distinguished from the immature central rays (used in describing dahlias.)
Latin Pronunciation: mar-jin-nay-liss
Meaning: margined, with distinct or different margins.
Meaning: Margined
Latin Pronunciation: mar-jen-AY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mar-jeh-NAH-tuh
marginate
With a border of a different color.
Latin Pronunciation: mar-jin-nell-us
Meaning: somewhat margined.
Meaning: Margined
Latin Pronunciation: mar-jen-AY-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mar-jeh-NAH-tum
Latin Pronunciation: mar-jin-nay-tus
Meaning: margined.
Latin Pronunciation: Mar gihr-ik-karp-us
Common Name: Pearl-fruit.
Meaning: Of St. Mary
Latin Pronunciation: mar-ee-AH-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: mar-ee-ay-nus
Meaning: referring to Virgin Mary.
Meaning: Named for Marian Marloth, wife of South African botanist Dr. Rudolph Marloth
Latin Pronunciation: mair-ee-AN-ay-ee
Meaning: Named for a water nymph
Latin Pronunciation: MAR-ee-kuh
Meaning: Named for Queen Mary
Latin Pronunciation: mar-ee REE-jin-ay
Meaning: Of St. Mary
Latin Pronunciation: mar-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Referring to Maryland (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mar-i-LAND-ih-kum
Latin Pronunciation: mar-il-land-ik-us
Meaning: of or from Maryland.
Meaning: Referring to Maryland (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mar-i-LAND-ih-ka
Meaning: Of the sea
Latin Pronunciation: mar-EE-nuh
Meaning: Of the sea
Latin Pronunciation: mar-EE-num
Meaning: From the aborignal name for the palm
Latin Pronunciation: mar-REE-pa
Meaning: Of the sea
Latin Pronunciation: mar-EE-nus
maritime
Describes climate mainly influenced by the sea, generally with mild winters, cool summers, and frequent rain.
Meaning: Of or from the sea
Latin Pronunciation: muh-RIT-tim-mum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mar-ih-TEE-mum
Meaning: Butterfly
Latin Pronunciation: mar-ee-PO-suh
Meaning: Of or from the sea
Latin Pronunciation: muh-RIT-tim-muh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mar-ih-TEE-muh
Meaning: Named for Dr. C.F. Marks, amateur plant collector in Queensland
Latin Pronunciation: marks-ee-AH-na
Latin Pronunciation: mar-rit-im-us
Meaning: of the sea or shore.
marl
A mixture of clay and the carbonates of calcium and magnesium, from precipitation in acidic waters, and from dissolved shells and limestone.
Meaning: Named after Hermann Wilhelm Rudolph Marloth, 19th century German botanist and author in South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: mar-LOTH-ee-eye
Meaning: Marbled
Latin Pronunciation: mar-mor-RAY-tuh
Meaning: Marbled
Latin Pronunciation: mar-mor-RAY-tum
Latin Pronunciation: mar-moh-ray-tus
Meaning: mottled, marbled.
Meaning: Marbled
Latin Pronunciation: mar-MOH-ree-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mar-moh-ree-us
Meaning: marbled.
Latin Pronunciation: mar-mar-oh-fill-us
Meaning: leaves marbled.
Meaning: Marbled
Latin Pronunciation: mar-MOH-ree-um
Meaning: Named for Anne Therese Marnier-Lapostolle, first wife of Julien Marnier-Lapostolle; 20th century owner of famous plant collection
Latin Pronunciation: mar-nee-air-ee-AH-nuh
Meaning: Of or from Morocco
Latin Pronunciation: mar-oh-KAN-uh
Meaning: Named for Julien Marnier-Lapostolle, famous 20th century French plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: MAR-nee-air lah-pos-STOL-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Anne Therese Marnier-Lapostolle, first wife of Julien Marnier-Lapostolle; 20th century owner of famous plant collection
Latin Pronunciation: mar-nee-air-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Of or from Marojejy, Madagascar
Latin Pronunciation: mar-oh-JEJ-ee-a
Latin Pronunciation: mar - rok - kay - nus
Meaning: of Morocco.
Meaning: Having foliage like Marrubium
Latin Pronunciation: ma-roo-bee-eye-FOH-lee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Mar-roo-bee-um
Common Name: Hoar-hound, Horehound.
Latin Pronunciation: Marz-deen-ee-uh.
Meaning: Named for Humphrey Marshall, 18th century American botanist and dendrologist from Pennsylvania
Latin Pronunciation: MAR-shal-ee
Meaning: Named for Marshall, possibly Humphrey Marshall, 18th century American botanist and dendrologist from Pennsylvania
Latin Pronunciation: mar-SHALL-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Mar-sill-ee-uh
Common Name: Pepper-wort.
Latin Pronunciation: mar-tag-on
Meaning: from Italian word for turban.
Meaning: Named for Dr. Moses Marshall, nephew of American botanist Humphrey Marshall
Latin Pronunciation: mar-SHALL-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for Baron Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, 19th century German explorer in southern Russia
Latin Pronunciation: mar-SHALL-ee-ay-nuh
Meaning: Honors various women named Martha, depending on the genus
Latin Pronunciation: MAR-thay-ee
Meaning: Named for Karl (or Carl) Friedrich Philipp von Martius, 19th century Austrian botanist in Brazil, and author ofFlora Brasiliensis
Latin Pronunciation: mar-shee-AY-num
Meaning: Named for Karl (or Carl) Friedrich Philipp von Martius, 19th century Austrian botanist in Brazil, and author ofFlora Brasiliensis
Latin Pronunciation: mar-SHOO-see-uh
Meaning: Named for Dr. John Martyn, 18th century professor of Botany at Cambridge University
Latin Pronunciation: mar-TIN-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mass
Meaning: male.
Meaning: Of or from the Barranco de Masca, Chile
Latin Pronunciation: mas-kay-EN-see
Meaning: Of or from the Barranco de Masca, Chile
Latin Pronunciation: mas-kay-EN-sis
Meaning: Masculine, not delicate; red
Latin Pronunciation: MASK-oo-luh
Latin Pronunciation: mas-kew-lay-tus
Meaning: masculine.
Meaning: Masculine, not delicate; red
Latin Pronunciation: MASK-oo-lum
Latin Pronunciation: mass-kew-lus
Meaning: male, masculine.
Latin Pronunciation: Mas-dev-vall-ee-uh.
Meaning: Of or from the Masoala Peninsula, in northeast Madagascar
Latin Pronunciation: mas-oh-AH-la
Meaning: Named for Herbert Louis Mason, 20th century professor of botany at Berkeley, California (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: may-SON-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Miss Marianne Mason and her brother Edward Mason, who collected the species in 1911; also spelled masonorum
Latin Pronunciation: may-son-ee-OR-um
Meaning: Of Marseilles (ancient Massilia), France
Latin Pronunciation: mas-sil-ee-EN-see
massula (pl. massulae)
Structures associated with megaspores or enclosing and trapping microspores to increase the likelihood of fertilization.
Meaning: Named for Maurice Mason, 20th century botanist
Latin Pronunciation: mas-oh-nee-AH-uh
Meaning: Of Marseilles (ancient Massilia), France
Latin Pronunciation: mas-sil-ee-EN-sis
mat
A thick tangle.
Meaning: Named for Miss Marianne Mason and her brother Edward Mason, who collected the species in 1911; also spelled masonorum
Latin Pronunciation: may-son-OR-um
Meaning: Named for Brian Mathew, British botanist, taxonomist writer, and former Principal Scientific Officer of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
Latin Pronunciation: math-EW-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Math-eye-oh-luh
Common Name:Meaning: (The Stocks are included in this genus).
Meaning: Derivation is obscure
Latin Pronunciation: ma-TEL-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ma-TEE-lee-uh
matorral
The term used for the dry land vegetation of Chile. Though similar to chaparral, it is less dense and extends from coastal areas to the Andean foothills; The term used in Spain to describe maquis vegitation.
Meaning: Of or from Matape, Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: mat-uh-PEN-sis
Latin Pronunciation: Mat-rik-kay-ree-uh
Common Name: Matricary.
Meaning: Like the genus Matricaria
Latin Pronunciation: mat-ri-kar-ee-OY-deez
matrix
The natural material in which any metal, gem, crystal, fossil, or pebble is embedded.
Meaning: Belonging to a married woman; or pertaining to March 1st
Latin Pronunciation: mah-tro-NAH-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mah-tro-NAH-lay
Latin Pronunciation: mat-roh-nay-liss
Meaning: sedate (sometimes hoary).
Meaning: Named for Japanese botanist Sadahisa Matsudo, who cataloged many plants of China
Latin Pronunciation: mat-soo-DAY-nuh
matted
Formed into a mat.
Meaning: Named for C Matteucci, 19th century Italian physicist
Latin Pronunciation: mat-TEW-kee-uh
Meaning: Named for Pierandrea Mattioli, 16th century Italian physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: ma-the-OH-luh
Meaning: Named for the Pervuian city of the same name
Latin Pronunciation: mat-oo-KAN-uh
mattock
A waist-high tool with a metal head consisting of a horizontal blade with one end twisted as a dull axe and the other end flat or pointed. It is used for breaking hard soil, digging roots, and other heavy work.
maturation
The process leading from juvenile stage to ripening or the adult status of a fruit or plant.
Meaning: Of or from Matucana, Peru
Latin Pronunciation: mat-oo-kan-EN-sis
Meaning: Of or from Matucana, Peru
Latin Pronunciation: mat-oo-kan-EN-see
Meaning: Named for Catalina Pancratia Maurandy, 18th century botanist and wife of the director of the Cartagena botanic garden
Latin Pronunciation: maw-ran-DEL-luh
Meaning: Named for Benjamin Maund, 19th century botanical artist
Latin Pronunciation: MAWN-dee-uh
Meaning: Named for Catalina Pancratia Maurandy, 18th century botanist and wife of the director of the Cartagena botanic garden (also spelled Maurandia)
Latin Pronunciation: maw-RAN-dee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Maw-ran-dee-uh.
Meaning: Of a North Africa area, now covered by Fez and Morocco
Latin Pronunciation: maw-rih-TAWN-ee-kuh
Meaning: Of a North Africa area, now covered by Fez and Morocco
Latin Pronunciation: maw-rih-TAWN-ee-kus
Meaning: Latinized from the Surinam vernacular Mauritii-boom
Latin Pronunciation: mor-REE-tee-uh
Meaning: Of Mauritius, a North Africa area now covered by Fez and Morocco
Latin Pronunciation: maw-rih-tee-AY-nuh
Meaning: From the Latin, maximum
Latin Pronunciation: maks
Meaning: Named for Max Burret, 20th century palm collector
Latin Pronunciation: maks-bur-RET-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: maw-rit-ee-ay-nus
Meaning: Is. of Mauritius.
Meaning: Largest
Latin Pronunciation: MAKS-ih-muh
Latin Pronunciation: Max-il-lay-ree-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: max-il-/ay-riss
Meaning: pertaining to jaw.
