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- dactyl-
- referring to a finger (_Phoenix dactylifera_, the date palm, = "finger-bearing," referring to shape of the fruit cluster)
- daemon-
- referring to a spirit, a demon (_Daemonorops_ = "demon shrub," a palm with spines)
- dasy-
- thick (_Dasystachys_ = "thick spike (of flowers))
- de-
- from, out of, off ("decorticans" = "off + skin,"
therefore, "peeling bark")
- dealb-
- off white ("dealbata")
- debil-
- weak ("debiliformis" = "weak form") deca- referring to the number ten ("decapetalus" = "ten-petalled")
- decip-
- drooping, deceptive, falling ("decipiens")
- declin-
- declined, drooping ("declinatus")
- decor-
- decorative ("decora")
- decumb-
- reclining, prostrate, decumbent ("decumbens")
- decur-
- literally 'running downwards,' usually meaning that the
leaf 'runs down,' i.e., it is joined to the stem of the plant ("decurrens")
- deflex-
- bent downwards ("deflexus")
- delph-
- referring to the dolphin (_Delphinium_, whose flowers supposedly resemble dolphins)
- delect-
- chosen, desirable, tasty ("delectus")
- deltoid-
- triangular ("deltoidea")
- dendr-
- referring to a tree (_Dendrocalamus_ = "tree + reed," the great giant tropical bamboo genus)
- dent-
- referring to a tooth ("dentata")
- denud-
- naked ("denudatus")
- depend-
- hanging ("dependens")
- -derm(...)
- referring to skin, theredore bark ("leucodermis" = white-
bark")
- desm-
- referring to a bond, or band (_Desmoncus_ = "band + hook," in reference to the barbed leaves of this genus)
- di-
- referring to the number two ("diacanthus" = "two-spined"
"dioica" = "two houses," indicating that the flowers are of separate sexes and found on different plants) ("dipterocarpus" = "two + wing + fruit")
- dichot-
- two-branched ("dichotomus")
- dicty-
- referring to a net (_Dictyogramma_ = "net-like + lines")
- didy-
- double, twinned (_Didymocarpus_ = "twin fruit") ("didyma")
- digit-
- referring to fingers (_Digitalis_, the shape of the flowers supposedly resembling the finger of a glove) digitata
- dilat-
- spread out, expanded ("dilatatus")
- dios-
- referring to a god or divinity (_Diospyros_ = "god + fruit," the persimmon)
- dipl-
- double (_Diplothemium_ = "double-sheathed")
- dis-
- referring to the number two or to a difference ("discolor") = ("two-colored")
- distich-
- referring to two ranks (as in the arrangement of leaves); ("distichum")
- diurn-
- referring to daytime ("diurnum")
- divari-
- divergent, spreading ("divaricatus")
- divergens-
- divergent, wide-spreading
- divers-
- variable ("diversiflora" = "variable-flowered")
- divi-
- divided ("divisus")
- dodec-
- twelve ("dodecanthus" = "twelve-spined")
- domestic-
- domestic, cultivated ("domestica")
- -dont(...)
- referring to a tooth ("macrodonta" = "large-toothed")
- -dor(...)
- referring to a gift (_Haemodorum_ = "blood gift")
- dory-
- referring to a spear, lance (_Doryanthes_ = "lance
- -flower") drac-
- referring to a dragon (_Dracaena draco_ = the dragon tree of the Canary Islands)
- dros-
- referring to dew (_Drosera_, the Sundew genus)
- drup-
- referring to a berry-like fruit ("drupifera" = "fruit -bearing" / "drupacea")
- dryo-
- referring to an oak, wooden (_Dryopteris_, the wood-fern genus)
- dub-
- doubtful, dubious ("dubius")
- dulc-
- sweet, tender ("dulcis")
- dumos-
- bushy ("dumosus")
- dupl-
- double ("duplicatus")
- dur-
- durable hard, woody ("durabilis")
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