Meaning: Named for Qian Yi-yong, botanist and collector of the Chinese flora
Latin Pronunciation: kwee-on-ee-AY-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:kee-on-ee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Prefix meaning four
Latin Pronunciation: kwad

Meaning: Four angles
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-an-gew-LAIR-ee

Meaning: Having 4 angles
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rang-yoo-la

Meaning: Four angles
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-an-gew-LAIR-iss

quadrangular

Shaped into a square cross section, as are the stems of most mints,Labiatae.

Meaning: Four-angled
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ran-gew-LAIR-ee

Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ran-gew-layriss
Meaning: four-angled.

Meaning: With four angles
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ran-gew-LAY-tum

Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ran-gew-laytus
Meaning: four-angled.

Meaning: With four angles
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ran-gew-LAY-tuh

Meaning: In fours or four
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-RAY-tuh

Meaning: Having 4 angles
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rang-yoo-luss

Meaning: Four-eared
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ree-AWR-ry-tuh

Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ray-tus
Meaning: in quadruplicate, in fours, four-sided (squared).

Meaning: In fours or four
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-RAY-tum

Meaning: Four-eared
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ree-AWR-ry-tum

Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rik-kol-or
Meaning: of four colors.

Meaning: Four ribs
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ree-kos-TAY-tuh

quadrate

Describes cells that are square or nearly so.

Meaning: Having 4 angles
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rang-yoo-lum

Meaning: Four ribs
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ree-kos-TAY-tum

Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rid-en-tay-tus
Meaning: four-toothed.

Meaning: Four-eared
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ree-AWR-ry-tus

Meaning: Four ribs
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ree-kos-TAY-tus

quadrifid

Divided into four parts.

Meaning: Four clefts; split into 4 parts
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-RIF-ee-duh

Meaning: Four-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: kwa-dri-FLOR-ah

Meaning: Four-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ree-FOH-lee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rif-id-us
Meaning: divided into four segments.

Meaning: Four-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-ree-FOH-lee-um

quadrilateral

With four sides.

Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: four- leaved.

Meaning: Having four compartments
Latin Pronunciation: kwah-drih-lok-yoo-LAIR-iss

Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rip-art-tye-tus
Meaning: four-parted.

Meaning: Having four compartments
Latin Pronunciation: kwah-drih-lok-yoo-LAIR-ee

Meaning: Having four valves
Latin Pronunciation: kwad-rih-VAL-vis

quadrinary combination

Binomial plus two more taxon names such as subspecies and variety.

Meaning: Wicker basket
Latin Pronunciation: KWA-lee-uh

Meaning: From the Native American words Camas and quamash for sweet, in reference to the importance of this plant as a food source
Latin Pronunciation: KWA-mash

quadripinnate

Four times pinnate.

Meaning: From the Greek name for dwarf kidney bean (referring to shape of cotyledons)
Latin Pronunciation: KWAM-oh-klit

Meaning: From the Nama word Kam-qua-qua, referring to a particular species; in Latin, the word translates as wherever
Latin Pronunciation: KWA-kwa

quarantine

A legal ban on the export or import of certain noxious weeds or insects that may be attached to the plants.

quartered

Having the petals formed into a number of sections, usually four but sometimes three or five.

Meaning: Resembles Quassia (genus named for Graman Quassi, 18th-century Surinamese slave of C.G. Dahlberg, who used the bark as a fever remedy)
Latin Pronunciation: kwash-ee-OY-deez
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:kwas-ee-OY-deez

Meaning: Queensland (Australia) where this plant is native
Latin Pronunciation: kweens-lan-dee-EL-uh

Meaning: Of oak woods
Latin Pronunciation: kwer-SET-or-um

Meaning: Named for Edwin John Quekett, 19th century English botanist and brother of John Thomas Quekett
Latin Pronunciation: kwee-KET-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:kway-KET-ee-uh

Meaning: Oak-fern
Latin Pronunciation: kwer-kee-FY-liks

Meaning: Leaves like the Oak genus
Latin Pronunciation: kwer-se-FOH-lee-um

Latin Pronunciation: kwer-sif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: with leaves like an Oak (Quercus).

Meaning: Leaves like the Oak genus
Latin Pronunciation: kwer-se-FOH-lee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: kwer-sye-nus
Meaning: relating to the Oak.

Meaning: Relating to the oak
Latin Pronunciation: kwer-SY-num

Meaning: Relating to the oak
Latin Pronunciation: kwer-SY-nuh

Meaning: Possibly named after 19th century French author, Fran?ois Alexandre Quesn?
Latin Pronunciation: kwes-NEL-ee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Quer?taro, Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: ke-re-tah-roh-EN-sis

Meaning: Latin term meaning this for that
Latin Pronunciation: kwid-pro-kwo

quinate

Having five leaflets growing from the same point of attachment.

Meaning: Having five parts
Latin Pronunciation: kwi-NAY-tuh

Latin Pronunciation: kwin - nay - tus
Meaning: five-fold (parts), in fives.

Meaning: Latinized form of the Brazilian vernacular name for this plant
Latin Pronunciation: kwee-uh-BEN-tee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:kee-uh-BEN-tee-uh

quincunx (alt. quincunce, adj. quincuncial, adj. quincuntial)

The arrangement of five objects, such as trees, with one on each of four corners and one in the center.

Meaning: Of or from Quinchamal?, Chile
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-ka-MAH-lee-um

Meaning: Having five parts
Latin Pronunciation: kwi-NAY-tum

Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kwek-k ol-or
Meaning: fivecolored.

Meaning: Five ribbed
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-ko-STAY-tum

Meaning: Five ribbed
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-ko-STAY-ta

Meaning: Five ribbed
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-ko-STAY-tus

Meaning: Leaf in fives; five-lobed leaves
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Leaf in fives; five-lobed leaves
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Five-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-LOH-bum

Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kwef-foh-lee-us
Meaning: five-leaved.

Meaning: Five-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-LOH-ba

Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kwel-lok-yewlay-riss
Meaning: with five cells or compartments (locules).

Meaning: Five-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-LOH-bus

Meaning: Five veins
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-NER-vee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kwen-nerv-iss
Meaning: five-veined.

Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kwep-unktay-tus
Meaning: five-spotted.parts).

Meaning: Five veins
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-NER-vee-us

Meaning: Five veins
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-NER-vee-um

Meaning: With five marks
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-vul-ner-uh

Meaning: With five marks
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-vul-ner-um

Meaning: With five marks
Latin Pronunciation: kwin-kway-vul-ner-us

Meaning: From the Latin quis ("who") and qualis ("what kind"), referring to the uncertainty of its family when first discovered.
Latin Pronunciation: kwis-KWAL-iss

Meaning: Named for Dr. Eduardo A. Quisumbing, 20th century Filipino orchidologist and former Director of the Philippine National Museum
Latin Pronunciation: kees-um-BING-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:kwis-um-BING-ee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Quito, capitol of Ecuador
Latin Pronunciation: kee-TEN-sis

Meaning: Of or from Quito, capitol of Ecuador
Latin Pronunciation: kee-TEN-see

Meaning: Of or from Quito, the capital city of Ecuador
Latin Pronunciation: kee-toh-EN-see

Meaning: From the Latin quivis (whichever) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: kwiv-is-ee-ANTH-ee

Meaning: Of or from Quito, the capital city of Ecuador
Latin Pronunciation: kee-toh-EN-sis