Meaning: Largest (also spelled maximilianii)
Latin Pronunciation: maks-ih-mill-ee-ANE-ee
Meaning: Largest
Latin Pronunciation: maks-ih-mill-ee-eye
Meaning: Largest (also spelled maximiliani)
Latin Pronunciation: maks-ih-mill-ee-ANE-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Carl Johann Maximowicz, 19th century Russian botanist and director of St. Petersberg botanic garden
Latin Pronunciation: maks-im-oh-wiks-ee-AY-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:max-im-oh-wiks-ee-AH-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: max-im-us
Meaning: very large.
Meaning: Named for Carl Johann Maximowicz, 19th century Russian botanist and director of St. Petersberg botanic garden
Latin Pronunciation: maks-im-oh-WIKS-ee-eye
Meaning: Largest
Latin Pronunciation: MAKS-ih-mum
Meaning: Our mother
Latin Pronunciation: maze
Latin Pronunciation: May-teen-us
Common Name: Mayten. Mazus
Latin Pronunciation: May-zus.
Meaning: From the Greek for teat; referring to the swollen corolla
Latin Pronunciation: MAZ-us
Meaning: From the French Guiana vernacular name
Latin Pronunciation: may-AH-ka
Meaning: named for Dr. Richard Mead, 18th century English physician
Latin Pronunciation: MEE-dee-ah
mealy
Farinose.
mealybug
Any of the scale insect belonging to the family Pseudococcidae that have a white powdery covering and are destructive plant pests, particularly toward fruit trees.
meadow
Typically, a level grassland or field within a larger ecosystem, such as a forest. Often, the grass grown on its natural, low-lying, moist areas is used for forage or fodder or cut for hay.
maze (syn. maze garden)
A confusing intricate network of passages, particularly one created with tall, dense hedges forming the walls and separating the pathways.
Latin Pronunciation: Med-dee-oh-luh
Common Name: Indian Cu-cumber-root.
Meaning: Named for Edgar Mearns 20th century American naturalist.
Latin Pronunciation: MEARN-zee-eye
Meaning: Named for Williams McCart, who collected the species in the 1960s
Latin Pronunciation: mak-KART-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Mee-kon-nop-siss.
median
Refers to the central crosswise area of a leaf, as 'median width' would be the broadest width at midpoint.
median leaf-cells
Cells from the middle of the leaf.
Meaning: Average, middle
Latin Pronunciation: MEED-ee-uh
Meaning: Medical
Latin Pronunciation: MED-ee-kuh
medicinal herb
Any herb which is used as a curative or preventative.
Latin Pronunciation: Med-ik-kay-goh
Common Name: Medick.
Meaning: Medical
Latin Pronunciation: MED-ee-kus
Latin Pronunciation: med-it-er-ray-nee-us
Meaning: of the Mediterranean region.
Latin Pronunciation: mee-dee-us
Meaning: intermediate.
medifixed
Attached by or at the middle.
Meaning: Medical
Latin Pronunciation: MED-ee-kum
Latin Pronunciation: Med-in-nill-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: Mee-dee-oh-kak-tus.
medlar
The Eurasian treeMesipilus germanica; also, its crab apple-like fruit which is used in preserves.
medulla
1. The central tissue of a structure, generally referring to the pith. 2. The inner part of the thallus of a lichen.
Meaning: Pithy
Latin Pronunciation: med-yoo-LAIR-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:med-yoo-LAIR-ay
Latin Pronunciation: med-ul-lay-riss
Meaning: pertaining to the center (also marrow orpith).
medullary
Made up of pith, spongy.
Meaning: Average, middle
Latin Pronunciation: MEED-ee-um
Meaning: Prefix meaning large
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh
Meaning: Named for Thomas Meehan, 19th century American nurseryman and horticultural writer
Latin Pronunciation: mee-HAN-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: meg-ak-kanth-us
Meaning: large- thorned.
Meaning: Large fruit
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-KAR-pus
Meaning: Large fruit
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-KAR-puh
Meaning: From the Greek mega (large) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-SEF-uh-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:meg-uh-KEF-uh-lum
Meaning: Large fruit
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-KAR-pum
Meaning: From the Greek mega (large) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-SEF-uh-lus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:meg-uh-KEF-uh-lus
Meaning: From the Greek mega (big, wide) and klinion (a little bed), referring to the flattened inflorescence
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-KLY-nee-um
megagametophyte
The female gametophyte, formed by vegetative growth of the megaspore of a heterosporous plant.
Meaning: Large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-LAN-thum
Meaning: Large thorns
Latin Pronunciation: meg-al-uh-KANTH-uh
Latin Pronunciation: meg-al-lanth-us
Meaning: large- flowered.
Meaning: Large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-LAN-tha
Latin Pronunciation: meg-al-fill-us
Meaning: large- leaved.
Meaning: Large star
Latin Pronunciation: meg-AL-as-ter
Meaning: Large river
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-poh-TAM-ih-kuh
Meaning: Large river
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-poh-TAM-ih-kum
Latin Pronunciation: meg-ap-poh-tam-ik us
Meaning: referring to (a) large river.
Meaning: Of the big river (Rio Grande Brazil)
Latin Pronunciation: meg-uh-poh-TAN-ee-kum
Meaning: Genus name now Bergenia
Latin Pronunciation: meg-GAS-ee-uh
Meaning: Having leaves like Megasea (old genus name for Bergenia)
Latin Pronunciation: meg-gas-ee-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: From the Greek mega (large) and skepasma (covering), referring to the conspicuous bracts
Latin Pronunciation: me-gas-kee-pas-muh
Latin Pronunciation: meg-ar-rye-zus
Meaning: large-rooted.
Latin Pronunciation: meg - ass - sperm - us
Meaning: large-seeded.
megasporangium (pl. megasporangia)
The female sporangium containing the megaspores.
megaspore
The female spore of a heterosporous plant. See also: microspore.
Latin Pronunciation: meg-ass-stay-kee-us
Meaning: large-spiked.
megasporangium (pl. megasporangia)
The female sporangium containing the megaspores.
megasporophyll
The leaf bearing the megasporangia.
Latin Pronunciation: meg-ass-stig-mus
Meaning: with large stigma.
meiosis
Cell division; the nuclear division that halves the chromosome number.
meiotanglum
The sporangium or gametangium in which meiosis occurs.
Meaning: Named for Carl Friedrich Meisner, 19th century Swiss professor of Botany at Basle and expert on protea and other Australian plants
Latin Pronunciation: MIZE-ner-ee
Meaning: Named for Carl Friedrich Meisner, 19th century Swiss professor of Botany at Basle and expert on protea and other Australian plants
Latin Pronunciation: mize-NER-ee-a
Meaning: Named for Carl Friedrich Meisner, 19th century Swiss professor of Botany at Basle and expert on protea and other Australian plants
Latin Pronunciation: mize-ner-ee-AY-na
Meaning: Named for Carl Friedrich Meisner, 19th century Swiss professor of Botany at Basle and expert on protea and other Australian plants
Latin Pronunciation: mize-ner-ee-AY-ns
Meaning: Spotted like Guinea Fowl
Latin Pronunciation: mel-AH-gree
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mel-AH-gray
Meaning: Named for Carl Friedrich Meisner, 19th century Swiss professor of Botany at Basle and expert on protea and other Australian plants
Latin Pronunciation: mize-ner-ee-AY-num
Meaning: Named for Dr. Isidoro Meijia, from whose garden the plant was first collected and described
Latin Pronunciation: mee-JEE-ay-ee
Meaning: Spotted like Guinea Fowl
Latin Pronunciation: mel-AH-griss
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-al-lew-kuh
Common Name: Bottle-brush.
Meaning: Prefix meaning black
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-am-poh-dee-um.
Meaning: From the Greek melas (black) and pyros (wheat); referring to the black-coloured bread that results from adding the seeds to flour made from other grains
Latin Pronunciation: mel-am-PY-rum
Meaning: Black spine
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-uh-KAN-tha
Meaning: Black spine
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-uh-KAN-thum
Meaning: Black-anthered
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-ANTH-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-nanth-us
Meaning: black-flowered (or black-marked flowers).
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-ko/-ik-us
Meaning: hanging, drooping.
Meaning: Black spine
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-uh-KAN-thus
Meaning: Black-anthered
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-ANTH-um
Meaning: From the Greek melas (black) and andros (man) referring to the dark stamen
Latin Pronunciation: mel-AN-dree-um
Meaning: Black fruit
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-KAR-pum
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-kaw-lon
Meaning: black-stemmed.
Meaning: Black fruit
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-KAR-puh
Meaning: From the Greek melas (black) and kentron (spur)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-KEN-trus
Meaning: From the Greek melas (black) and kentron (spur)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-KEN-tra
Meaning: Dark gold
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-KRIS-um
Meaning: From the Greek melas (black) and leukos (white)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-LEW-ka
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-karp-us
Meaning: black-fruited.
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-kaw-kus
Meaning: black-berried.
Latin Pronunciation: mel - an - oh - lew-kus
Meaning: black-and-white.
Meaning: From the Greek melas (black) and leukos (white)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-LEW-kus
Latin Pronunciation: mel - an - oh - zye - Ion
Meaning: black-wooded.
Meaning: Black-anthered
Latin Pronunciation: mel-ANTH-er-uh
Meaning: From the Greek melanos (black) and selinum, an old name for the carrot/parsley family
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-oh-SEL-in-um
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-anth-ee-um
Common Name: Bunch-flower.
Latin Pronunciation: mel-/anth-er-us
Meaning: blackanthered.
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-last-om-uh.
Meaning: From the Greek melas (black) and uros (tail)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-an-YOOR-us
Meaning: From the Greek melas (black) and sphaerula (a small ball); for the small black bulbs
Latin Pronunciation: mel-uh-SFAY-roo-luh
Latin Pronunciation: mel-ee-ay-griss
Meaning: speckled.
Latin Pronunciation: Mee-lee-uh
Common Name: Bead-tree.
Meaning: The Melia family (from the Greek name for Ash, due to the similarity of the leaves
Latin Pronunciation: me-lee-AY-see-ay
Meaning: Honey flower
Latin Pronunciation: me-lee-AN-thuh
Meaning: Honey flower
Latin Pronunciation: me-lee-AN-thum
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-ee anth-us
Common Name: Honey-bush.
Meaning: From the Greek meli (honey) and kytos (hollow container); refers to the staminal nectaries of the flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mel-ee-SY-tus
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-ik-uh
Common Name: Melic-grass.
Meaning: From the Greek meli (honey) and kope (a division), referring to four gland near the ovaries)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-ee-KO-pay
Meaning: Flowing with honey
Latin Pronunciation: mel-IF-loo-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-il-loh-tus
Common Name: Melilot, Sweet Clover.
Meaning: From the Greek meli (honey) and kokkos (berry), referring to the sweet fruit
Latin Pronunciation: mel-ih-KOK-a
Meaning: From the Greek meline (name for millet)
Latin Pronunciation: ME-lin-iss
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-ee-oss-muh.
