G

-gae(...): referring to the earth, ground (_"hypogaea" = "underground")
grand-: large ("grandiceps" = "large-headed")
granul-: granular, grainy ("granulosus")
-graph(...): referring to writing ("xerographica" = "dried writing")
grat-: wonderful, pleasing, likeable ("gratus" "gratissima")
graveol-: heavy (often referring to odor) ("graveolens")
gris-: referring to the color gray ("griseus")
gumm-: referring to gum ("gummifera" = "gum-bearing")
gutt-: referring to a spot or a drop (the genus _Guttifera_ whose leaves exude water)) ("guttatus" = "spotted")
gymn-: naked, bare ("gymnocladus" = "bare-branched")
gyn-: .referring to the female sex (_Gynura_ "tailed woman" - just wanted to see if you were awake! -- "a stigma with a tail") ("monogyna" = "single female sexual part, a single pistil")
gyr-: revolving, gyrating ("gyrans")

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