F

faba-: referring to a bean ("fabaceus")
falc-: referring to a sickle (shaped) ("falcatus")
farin-: referring to starch or wheat ("farinacea / farinosa")
fasciat-: flat ("fasciatus")
fascicul-: clustered ("fasciculatus")
febri-: referring to fever ("febrifugus" = "fever + flight," "driving away fever")
fenestr-: referring to a window ("fenestralis")
-fer(...): bearing, producing ("coccifera" = "bearing berries"; "resiniferous;" "nucifera" = "nut-bearing;" "indigofera" = "indigo-bearing")
fero-: ferocious (_Ferocactus_ = "ferociously-spined cactus") ("ferox" is the Lat. adjective)
ferr-: referring to iron, rusty (color) ("ferruginea")
fert-: referring to fruit, fruitful ("fertilis")
festuc-: referring to the genus _Festuca_, a grass, therefore "grass-like" ("festucoides")
fic-: referring to the genus _Ficus_ ("ficifolia" = "figleaf") ("ficus-indica" = "fig of India") ("ficaria" / "ficoides" = "like a fig")
-fid(...): parted, divided ("multifida" = "many-parted;" "bipinnatifida" = "twice/doubly-pinnately cut/divided")
fili-: referring to a thread ("filifera" = "thread-bearing" / "filipes" = hair + stalk/foot"/ "filipendulum" = "thread + drooping")
filic-: referring to ferns ("filicifolia" = "fern-like leaves"); the noun is "filix" = "fern" ("filix-femina" = "fern + woman," the lady-fern)
fimbr-: .referring to a fringe ("fimbriatus")
fissi-: split ("fissifolia")
fistul-: hollow tubelike ("fistularis" / "fistulosa")
flabell-: fan-like ("flabelliformis" = "formed like a fan")
flaccid-: soft ("flaccida")
flagell-: referring to a whip ("flagelliforma")
flamm-: referring to a flame (color) ("flammeus")
flav-: referring to yellow ("flavescens" / "flavum" / "flavida")
flex-: pliable, crooked, bent ("flexuosus" = "bent")
floc-: referring to wool ("floccosus")
flor-: a flower ("floribunda" = "abundantly-flowering")
flui-: floating ("fluidans")
fluv-: referring to a river ("fluvialis") foetid- fetid-.....stinking ("foetida")
foli-: referring to leaves ("foliosa") ("latifolia" = -foli(...) "flat/broad-leaved")
foll-.: referring to follicles ("follicularis")
-form(...): in the form of .... ("fusiforma" = "spindle-shaped")
formos-: beautiful ("formosa" / "formosissima" = "most beautiful") NB: "formosana" usually refers to Formosa (Taiwan))
formosan-: referring to Formosa (Taiwan) ("formosanum")
-frag(...): referring to a break or rupture ("rupifragum" = "rock- breaker")
fraxin-: .referring to the ash tree ("fraxifolia" = "ash-foliaged" / "fraxinifolia")
frond-: referring to a leaf ("frondosa")
-frons: .referring to a leaf (frond) ("simplicifrons")
frigid-: .referring to cold regions ("frigida")
fruct-: referring to fruit (esp. the grape) ("fructifera" = "fruit- bearing")
frut-: referring to a shrub (shrubby) ("fruticosa" / "fruticans" = "shrubby")
fuc-: painted ("fucatus") - ALSO referring to a red alga plant in shape ("fucoidea")
fulg-: .shining, excessive ("fulgens")
fulgin-: black, dark in color ("fulginosa")
fulv-: referring to the color yellow (orange) ("fulvescens," "fulvida" / "fulvus")
furc-: forked. cleft ("furcatus")
fusc-: brown, reddish-brown ("fuscus")
fusi-: referring to a spindle ("fusiformis")

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