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-liss-uh
Common Name: Balm.
Meaning: Having foliage like Melissa (genus name, from the Greek word for honeybee)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-iss-ih-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Smells like Melissa
Latin Pronunciation: mel-iss-oh-DOR-uh
Meaning: Bee leaf
Latin Pronunciation: mel-iss-oh-FIL-um
Meaning: Having foliage like Melissa (genus name, from the Greek word for honeybee)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-iss-ih-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Bee leaf
Latin Pronunciation: mel-iss-oh-FIL-uh
Meaning: Bee leaf
Latin Pronunciation: mel-iss-oh-FIL-us
Meaning: From the Greek meli, meaning honey
Latin Pronunciation: MEL-ee-uh
Meaning: Of or from the islands of Malta
Latin Pronunciation: mel-ih-TEN-sis
Meaning: Of or from the islands of Malta
Latin Pronunciation: mel-ih-TEN-see
Latin Pronunciation: mell-ee-us
Meaning: pertaining to honey.
Meaning: Bearing honey
Latin Pronunciation: mel-IF-er-uh
Meaning: Bearing honey
Latin Pronunciation: mel-IF-er-ee
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-lit-tiss.
Meaning: Bearing honey
Latin Pronunciation: mel-IF-er-iss
Meaning: Bearing honey
Latin Pronunciation: mel-IF-er-um
mellitophily
Pollination by bees.
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-oh-kak-tus.
Meaning: From the Greek melo (apple-shaped melon) and odorum (fragrant or scented)
Latin Pronunciation: mel-oh-DOR-um
Latin Pronunciation: mel-/if-er-us
Meaning: honey-bearing.
Latin Pronunciation: mel-oh-form-iss
Meaning: melon- shaped.
Meaning: An apple-shaped melon
Latin Pronunciation: MEL-oh
Meaning: Honey-tree
Latin Pronunciation: mel-lee-oh-DEN-dron
Latin Pronunciation: Mel-oth-ree-uh.
Meaning: Corrupted Latin for mad apple
Latin Pronunciation: mel-ON-gen-uh
Meaning: Melon-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: mel-OH-for-mee
Meaning: Named for Melville
Latin Pronunciation: mel-VIL-ee-uh
Meaning: Skin-like
Latin Pronunciation: mem-bran-AY-see-a
Meaning: Skin-like
Latin Pronunciation: mem-bran-AY-see-um
membranaceous (syn. membranous)
Like a membrane; thin, rather soft, and more or less translucent.
Latin Pronunciation: mem-bran-nay-see-us
Meaning: thin, somewhat translucent, memored.
membranous (alt. membraneous, alt. membranaceous)
Thin in texture, soft and pliable.
Meaning: Skin-like
Latin Pronunciation: mem-bran-AY-see-us
Meaning: In remembrance
Latin Pronunciation: mem-or-ee-AL-is
Latin Pronunciation: Menth-uh
Common Name: Mint.
Meaning: Derivatin obsucre; possibly referring to Mengtz (Yunnan province, China)
Latin Pronunciation: mengtz-ee-AH-na
Latin Pronunciation: men-iss-sif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: crescent-leaved.
meniscoidal
Thin and concavo-convex, like the crystal of a watch.
Latin Pronunciation: Men-iss-sperm-um
Common Name: Moonseed.
Meaning: Having foliage like Mentha, (genus name derived from the name of a Greek nymph who turned into mint)
Latin Pronunciation: men-thih-FOH-lee-um
mentum
A chin-like extension on a flower, particularly in Orchidaceae.
Meaning: Having foliage like Mentha, (genus name derived from the name of a Greek nymph who turned into mint)
Latin Pronunciation: men-thih-FOH-lee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Ment-zeel-ee-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: Men-ee-anth-eez
Common Name: Bogbean, Buckbean.
Latin Pronunciation: Men-zee-zee-uh.
Meaning: Smaller or weaker spines
Latin Pronunciation: me-on-uh-KAN-thus
Meaning: Named for Archibald Menzies, 19th century Scottish botanist
Latin Pronunciation: menz-ESS-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Merck
Latin Pronunciation: MERK-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Mer-ray-shee-uh
Common Name: See pre-ferred genus Chimonanthus.
Meaning: From the Latin merenda (midday meal), referring to the flowering time serving to warn shepherds to head home in autumn
Latin Pronunciation: mer-en-DAY-ruh
mericarp
One of the achene-like carpels of Umbelliferae.
Latin Pronunciation: Men-oh-doh-ruh.
Latin Pronunciation: Mer-kew-ree-ay-liss
Common Name: Herb-mercury.
Meaning: Of noon, midday
Latin Pronunciation: mer-id-ee-AY-nuh
Meaning: Of noon, midday
Latin Pronunciation: mer-id-ee-AY-num
Meaning: Of noon, midday
Latin Pronunciation: mer-id-ee-AY-nus
Meaning: Of noon, mid-day
Latin Pronunciation: mer-id-ee-oh-NAL-ee
meristem cloning (n. mericlone)
Artificial propagation of a plant using cells taken from the meristem of a parent plant and yielding genetically identical offspring.
meristem (alt. apical meristem)
The undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, e.g., the tips of roots or stems; the growing tip.
Meaning: Of noon, mid-day
Latin Pronunciation: mer-id-ee-oh-NAL-iss
Meaning: Possibly from a form of the Hebrew name Miriam, which was Latinised to Mary in later years; the plant is commonly referred to as the Virgin Mary plant
Latin Pronunciation: me-REE-mee-uh
Meaning: Named for Aldo Merola, former director of the Naples Botanical Garden
Latin Pronunciation: mer-OH-lay
Meaning: Named for Clinton Hart Merriam, early 20th century American scientist and explorer in the western U.S.
Latin Pronunciation: mer-ee-AM-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Dr. Elmer Drew Merrill, early 20th century American plant researcher in the Philippines
Latin Pronunciation: mer-IL-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Francis Karl Mertens, early 18th century German botanist and professor of Botany at Bremen
Latin Pronunciation: mer-ten-see-AH-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: Mer-ten-see-uh
Common Name: Bluebells.
Meaning: Named for Francis Karl Mertens, early 18th century German botanist and professor of Botany at Bremen
Latin Pronunciation: mer-ten-see-AH-nus
Merrill cases
Cardboard containers purchased flat for easy transport, then opened in the field when needed to hold plant specimens.
Meaning: Named for Francis Karl Mertens, early 18th century German botanist and professor of Botany at Bremen
Latin Pronunciation: mer-TEN-see-eye
Meaning: Of or from Mesa Verde, an area in Colorado named by Spanish explorers; the name means "green table"
Latin Pronunciation: MAY-say VER-day
Meaning: From the Greek merytos (glomerate) referring to the male flowers crowded together
Latin Pronunciation: mer-RY-tuh
Meaning: Resembles plants of the Mesembryanthemaceae family
Latin Pronunciation: mess-em-bree-AN-them-OY-deez
Meaning: Referring to the Mescalero Apache native American indians, or their tribal land in New Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: mes-ka-LER-ee-um
mesic
Of, or adapted to, a temperate, moderately moist habitat; neither xeric nor hydric.
Latin Pronunciation: Mes-em-bree-anth-em-um
Common Name: Fig-marigold.
mesocarp
The fleshy, middle portion of the wall of a succulent fruit between the skin and the stony layer.
Meaning: Named for William Mesny, 19th century Chinese General and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: MES-nee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: mess-of-/ew-kus
Meaning: mixed with white.
mesochile
Refers to the middle part of orchids, such asStanhopea, which have three distinct parts to the complex lip.
Meaning: From the Greek meso (middle) and chloa (grass)
Latin Pronunciation: mess-oh-KLOH-a
mesophyll
The middle and photosynthetic tissue of a leaf.
mesophyte
Dryland plants, xerophytes, have adaptations to survive for months with no water; water plants, hydrophytes, live in water; mesophytes are all other plants--which need small amounts of water on a regular basis.
mesosperm
The middle layer of the coat of a seed.
Latin Pronunciation: Mess-pil-us
Common Name: Medlar.
metabolism
The physical and chemical processes in protoplasm.
Meaning: Metallic
Latin Pronunciation: meh-TAL-ih-kuh
Meaning: Metallic
Latin Pronunciation: meh-TAL-ih-kum
Latin Pronunciation: met - tal - ik - us
Meaning: metallic (sheen).
Meaning: From the Greek meta (akin to) and Panax (genus name, meaning panacea or cure-all)
Latin Pronunciation: met-uh-PAN-aks
metaxylem
The primary xylem formed after the protoxyle.
Meaning: From the Greek meta (akin to) and Sequoia (named for Sequoia, a famous Native American of the Cherokee tribe)
Latin Pronunciation: met-uh-see-KWOY-uh
Meaning: The Arabic vernacular name for the fruit of this plant
Latin Pronunciation: MET-el
metes and bounds
A surveyor's term meaning the legal circumscribing lines setting the outer limits of a tract of land.
Meaning: Like Datura metel
Latin Pronunciation: met-el-OY-deez
Latin Pronunciation: Mee-troh-sid-deer-os
Common Name:Meaning: (Sometimes called "Iron-tree").
Meaning: From the Greek metra (pith or heart of a tree), and xylon (wood), referring to the pith in the trunk
Latin Pronunciation: met-ro-ZY-lon
Meaning: Of or from Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: meks-sih-KAY-num
Latin Pronunciation: Mee-urn.
Latin Pronunciation: mex-ik-kay-nus
Meaning: of or from Mexico.
Meaning: Named for Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen, 19th century Prussian physician, botanist and professor at Berlin
Latin Pronunciation: mey-en-ee-AY-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mey-en-ee-AH-nuh
Meaning: Named for Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen, 19th century German plant physiologist who collected on a voyage that went around the world
Latin Pronunciation: mey-EN-ee-a
Meaning: Named for Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen, 19th century Prussian physician, botanist and professor at Berlin
Latin Pronunciation: mey-en-ee-AY-nus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mey-en-ee-AH-nus
Meaning: Named for Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen, 19th century Prussian physician, botanist and professor at Berlin
Latin Pronunciation: mey-en-ee-AY-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mey-en-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for Carl Anton Meyer or Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, both were 19th century German botanists
Latin Pronunciation: MY-er-eye
Meaning: Named for Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen, 19th century Prussian physician, botanist and professor at Berlin
Latin Pronunciation: mey-YEN-ee-eye
Meaning: Of or from the Miami pinelands area of Florida (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: my-am-ee-EN-see
Meaning: Named for Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, 19th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: my-er-ee-AY-num
Meaning: Of or from the Miami pinelands area of Florida (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: my-am-ee-EN-sis
Meaning: Named for Andre Michaux, 18th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: miss-SHOW-ee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mee-SHOW-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: mye-kanz
Meaning: glittering, sparkling.
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-keel-ee-uh.
Meaning: Of or from Michigan, U.S.
Latin Pronunciation: mish-uh-gah-NEN-see
Meaning: Named for Wilhelm Micholitz, early 20th century orchid collector
Latin Pronunciation: mik-oh-LIT-zee-eye
Meaning: Of or from Michoacแn, a state in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: mee-cho-ah-KAH-na
Meaning: Of or from Michoacแn, a state in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: mee-cho-ah-KAH-nus
Meaning: Of or from Michoacแn, a state in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: mee-cho-ah-KAH-num
Meaning: Like the genus Miconia (named for Francisco Mino, 16th century Spanish physician and botanist)
Latin Pronunciation: mik-on-ee-OY-deez
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-koh-nee-uh.
Meaning: Prefix meaning tiny
Latin Pronunciation: my-kr
Meaning: Tiny flower
Latin Pronunciation: my-KRANTH-uh
Meaning: From the Greek mikros (small) and anthemon (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: mik-KRAN-thee-mum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:my-KRAN-thee-mum
Meaning: Tiny flower
Latin Pronunciation: my-KRANTH-um
Meaning: Named for Wilhelm Micholitz, early 20th century orchid collector
Latin Pronunciation: mik-oh-lit-zee-AY-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: mye-kranth-us
Meaning: small-flowered.
Meaning: From the Greek mikros (small) and biota the Greek name for the conifer Thuja
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-by-OH-tuh
Meaning: From the Greek, meaning small bud or catkin, referring to the minute male cones
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-KAY-krys
Meaning: Tiny fruit
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-KAR-pum
Meaning: Tiny flower head
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-SEF-uh-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:my-kro-KEF-uh-lum
Latin Pronunciation: mye-kroh-karp-us
Meaning: small-fruited.
Meaning: Tiny fruit
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-KAR-puh
Meaning: Tiny (flower) head
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-SEF-uh-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:my-kro-KEF-uh-luh
microclimate
Climate specific to a small area; may var. significantly from that of surrounding areas.
microconidia
Bacilliform cells produced in pycnidia.
Meaning: Small helmet
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-KOR-rys
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-kroh-sye-kas
Common Name: Corcho.
Meaning: Small and bushy
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-DAS-is
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-kroh-sit - rus
Common Name: Finger - limeMeaning: (M. australa-sica).
Latin Pronunciation: mye - kroh - don
Meaning: small- toothed.
Latin Pronunciation: mye-kroh-seff-al-us
Meaning: small-headed.
microenvironment
The environment of a very small area.
microevolution
Evolution as a result of very small genetic variations, which may cause the formation of a new subspecies.
microgametophyte
The male gametophyte, formed by vegetative growth of the microspore of a heterosporous plant.
Latin Pronunciation: mye - kroh - gloss - us
Meaning: small-tongued.
microfossil
A microscopic fossil, e.g., that of a pollen grain.
Meaning: From the Greek mikros (small) and laina (cloak), referring to the minute glumes
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-LAY-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:my-kroh-LAY-en-uh
microhabitat
A very small habitat, such as a rock crevice or a clump of grass.
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-kroh-gloss-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-kroh-leep-ee-uh.
Meaning: From the Greek micro (small) and meris (a part)
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-MER-a
Latin Pronunciation: mye-krol-ep-iss
Meaning: small- scaled.
Meaning: Of or from Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: meks-sih-KAY-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: mye-krom-er-iss
Meaning: with few or small parts.
Meaning: Little banana
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-MEW-suh
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-kroh-meer-ee-uh.
Meaning: Of or from Micronesia, a series of hundreds of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-NES-ee-ka
Meaning: With small (tiny) petals
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-PET-uh-luh
Meaning: From the Greek micro (small) and myrtus (myrtle)
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-MUR-tus
Meaning: With small (tiny) petals
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-PET-al-lum
micronutrient
An organic compound, such as a vitamin, essential in minute amounts to the growth and health of a living organism.
Latin Pronunciation: mye - kroh -pet- al- us
Meaning: small-petaled.
Meaning: Small leaf
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-FIL-uh
microphyll
A very small leaf.
Latin Pronunciation: mye-kroh-fill-us
Meaning: small- leaved.
Meaning: Small leaf
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-FIL-um
Latin Pronunciation: mye-krop-ter-us
Meaning: small- winged.
micropropagation
Propagation of plants through tissue cultures.
Meaning: Small-winged
Latin Pronunciation: my-KROP-ter-um
Latin Pronunciation: mye - kroh - sep - al-us
Meaning: large-sepaled.
micropyle (adj. micropylar)
1. A minute opening on the ovule through which the pollen tube usually enters. 2. The point upon the seed at which was the orifice of the ovule.
Meaning: From the Greek mikros (small) and seris (genus name for a lettuce-like plant)
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-SER-iss
Meaning: Variant of microsorium, meaning small sori (spores on the underside of fern fronds)
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-SOR-um
Meaning: Small tube
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-SY-fon
Meaning: Small sori (spores on the underside of fern fronds); also spelled microsorum
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-SOR-ee-um
Meaning: Tiny spadix (a clublike spike with tiny flowers and often enclosed within a sheath-like spathe)
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-SPAY-diks
Meaning: Small-winged
Latin Pronunciation: my-KROP-ter-uh
Meaning: Small-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-SPERM-uh
Meaning: Small-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-SPERM-um
microspore
The male spores produced by heterosporous plants. See also: megaspore.
Meaning: Small-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: my-kro-SPERM-us
microsporophyll
The leaf bearing the microsporangi.
microsporangium (pl. microsporangia)
The male sporangium in which microspores are developed.
Meaning: From the Greek micros (small) and stachys (ear of corn or a flower spike), alluding to the small male strobili
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-STAK-iss
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:my-kroh-STAY-kiss
Meaning: From the Greek micro (small) and strobilos (cone)
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-STROH-bil-a
Latin Pronunciation: mye - kroh - steem - us
Meaning: with small filaments or stemlets.
Meaning: Small stigma
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-STIG-muh
Meaning: From the Greek mikros (small) and sterizo (to support), referring to the small size of the plant
Latin Pronunciation: my-KROH-ster-iss
Meaning: From the Greek micro (small) and strobilos (cone)
Latin Pronunciation: my-kroh-STROH-bil-us
Meaning: From the Greek mikros (small) and otus (ear) referring to the small membranous auricles on the column
Latin Pronunciation: my-KRO-tis
Meaning: Named for Alexander Theodor von Middendorff, 19th century zoologist in Siberia
Latin Pronunciation: mid-den-dorf-ee-AY-nuh
Meaning: Named for Alexander Theodor von Middendorff, 19th century zoologist in Siberia
Latin Pronunciation: mid-den-dorf-ee-AY-nus
Meaning: Named for Alexander Theodor von Middendorff, 19th century zoologist in Siberia
Latin Pronunciation: mid-den-dorf-ee-AY-num
Meaning: Named for Alexander Theodor von Middendorff, 19th century zoologist in Siberia
Latin Pronunciation: mid-den-DOR-fee-eye
midrib
The central or main rib of a leaf.
Meaning: Named for Nicolas Mihanovich, 20th century Yugoslavian shipping magnate and patron of botany
Latin Pronunciation: me-han-oh-VIK-ee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:my-han-oh-VIK-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Mik-kay-nee-uh
Common Name: Climbing Hempweed.
Meaning: Variant spelling of mikanioides; resembles Mikania (named for Joseph Gottfried Mikan, 19th century Bohemian botanist)
Latin Pronunciation: mik-kay-NOY-deez
Meaning: Resembles Mikania (named for Joseph Gottfried Mikan, 19th century Bohemian botanist); also spelled mikanoides
Latin Pronunciation: mik-kay-nee-OY-deez
Meaning: Pertaining to millet; millet-like
Latin Pronunciation: mil-ee-AY-see-uh
Meaning: Pertaining to millet; millet-like
Latin Pronunciation: mil-ee-AY-see-um
mildew
A fungus that leaves a thin white coating on the surface where it grows.
Meaning: Pertaining to millet; millet-like
Latin Pronunciation: mil-ee-AY-see-us
Meaning: Pertaining to soldiers; like a soldier
Latin Pronunciation: mil-ih-TAIR-ee
Meaning: Named for M. le baron Milius, Governor of ?le Bourbon, present-day ?le de la R?union (Reunion Island)
Latin Pronunciation: MIL-ee-eye
midvein
The principal vein in the blade of leaf, pinnule, or segment.
Meaning: Pertaining to soldiers; like a soldier
Latin Pronunciation: mil-ih-TAIR-iss
Latin Pronunciation: Mill-uh
Common Name: Mexican Star.
Meaning: Ancient Latin name for Millet
Latin Pronunciation: MIL-lee-um
Meaning: Many-flowered; thousand flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mil-le-FLOR-uh
Meaning: Many-flowered; thousand flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mil-le-FLOR-us
Meaning: Many-flowered; thousand flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mil-le-FLOR-um
Meaning: Many-leaved; thousand leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mil-le-foh-lee-AY-tuh
Meaning: Many-leaved; thousand leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mil-le-foh-lee-AY-tum
Meaning: Thousand leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mill-ee-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Thousand leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mill-ee-FOH-lee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mil-ef-foh-lee-ay-tus
Meaning: thousand-leaved.
Meaning: Many (million) lobes
Latin Pronunciation: mil-le-lo-BAY-ta
Meaning: Many (million) lobes
Latin Pronunciation: mil-le-lo-BAY-tus
Latin Pronunciation: mil-ef-foh-lee-us
Meaning: many (thousand)-leaved.
Latin Pronunciation: Mil-toh-nee-uh.
Meaning: Named for JA Millett, 18th century French botanist who collected the first specimen
Latin Pronunciation: mil-LET-ee-uh
Meaning: Originally called Miltonia, named for Viscount Milton (later Lord Fitzwilliam), 19th century patron of gardening
Latin Pronunciation: mil-toh-nee-OP-sis
Meaning: From the Greek word meaning an imitator
Latin Pronunciation: MIM-et-teez
Latin Pronunciation: Mim-moh-suh.
Meaning: Mimosa leaf
Latin Pronunciation: mim-moh-sih-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Mimosa leaf
Latin Pronunciation: mim-moh-sih-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Mimosa leaf
Latin Pronunciation: mim-moh-sih-FOH-lee-us
Meaning: Resembling Mimulus (genus name meaning monkey)
Latin Pronunciation: mim-yoo-LOY-deez
Latin Pronunciation: Mim-yew-lus
Common Name: Monkey-flower.
Meaning: Many possibilities - possibly for Joseph Mina, or all/mine, enamelled; beauty/woman, or a form of currency
Latin Pronunciation: MEE-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:MY-na
Latin Pronunciation: mye-nax
Meaning: forbidding, repellent.
Meaning: Of Mindoro Island, Philippines
Latin Pronunciation: min-dor-EN-sis
Meaning: Of or from Mindoro Islands, Philippines
Latin Pronunciation: min-dor-EN-see
ming
A dwarfed evergreen conifer grown as bonsai.
Meaning: Small flower
Latin Pronunciation: min-ee-FLOR-uh
mimosiform (alt. mimosoid)
With round or conical flower heads having inconspicuous sepals and petals but conspicuous stamens, as found in the genusMimosa.
Meaning: Red colored
Latin Pronunciation: min-ee-AH-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:min-ee-AY-tum
Meaning: Red colored
Latin Pronunciation: min-ee-AH-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:min-ee-AY-tuh
Meaning: Very small
Latin Pronunciation: MIN-eh-mum
Latin Pronunciation: min-ee-ay-tus
Meaning: Vermilion.
Latin Pronunciation: min-im-us
Meaning: very small.
Meaning: Very small
Latin Pronunciation: MIN-eh-muh
minimum viable population
The isolated population of least numbers which has a good chance of surviving despite the foreseeable effects of demographic, environmental, and genetic events and natural catastrophes.
Latin Pronunciation: mye-nor
Meaning: rather small.
Latin Pronunciation: mye-new-tiss-im-us
Meaning: very tiny, infinitesimal.
Meaning: Small, minute
Latin Pronunciation: min-yoo-ah-tum
Meaning: Small, minute
Latin Pronunciation: min-yoo-ah-ta
Meaning: Named for Jean Minuart, 18th century Spanish botanist and apothecary
Latin Pronunciation: min-you-AR-tee-uh
Meaning: Small, minute
Latin Pronunciation: min-yoo-ah-tuss
Latin Pronunciation: mye-nus
Meaning: rather small.
Meaning: Very small
Latin Pronunciation: min-oo-SKYOO-luh
Meaning: Very small
Latin Pronunciation: min-oo-SKYOO-lum
Meaning: Very small
Latin Pronunciation: min-oo-SKYOO-lus
Meaning: Minute, tiny
Latin Pronunciation: min-YOO-tum
Meaning: Minute, tiny
Latin Pronunciation: min-YOO-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: ,aye-new-tus
Meaning: tiny, minute.
Meaning: Named for Friedrich AW Miquel, 19th century Dutch botanist and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: me-kwel-ee-AY-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mik-kwel-ee-AH-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: Mihr-rab-il-iss
Common Name:Meaning: (Four-o'clock or Marvel-of-Peru is M. jalapa).
Meaning: Wonderful
Latin Pronunciation: mih-RAB-ih-ley
misapplied
Refers to the usage of a taxon name for an incorrect plant; such names are homonyms and also synonyms of the plants to which they truly describe.
Meaning: Stem flower
Latin Pronunciation: miss-KANTH-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mir-rab-il-iss
Meaning: unusual, ex traordinary.
Meaning: Stem flower
Latin Pronunciation: miss-KANTH-um
Latin Pronunciation: Mis-kanth-os
Common Name: Eulalia.
Meaning: Alternate spelling of missurica; of or from Missouri (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mis-SUR-ee-ka
Meaning: Alternate spelling of missuricus; of or from Missouri (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mis-SUR-ee-kus
Meaning: Alternate spelling of missuricum; of or from Missouri (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mis-SUR-ee-kum
Meaning: Of or from Missouri (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: miss-oor-ee-EN-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:miss-oor-ee-EN-say
Meaning: Of or from Missouri (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: miss-oor-ee-EN-sis
Meaning: Of or from Missouri (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mis-SUR-ee-ka
Meaning: Of or from Missouri (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mis-SUR-ee-kum
Meaning: Of or from Missouri (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mis-SUR-ee-kus
Latin Pronunciation: Mit-chell-uh
Common Name: Partridge- berry, Twin-berry, Squaw-berry.
Meaning: Mild, without spines
Latin Pronunciation: MIT-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:MIT-ay
Latin Pronunciation: Mit-tell-uh
Common Name: Bishops-cap.
mitochondrion (pl. mitochondria, syn. chondriosome)
Cytoplasmic structure containing enzymes used in converting food to energy.
Latin Pronunciation: mye-tiss
Meaning: mild, tender (gentle).
mitogenic
Refers to herbal preparations that can affect cell division.
mitosis
Cell division in which the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells is the same as that of the parent cell. See also: meiosis.
Meaning: Turbaned
Latin Pronunciation: my-TRAY-tuh
Meaning: From the Greek mitra (a turban or headdress) and karpos (fruit)
Latin Pronunciation: my-tra-KAR-pus
Latin Pronunciation: Mit-ray-ree-uh.
Meaning: Turbaned
Latin Pronunciation: my-TRAY-tum
mitriform
Shaped like a mitre or cap.
Latin Pronunciation: mye-tray-tus
Meaning: turbaned.
Meaning: From the Greek mitra (mitre, cap, turban) and phyllon (leaf)
Latin Pronunciation: my-tro-FIL-um
Meaning: Shaped like a mitre
Latin Pronunciation: mit-ri-FOR-me
Meaning: Mixed
Latin Pronunciation: MIKS-tuh
Meaning: From the Greek mitra (mitre, cap, turban) and stigma
Latin Pronunciation: my-tree-oh-STIG-ma
Meaning: Shaped like a mitre
Latin Pronunciation: mit-ri-FOR-miss
Meaning: Mixed
Latin Pronunciation: MIKS-tum
Meaning: Named for Kingo Miyabe, 19th century Japanese taxonomist and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: my-yah-bee-AH-num
moat
A ditch filled with water and usually acting as a barrier.
Meaning: Named for Dr. Kingo Miyabe, first director of the botanical garden at Hokkaido University
Latin Pronunciation: mi-YA-bee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: mix-tus
Meaning: mixed.
Meaning: Mild, modest
Latin Pronunciation: mo-DES-tuh
Meaning: Mild, modest
Latin Pronunciation: mo-DES-tum
Meaning: From Moesia, classical name of a northern Balkan region, now Serbia and Bulgaria
Latin Pronunciation: mee-shee-AH-kuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mee-see-AH-kuh
Latin Pronunciation: mod-dest-us
Meaning: shy, inconspicuous.
Meaning: From Moesia, classical name of a northern Balkan region, now Serbia and Bulgaria
Latin Pronunciation: mee-shee-AH-kum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mee-see-AH-kum
Meaning: From the Latin modiolus (hub of a wheel) referring to the shape of the fruit
Latin Pronunciation: mo-DY-oh-la
Meaning: Of or from the Mohave (Mojave) Desert (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: moh-hahv-EN-see
Meaning: Of or from the Mojave Desert (U.S.); also spelled mohavense
Latin Pronunciation: moh-hahv-EN-see
Meaning: Of or from the Mohave (Mojave) Desert (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: moh-hahv-EN-sis
Meaning: Of or from Moldavia
Latin Pronunciation: mol-DAV-ee-kuh
Meaning: Of or from the Mojave Desert (U.S.); also spelled mohavensis
Latin Pronunciation: moh-hahv-EN-sis
Meaning: Named for Dr. Charles Mohr, 19th century plant collector and author of Plant Life of Alabama
Latin Pronunciation: MOR-ee-eye
Meaning: Of or from Moldavia
Latin Pronunciation: mol-DAV-ee-kum
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning troublesome, bothersome
Latin Pronunciation: mol-ESS-tuh
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning troublesome, bothersome
Latin Pronunciation: mol-ESS-tus
Latin Pronunciation: mol-dav-ik-us
Meaning: of Moldavia (Rumania)
Meaning: Named for Juan Ignacio Molina, 19th century Chilean naturalist and scientist
Latin Pronunciation: mol-IN-ee-uh
Meaning: Named for Dr. Antonio Molina, 20th century Honduran botanist and collector
Latin Pronunciation: mol-LIN-ee
Meaning: Soft
Latin Pronunciation: MAW-ley
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning troublesome, bothersome
Latin Pronunciation: mol-ESS-tum
Latin Pronunciation: mol-lee-oy-deez
Meaning: seemingly soft-hairy.
Latin Pronunciation: moll-iss
Meaning: soft (soft-hairy).
Meaning: Softest
Latin Pronunciation: maw-LISS-ih-mum
Meaning: Softest
Latin Pronunciation: maw-LISS-ih-muh
Meaning: An old name for the Galium genus, transferred to this genus in the Aizoaceae family (reclassified into its own family by Jepson)
Latin Pronunciation: mol-LOO-go
Latin Pronunciation: Mol-op-oh-sperm-urn.
Latin Pronunciation: mol-Liss-im-us
Meaning: very soft- hairy.
Latin Pronunciation: Molt-kee-uh.
Meaning: Of or from the Molucca Islands, which is where the plant was first believed to have been from
Latin Pronunciation: mol-yoo-SELL-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Mol yew-sell-uh
Common Name:Meaning: (Shell-flower or Molucca balm is M. laevis).
Meaning: Of or from the Molucca Islands
Latin Pronunciation: mol-oo-SAN-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mol-oo-KAN-uh
Meaning: The Greek name of an herb of uncertain identity, not related toAllium moly
Latin Pronunciation: MO-lee
Latin Pronunciation: Moh-rus
Common Name: Mulberry. MoschariaMeaning: (musky-scented)
Latin Pronunciation: Mos-kay-ree-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: Mom-rnord-ik-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: mon - ak - kanth - us
Meaning: single-thorned.
Meaning: From the Greek word meaning brothers as one, referring to a single group of joined stamens
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ah-DEL-fuh
monadelphous
Describes stamens which are united by their filaments into a tube or column.
Meaning: From the Greek word meaning brothers as one, referring to a single group of joined stamens
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ah-DEL-fum
Meaning: From the Greek monos (one) and aden (gland), referring to the solitary gland
Latin Pronunciation: mon-uh-DEE-nee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mon-uh-DEN-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ad-delf-us
Meaning: in one group (as with stamens).
Meaning: From the Greek monos (one) and aden (gland), referring to the solitary gland
Latin Pronunciation: mon-uh-DEE-nee-um
Latin Pronunciation: mon-nand-rus
Meaning: with one stamen.
Meaning: One-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ANTH-uh
Meaning: One stamen
Latin Pronunciation: mon-AN-druh
Meaning: One-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ANTH-os
Latin Pronunciation: Mon-nard-uh
Common Name: Horse-mint.
Meaning: One-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ANTH-us
Meaning: One-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ANTH-um
Meaning: From the Greek monos (one) and anthos (flower); referring to the type species that was solitary-flowered, but can bear up to 8 flowers per stem
Latin Pronunciation: mon-AN-theez
Meaning: Namesake is obscure; also frequently spelled monellii
Latin Pronunciation: mon-NEL-ee
Latin Pronunciation: Mon-ar-dell-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: Mon-nee-seez
Common Name: One- flowered Shinleaf.
Meaning: Namesake is obscure; less frequently spelled monelli
Latin Pronunciation: mon-NEL-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: mon-goll-ik-us
Meaning: of Mongolia.
Meaning: Of or from Mongolia, Central Asia
Latin Pronunciation: mon-GOL-ik-um
Meaning: Of or from Mongolia, Central Asia
Latin Pronunciation: mon-GOL-ik-uh
Meaning: Origins in the mountains
Latin Pronunciation: mon-TEE-ger-um
Meaning: Bearing a necklace
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ee-LIF-er-a
Latin Pronunciation: mon-il-/iff-er-us
Meaning: bearing a "necklace."
Meaning: Bearing a necklace
Latin Pronunciation: mon-EE-lif-er
Meaning: In the form of a necklace, referring to the alternate swellings and indentions
Latin Pronunciation: mon-il-lee-FOR-mee
moniliform
Resembling a string of beads; cylindrical with contractions at intervals.
Meaning: Bearing a necklace
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ee-LIF-er-um
Meaning: In the form of a necklace, referring to the alternate swellings and indentions
Latin Pronunciation: mon-il-lee-FOR-mis
Meaning: One fruit
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-KAR-puh
Meaning: Prefix meaning one
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh
monocarpellary
Refers to fruit with one female organ.
Meaning: Named for Monnier, most likely for Louis Guillame Le Monnier, French physician, naturalist, and professor of botany at the Jardin des plantes in Paris.
Latin Pronunciation: mon-ee-ER-ee
Meaning: One fruit
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-KAR-pus
Meaning: One fruit
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-KAR-pum
monocarpic
Describes a plant that dies after flowering just once.
Latin Pronunciation: mon - oh - sef - al - us
Meaning: single-headed.
monocephallic (alt. monocephalous)
Bearing a single flower head.
Meaning: From the Greek mono (single) and chaite (bristle)
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-KAY-tum
monochasial cyme
Like a dichasial cyme, but with branches on only one side.
monocephallous
Having a single flower head.
monochasium (pl. monochasia, adj. monochasial)
A cyme with a single flower on each axis of the inflorescence.
monochlamydeous
Describes a flower which has a single whorl of perianth parts.
Meaning: From the Greek monos (single) and chloa (grass)
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-KLOH-a
Meaning: From the Greek monos (one) and chori (separate, apart)
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-KOR-ee-a
monoclinous (alt. monoclinus)
Having pistils and stamens in the same flower.
monocolpate
Refers to pollen grains with a single furrow.
Meaning: From the Greek mono (single) and costus (genus name derived from the Sanskrit name Kushtha)
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-KOS-tus
monocotyledon (alt. monocot, adj. monocotyledonous)
A plant with one cotyledon or seed leaf.
monocotyledon (alt. monocot, adj. monocotyledonous)
A plant with one cotyledon or seed leaf.
monocotyledon (alt. monocot, adj. monocotyledonous)
A plant with one cotyledon or seed leaf.
monoecious (alt. monoicous)
Having stamens and pistils in separate flowers on the same plant.
monoculture
The agricultural practice of planting a field or other land mass with a single crop, all of the same age, like wheat or pine trees. Single crop planting often leads to increased infestation by disease or insects.
monoembryonic
Refers to seeds or ovules with a single germ cell or embryo.
Meaning: One ovary; one seed
Latin Pronunciation: mon-NO-gy-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: mon-noj-in-us
Meaning: with one pistil.
monogeneric
Refers to a family or taxon of higher rank made up of a single genus.
Meaning: One ovary; one seed
Latin Pronunciation: mon-NO-gy-num
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-eye-kus
Meaning: monoeceus (male and female flowers separate but on same plant).
Meaning: From the Greek mono (single) and lopos (covering), referring to the involucres
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-LOH-pee-uh
monolete
Describes spores having a single, unbranched scar.
monomial
The single word designation such as genusIris, or family Iridaceae. See also: binomial.
monopetalous
In the strictest sense, refers to a flower with a single petal; however, it is often used to refer to gamopetalous flowers in which several petals are united to form a tube.
monomorphic
Having one shape.
monophyletic
Descended from a single ancestral line. See also: polyphyletic.
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-pet-al-us
Meaning: one- petaled.
Meaning: One-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-FIL-um
Latin Pronunciation: mon - oh - fill-us
Meaning: one- leaved.
Meaning: One-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-FIL-uh
monopodium (pl. monopodia, adj. monopodial)
The main axis of a stem or rhizome maintaining a single direction of growth and giving off lateral branches or stems. See also: sympodium.
monopodium (pl. monopodia, adj. monopodial)
The main axis of a stem or rhizome maintaining a single direction of growth and giving off lateral branches or stems. See also: sympodium.
monoploid
Having a single set of chromosomes.
Latin Pronunciation: mon - opt - er - us
Meaning: one- winged.
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-sep-al-us
Meaning: onesepaled.
monospecific
Refers to a genus which has a single species.
Meaning: Single-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-SPER-muh
Meaning: From the Greek monos (single) and ptilon (feather)
Latin Pronunciation: mon-OP-ti-lon
Meaning: One spike
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-STAK-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mon-oh-STAY-kee-uh
Meaning: One spike
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-STAK-ee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mon-oh-STAY-kee-um
Meaning: Single-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-SPER-mum
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-sperm-us
Meaning: one-seeded.
Meaning: From the Greek monos (one) and tokos (birth), alluding to the single-celled ovary
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-TOH-kuh
Latin Pronunciation: mon-oh-stak-ee-us
Meaning: one-spiked.
monotypic
A taxonomic division that has only one subdivision, as a family containing only one genus, or a genus with a single species.
Meaning: Named for Lady Ann Monson, 18th century plant collector on the Cape of Good Hope and in Bengal
Latin Pronunciation: mon-SOH-nee-uh
Meaning: Of Montpellier, in southern France (Latinized to Mons Pessulanus)
Latin Pronunciation: monz-pel-ee-EN-see
Latin Pronunciation: Mon-not-rop-uh
Common Name:Meaning: (M. uniflora is Indian Pipe).
Meaning: Of Montpellier, in southern France (Latinized to Mons Pessulanus)
Latin Pronunciation: monz-pess-yoo-LAN-uh
Meaning: Of Montpellier, in southern France (Latinized to Mons Pessulanus)
Latin Pronunciation: monz-pel-ee-EN-sis
Meaning: Of Montpellier, in southern France (Latinized to Mons Pessulanus)
Latin Pronunciation: monz-pess-yoo-LAN-um
Meaning: Of Montpellier, in southern France (Latinized to Mons Pessulanus)
Latin Pronunciation: monz-pess-yoo-LAN-us
Meaning: Monstrous
Latin Pronunciation: mon-STROW-suh
Latin Pronunciation: Mon-ster-uh.
Meaning: Monstrous
Latin Pronunciation: mon-STROW-sum
Latin Pronunciation: mon-stroh-sus
Meaning: huge, abnormal or deformed.
Meaning: Of the mountains
Latin Pronunciation: MON-tah-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mon-TAY-nuh
Meaning: Variant of Montanoa, named for Luis Monta?a, 19th century Mexican politican
Latin Pronunciation: mon-tan-NAY-yuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mon-TAY-nyuh
Latin Pronunciation: Mon-tan-noh-uh.
Latin Pronunciation: mon-tay-nus
Meaning: of mountainous regions.
Meaning: Of the mountains
Latin Pronunciation: MON-tah-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mon-TAY-num
montane
Of, growing in, or inhabiting mountain areas.
Meaning: Of or from Montevideo, Uruguay
Latin Pronunciation: mon-tay-vid-EN-see
Meaning: Named for Antoine Francois Ernest Conquebert de Montbret, 18th century botanist who accompanied Napoleon's invasion of Egypt
Latin Pronunciation: mont-BRET-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Mont-ee-uh.
Meaning: Of or from Montevideo, Uruguay
Latin Pronunciation: mon-tay-vid-EN-sis
Meaning: Mountain dweller
Latin Pronunciation: mon-TEE-ko-lum
Meaning: Mountain dweller
Latin Pronunciation: mon-TEE-ko-luh
Latin Pronunciation: mon-tik-ol-us
Meaning: native to mountains.
Meaning: Mountain-born
Latin Pronunciation: mon-TEE-gen-uh
Meaning: Mountain-born
Latin Pronunciation: mon-TEE-gen-um
Meaning: Mountain-born
Latin Pronunciation: mon-TEE-gen-us
Meaning: Named for Giuseppe Monti, 18th century Italian naturalist and professor of Botany in Bologna
Latin Pronunciation: MON-tee-eye
Meaning: Resembles Montia (genus named for Giuseppe Monti, 18th century Italian botanist and naturalist)
Latin Pronunciation: mon-tee-OP-sis
Latin Pronunciation: Mon-will-ee-uh.
moor
1. A heath. 2. A boggy area, especially one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges.
Meaning: Named for William Moorcroft, 19th century British veterinarian who explored Ladakh and Tibet with the East India Company
Latin Pronunciation: moor-kroft-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Named for William Moorcroft, 19th century British veterinarian who explored Ladakh and Tibet with the East India Company
Latin Pronunciation: moor-KROFT-ee-a
Meaning: Named for William Moorcroft, 19th century British veterinarian who explored Ladakh and Tibet with the East India Company
Latin Pronunciation: moor-kroft-ee-AH-nus
Meaning: Named for William Moorcroft, 19th century British veterinarian who explored Ladakh and Tibet with the East India Company
Latin Pronunciation: moor-kroft-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for Frederick William Moore, 20th century British horticulturist and director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Edinburgh
Latin Pronunciation: moor-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Named for William Moorcroft, 19th century British veterinarian who explored Ladakh and Tibet with the East India Company
Latin Pronunciation: moor-KROFT-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: Moh-ree-uh.
Meaning: Named for Charles Moore, 19th century director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens
Alternative Meaning:Named for David Moore, brother to Charles and Curator of the Glasnevin Garden, Scotland
Latin Pronunciation: MOOR-eye
Meaning: Of or from Minas de Moran, near Sierra de Pachuca in Hidalgo, Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: mor-an-EN-sis
Meaning: Of or from Minas de Moran, near Sierra de Pachuca in Hidalgo, Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: mor-an-EN-see
Meaning: Named for Dr. Meredith Morgan, who first grew the species
Latin Pronunciation: mor-gan-ee-AY-num
Meaning: Most likely a diminutive of Morus (Mullberry genus)
Latin Pronunciation: mor-EL-a
Meaning: Having leaves like Morus (Mulberry)
Latin Pronunciation: mor-ee-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Named for Mo?se Etienne Moricand, 19th century Swiss botanist and zoologist
Latin Pronunciation: mor-ee-KAN-dee-uh
Meaning: Having leaves like Morus (Mulberry)
Latin Pronunciation: mor-ee-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: Named for Giuseppe Giacinto Moris, 19th century author and professor of botany at Turin
Latin Pronunciation: mor-ISS-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: moh-rif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: Mulberry-leaved.
Meaning: Named for Louis Morin
Latin Pronunciation: mor-IN-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:moh-REEN-uh
Latin Pronunciation: Moh-rin-guh
Common Name: Horse-radish-tree.
Latin Pronunciation: Moh-rind-uh.
morphocline
A graded series of character states of a homologous character.
Meaning: Named for Morris Clint, 20th century self-taught botanist and horticulturist in Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mor-ris-KLINT-ee-eye
morphology
The study of the form and structure of an organism.
Meaning: Named for P.F. Morris
Latin Pronunciation: mor-RIS-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Dr. James Morrow, 19th century agriculturist on Com. Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan
Latin Pronunciation: mor-ROW-ee-eye
Meaning: From the Latin morsus (bite) and rana (frog); referring to the tendency of frogs to hunt for food among the plants
Latin Pronunciation: MOR-sus RAN-ay
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:MOR-sus RAN-ee
Meaning: Named for Samuel George Morton, 19th century American physician and naturalist
Latin Pronunciation: mor-TON-ee-a
Meaning: Ancient Latin name for mulberry
Latin Pronunciation: MOR-russ
mosaic (alt. mosaic virus)
A virus disease of plants such as raspberries, characterized by light and dark mottling of the foliage.
Meaning: Colored like a mosaic
Latin Pronunciation: moh-ZAY-ee-ka
Latin Pronunciation: moh-zay-ik-us
Meaning: with definite color pattern.
Meaning: Colored like a mosaic
Latin Pronunciation: moh-ZAY-ee-kum
Meaning: Musk-scented
Latin Pronunciation: MOSS-kuh-tuh
Meaning: Of or from Mozambique, South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: moh-sam-bee-KEN-sis
Meaning: Of or from Mozambique, South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: moh-sam-bee-KEN-see
Meaning: Musk-scented
Latin Pronunciation: MOSS-kuh-tum
Meaning: Musky (referring to the plant's smell when wet)
Latin Pronunciation: mos-ket-el-LEE-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: mos - kay - tus
Meaning: musky (odor).
moss
A small nonflowering plant of the class Musci.
Meaning: Musk-scented
Latin Pronunciation: mos-KEW-tos
mother-cell
The cell that gives rise to a particular structure or particular reproductive units.
mother bulb
A mature bulb which has produced small offset bulbs.
mottled
With variegated coloring.
motile
Actively moving or capable of moving spontaneously.
mother plant
1. A mature plant from which cuttings are taken. 2. The female ancestor of a hybrid.
mound layering
A method of propagation whereby a branch or stem is scored and then brought into contact with the soil to spur rooting.
Meaning: Of or from Moupin (or Muping; now Paohing) in the Sichuan Province of China
Latin Pronunciation: mu-pin-EN-sis
Meaning: Of or from Moupin (or Muping; now Paohing) in the Sichuan Province of China
Latin Pronunciation: mu-pin-EN-see
mouth
Any opening resembling an oral cavity, like the mouth of a jar, or where a river meets the sea.
mount
1. The completed plant specimen. 2. To arrange parts of a plant specimen to allow inspection of various parts to best advantage, fastening them in place on the herbarium sheet with small strips of white cloth and herbarium glue.
mucilage (adj. mucilaginous)
A viscous, slimy material exuded by certain plants.
moxa
A Chinese herbal process of burning dried herbs on or above the skin to stimulate an acupuncture point or serve as a counterirritant.
Latin Pronunciation: mew-koh-sus
Meaning: mucilaginous, slimy.
mucous
Slimy; viscous.
mucro
A short and small abrupt tip.
mucilage (adj. mucilaginous)
A viscous, slimy material exuded by certain plants.
mucronate
Refers to a leaf or other organ ending suddenly with a stiff spine as a continuation of the midrib; tipped with a mucro.
Meaning: With a short tip
Latin Pronunciation: muh-kron-AH-tuh
Meaning: With a short tip
Latin Pronunciation: muh-kron-AH-tum
Latin Pronunciation: mew-kron-nay-tus
Meaning: sharp- tipped (mucronate).
Meaning: Short pointed leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mu-kron-ee-FOH-lee-us
Meaning: Short pointed leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mu-kron-ee-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Short pointed leaves
Latin Pronunciation: mu-kron-ee-FOH-lee-um
mucronulate
Diminutive of a mucronate, with a small spine.
Meaning: With short little points
Latin Pronunciation: mu-kron-yoo-LAY-tuh
Meaning: With short little points
Latin Pronunciation: mu-kron-yoo-LAY-tum
Meaning: From the Brazilian name for these vines; the pods of which often bare irritating hairs
Latin Pronunciation: myoo-KOO-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: mew-kron-yew-lay-tus
Meaning: with a small point.
muddled center
A flower center with petals that are disorganized, not forming a pattern. A term applied to Old Garden Roses.
mud
Wet organic and inorganic deposits that are colloidal, black or brown, soft and sticky.
mud flats
The bare level bottoms of bodies of water exposed by a drop in the water level. A mud bar may be exposed in a constant water level by a buildup of sediments.
mud logger (mud logging)
A person who works with geologists, lubricating the cutters of cores, and analyzing the resulting rock fragments for stratigraphy, keeping a record or log of the results.
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muehlenberg, 19th century German-educated Lutheran minister and pioneer botanist in Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-BERG-ee-a
mud logger (mud logging)
A person who works with geologists, lubricating the cutters of cores, and analyzing the resulting rock fragments for stratigraphy, keeping a record or log of the results.
Latin Pronunciation: Mew-len-bek-ee-uh
Common Name: Wire-plant.
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muehlenberg, 19th century German-educated Lutheran minister and pioneer botanist in Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-berg-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muehlenberg, 19th century German-educated Lutheran minister and pioneer botanist in Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-berg-ee-AH-num
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muehlenberg, 19th century German-educated Lutheran minister and pioneer botanist in Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-berg-ee-AH-nus
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muehlenberg, 19th century German-educated Lutheran minister and pioneer botanist in Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-BERG-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, 19th century German/Australian botanist and founder of the National Herbarium of Victoria
Latin Pronunciation: MEW-ler-eye
Meaning: Variant spelling of mugo, the Italian name for dwarf pine
Latin Pronunciation: MEW-go
Meaning: Alternate spelling of muelleri; named for Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, 19th century German/Australian botanist and founder of the National Herbarium of Victoria
Latin Pronunciation: mew-LER-ee-eye
Meaning: The Italian name for dwarf pine; also spelled mughus
Latin Pronunciation: MEW-gus
Meaning: The Italian name for dwarf pine; also spelled mugho
Latin Pronunciation: MEW-go
Meaning: Variant spelling of mugus, the Italian name for dwarf pine
Latin Pronunciation: MEW-gus
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, 19th century American botanist and Lutheran minister in Pennsylvania (U.S.) He specialized in grasses
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-BERG-gee-uh
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, 19th century American botanist and Lutheran minister in Pennsylvania (U.S.) He specialized in grasses
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-berg-ee-AH-na
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, 19th century American botanist and Lutheran minister in Pennsylvania (U.S.) He specialized in grasses
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-BERG-gee-eye
Meaning: Named for John Muir, 19th century Scottish born American naturalist and explorer
Latin Pronunciation: MYOOR-ee-eye
Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, 19th century American botanist and Lutheran minister in Pennsylvania (U.S.) He specialized in grasses
Latin Pronunciation: mew-len-berg-ee-AH-num
mulch
An organic or inorganic soil covering, used to maintain soil temperature and moisture and to discourage the growth of weeds.
Meaning: From the Greek mulgeo (to milk), referring to its close relationship to Lactuca
Latin Pronunciation: mul-GEE-dee-um
Meaning: Named for Katherine K. Muller
Latin Pronunciation: MUL-ler-ee
Meaning: Prefix meaning many or much
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tib-rak-tee-aytus
Meaning: many-bracted.
Meaning: Many stemmed
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-KAW-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mul-tee-KAW-lay
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tik-kaw-liss
Meaning: many- stemmed.
Meaning: Many pits
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-KAH-vuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mul-tee-KAV-uh
Meaning: Many pits
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-KAH-vum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mul-tee-KAV-um
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tik-kay-vus
Meaning: very concave or hollowed out.
multicipital
Many- headed.
multicellular
Formed of two or more cells.
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tik-kol-or
Meaning: many col-
Latin Pronunciation: mull - tiss - seps
Meaning: many- leaved (-branched).
Meaning: Many-coloured spines
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-kol-or-ih-SPY-nus
Meaning: Many ribs
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-koh-STAY-tuh
Meaning: Many divided
Latin Pronunciation: mul-TIF-id-um
Meaning: Many ribs
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-koh-STAY-tus
multifid
Cleft into many lobes or segments.
Meaning: Many divided
Latin Pronunciation: mul-TIF-id-uh
Meaning: Many flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tih-FLOR-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tif-id-us
Meaning: much-divided (multifid).
Meaning: Many flowers
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tih-FLOR-um
Meaning: Having many forms
Latin Pronunciation: mul-TEE-for-mee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mul-ty-FOR-mee
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tif-f/oh- us
Meaning: many- flowered.
multifoliate
With many leaves.
multigeneric
Refers to hybrids with more than two generations in their ancestry, e.g., x Potinara (Brassavola x Cattleya x Laelia x Sophronitis).
Meaning: Having many forms
Latin Pronunciation: mul-TEE-for-miss
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mul-ty-FOR-miss
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tif-fur-kay-tus
Meaning: much-forked.
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tij-yew-gus
Meaning: yoked in many pairs (leaflets).
multiline
A term used by nurseries to indicate that a horticultural variety derives from several closely related lines.
Meaning: Many-lined
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-lin-ee-AH-tus
Meaning: Many-lined
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-lin-ee-AH-ta
Meaning: Many-lined
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-lin-ee-AH-tum
multiplanar
Describes divided leaves, with the lobes held in several to many planes.
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tin-nerv-iss
Meaning: many- veined.
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tihr-ray-dee-ay tus
Meaning: many-rayed (as with Daisyflower).
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tip-lex
Meaning: multiple.
multiple fruit
One in which the carpels of several flowers join in a single fruit, like a fig,Ficus. This differs from an aggregate fruit which derives from the multiple carpels of a single flower, e.g., a raspberry,Rubus.
Meaning: Many rays
Latin Pronunciation: mul-ty-rad-ee-AH-tuh
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tiss-kap-poydee-us
Meaning: many scapes.
Meaning: Many divisions
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-SEK-ta
Meaning: Many divisions
Latin Pronunciation: mul-tee-SEK-tum
Meaning: Many rays
Latin Pronunciation: mul-ty-rad-ee-AH-tum
Latin Pronunciation: mull-tiss-sek-tus
Meaning: much cut (leaves).
multiseptate
Bearing more than two septae.
Meaning: Derivation of ume, the Japanese name for this species of Prunus
Latin Pronunciation: MEW-may
Latin Pronunciation: mun-dew-lus
Meaning: trim, neat.
Meaning: Armed
Latin Pronunciation: MUN-ee-tum
Meaning: Named for William Munro, 19th century British botanist
Latin Pronunciation: mun-roh-AH-nuh
Latin Pronunciation: mew-nye-tus
Meaning: armed (as
Latin Pronunciation: mew-ray-liss
Meaning: wall-growing.
muricate
With a rough surface composed of many short, hard points.
Meaning: Named for Munshi Murdan Ali, plant collector and keeper of the herbarium at the Saharanpur Botanic Garden
Latin Pronunciation: mur-DAN-ee-uh
Meaning: Found growing on walls
Latin Pronunciation: mur-AH-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mur-AH-lay
Latin Pronunciation: mew-rik-kay-tus
Meaning: rough with hard points (muricate).
Meaning: Named for Muriel Wilson, daughter of Ernest (China) Wilson early 20th century English plant hunter
Latin Pronunciation: mur-ee-EL-ay
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mur-ee-EL-ay-ee
Meaning: Roughened
Latin Pronunciation: mur-ee-KAY-tuh
muriculate
Very finely muricate.
Meaning: Named for Johann Andreas Murray, 18th century Swedish student of Linnaeus, later a professor of botany and medicine at G?ttingen
Latin Pronunciation: mer-RAY-yuh
muriform
Divided into many chambers.
Latin Pronunciation: Muh-ree-uh
Common Name: Orange-jessa-mineMeaning: (M. exotica).
Meaning: Named for Andrew Murray, 19th century Scottish botanist and conifer expert.
Alternative Meaning:Named for Andrew's brother William Murray, who botanized in California (U.S.) during the late 1800s
Latin Pronunciation: mur-ray-AY-na
Meaning: Named for Andrew Murray, 19th century Scottish botanist and conifer expert.
Alternative Meaning:Named for Andrew's brother William Murray, who botanized in California (U.S.) during the late 1800s
Latin Pronunciation: mur-ray-AY-nus
Latin Pronunciation: Mew-zuh
Common Name: Banana.
Meaning: Colored like a mosaic
Latin Pronunciation: mu-suh-EE-kuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mus-ay-EE-kuh
Meaning: The Brazilian vernacular name for the plant
Latin Pronunciation: mur-oo-KOO-juh
Meaning: Named for Andrew Murray, 19th century Scottish botanist and conifer expert.
Alternative Meaning:Named for Andrew's brother William Murray, who botanized in California (U.S.) during the late 1800s
Latin Pronunciation: mur-ray-AY-num
Latin Pronunciation: mew-zay-ik-us
Meaning: banana-like.
Meaning: Roughened
Latin Pronunciation: mur-ee-KAY-tum
Meaning: From the Latin muscus (musky), referring to the flavor and aroma from these graps
Latin Pronunciation: musk-uh-DIN-ee-uh
muscariform
Shaped like a broom.
Meaning: Fly poison, poisonous to flies
Latin Pronunciation: mus-kai-TOKS-ee-kum
Meaning: From the Greek word for musk
Latin Pronunciation: mus-KAR-ee
Meaning: From the Greek word - moschos which means a musk scent
Latin Pronunciation: muss-kar-e-me
Meaning: Fly catching
Latin Pronunciation: musk-ip-oola
Meaning: One that eats flies.
Latin Pronunciation: mus-SEE-ver-us
Meaning: Musk-like; nearly musky
Latin Pronunciation: mus-koh-LIN-um
Meaning: Mossy
Latin Pronunciation: muss-KOH-suh
Meaning: Diminutive of Latin mus (mouse, or muscle)
Latin Pronunciation: MUS-kuh-luh
Meaning: Leaves like Banana genus
Latin Pronunciation: mew-sih-FOH-lee-us
Latin Pronunciation: muss-koh-sus
Meaning: moss-like.
Meaning: Leaves like Banana genus
Latin Pronunciation: mew-sih-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Given its own genus name in the late 1970s, Musella is the diminutive of Musa (genus name for the banana)
Latin Pronunciation: mew-SEL-uh
Meaning: latinized form of Sinhalese vernacular name mussenda
Latin Pronunciation: mew-say-EN-duh
Meaning: Named for the Muskingum River in Ohio (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: mus-kin-goo-MEN-sis
Meaning: Named for Count Apollos Mussin-Puschkin, 18th century Russian plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: muh-SIN-ee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mew-SIN-ee-eye
Meaning: Leaves like Banana genus
Latin Pronunciation: mew-sih-FOH-lee-um
Meaning: From the Spanish meste?o (stray or feral), an epithet usually applied to horses
Latin Pronunciation: mus-tang-EN-sis
Latin Pronunciation: mew-tab-il-iss
Meaning: changeable(color).
mutant
1. An individual produced with sudden and marked differences from the parent, and with a new genetic pattern. 2. A sport.
Meaning: Variable
Latin Pronunciation: mew-TAB-ill-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mew-tah-BIL-ee
Latin Pronunciation: mew - tay - tus
Meaning: changed, changeable.
Meaning: Blunt
Latin Pronunciation: mu-tee-ka
Meaning: Blunt
Latin Pronunciation: mu-tee-kum
muticous
Not pointed.
Meaning: Named for Jos? Celestino Mutis, 19th century Spanish naturalist and scientist in South America
Latin Pronunciation: mu-TIS-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:mu-TIZ-ee-uh
Latin Pronunciation: mew-tik-us
Meaning: blunt, without points.
Meaning: Named for Jos? Celestino Mutis, 19th century Spanish botanist and director of the Colombian Royal Botanical Expedition
Latin Pronunciation: moo-TIS-ee-eye
Latin Pronunciation: mew-til-lay-tus
Meaning: malformed.
Meaning: An ancient name; the derivation is obscure
Latin Pronunciation: my-SEE-lis
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:my-SEL-iss
mycelium (pl. mycelia)
The mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus of a fungus.
mutualism
A type of symbiosis in which both members depend on each other for their nutrients or other services.
mycology
The study of mushrooms and other fungi.
Meaning: Fungus of roots, referring to symbiotic relationship of soil fungus with plant roots
Latin Pronunciation: my-kor-RYE-zuh
Meaning: Named for Francisco Mico
Latin Pronunciation: MY-kon-eye
mycorrhizal
A term describing plants which have a symbiotic relationship with the mycelium of a certain fungus.
Meaning: Of or from Myola, NSW, Australia
Latin Pronunciation: my-oh-LEN-sis
Meaning: Resembles Myoporum (unrelated genus so-named from the Greek myo, to shut; and poros, a pore)
Latin Pronunciation: my-oh-por-OY-deez
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-op-or-um.
Meaning: Having flowers like Myosotis (Forget-me-Not)
Latin Pronunciation: my-oh-soh-tid-ih-FLOR-uh
Meaning: Like Myosotis (forget-me-not)
Latin Pronunciation: my-oh-so-TID-ee-a
Latin Pronunciation: Mye oh-soh-tid-ee-um.
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-oh-soh-tiss
Common Name: Forget-me-not.
Meaning: From the generic Greek word for Myrtle
Latin Pronunciation: MEER-see-uh
Meaning: From the Greek mus (mouse) and oura (tail)
Latin Pronunciation: my-oh-SUR-uss
Meaning: Resembles plants in the genus Myosurus (Mousetail grass)
Latin Pronunciation: my-oh-sur-OY--des
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:my-oh-sur-OY-dees
Meaning: From the Greek myrios (many) and ?kantha (spines)
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-uh-KAN-thum
Meaning: From the Greek word for Myrtle; the genus is a member of the Myrtle family
Latin Pronunciation: mer-see-AIR-ree-uh
Meaning: Very many-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-ANTH-a
Meaning: From the Greek myrios (many) and ?kantha (spines)
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-uh-KAN-tha
Latin Pronunciation: mihr-ee-ak-kanth-us
Meaning: with a great many thorns or spines.
Meaning: Very many-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-ANTH-um
Meaning: Very many-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-ANTH-us
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-rik-kay ree-uh
Common Name: False-tamarisk.
Meaning: From the Greek myrios (many, countless) and karpos (fruit)
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-oh-KAR-pa
Latin Pronunciation: Mye-rik-uh.
Meaning: Resembling Myrica (Sweet Gale)
Latin Pronunciation: mir-ih-KOY-deez
Latin Pronunciation: mihr-ee-oh-karp-us
Meaning: very many-fruited.
Meaning: From the Greek myrios (many, countless) and karpos (fruit)
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-oh-KAR-pum
Latin Pronunciation: Mihr-ee oh-fill-urn
Common Name: Water-milfoil.
Meaning: From the Greek myrios (many, countless) and stigma (thorn, point)
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-oh-stig-MAH-tuh
Meaning: From the Greek myrios (many, countless) and stigma (thorn, point)
Latin Pronunciation: my-ree-oh-STIG-muh
Latin Pronunciation: mihr-ee-oh-stig-mus
Meaning: with a great many stygmas.
Meaning: From the Greek myristikos (fit for annointing); the fruit of M. fragrans is the source of nutmeg
Latin Pronunciation: my-RIS-ti-kuh
Meaning: Resembling Myristica (genus name for nutmeg); also spelled myristicaeformis
Latin Pronunciation: my-ris-tik-IF-for-miss
Meaning: From the Greek myristikos (fit for annointing); the fruit of M. fragrans is the source of nutmeg
Latin Pronunciation: my-RIS-ti-kum
Meaning: From the Greek myristikos (fit for annointing); the fruit of M. fragrans is the source of nutmeg
Latin Pronunciation: my-RIS-ti-kus
Meaning: Loved by ants
Latin Pronunciation: meer-me-koh-FY-luh
Meaning: Ant head
Latin Pronunciation: mire-mek-OH-dee-uh
Meaning: Loved by ants
Latin Pronunciation: meer-me-koh-FY-lum
Meaning: Numberless, many seeds
Latin Pronunciation: mir-oh-SPER-mum
myrmecophilous
Strictly, ant-loving; refers to plants which have symbiotic relationships with ants.
Meaning: Loved by ants
Latin Pronunciation: meer-me-koh-FY-lus
myrmecophyte
A plant in symbiosis with ants.
Latin Pronunciation: Mihr-iss
Common Name: Myrrh;Meaning: (Sweet Cicely, M. odo-rata).
Latin Pronunciation: Mer-sye-nee.
Meaning: Like Myrsine genus
Latin Pronunciation: mire-SIN-ih-teez
Meaning: Resembling Myrsine (Greek name for myrtle)
Latin Pronunciation: mer-sy-NOY-deez
Meaning: Having leaves like the Myrtle genus
Latin Pronunciation: mir-tih-FOH-lee-uh
Meaning: Having leaves like the Myrtle genus
Latin Pronunciation: mir-tih-FOH-lee-um
Latin Pronunciation: Mer-til-oh-kak-tus.
Latin Pronunciation: mer-tif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: Myrtle-leaved.
Meaning: With veining like the genus Myrtus (Myrtle)
Latin Pronunciation: mer-tin-er-vee-us
Meaning: From the Greek word for mucus
Latin Pronunciation: MIKS-uh
Meaning: Like a small Myrtle
Latin Pronunciation: mir-TIL-us
Latin Pronunciation: Mert-us
Common Name: Myrtle.
Meaning: Of or from Mysore, India
Latin Pronunciation: my-sor-EN-sis
Meaning: From the Latin, meaning moustache
Latin Pronunciation: MY-staks