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nan-: dwarf (_Nannorhops_ = "dwarf bush") ("nanus")
nat-: floating, swimming ("natans")
nav-: referring to a ship ("navicularis")
nem-: referring to a thread (_Nemastylis_ = "thread-like styles (of the flower")
nemor-: referring to the woods ("nemoralis" / "nemorum")
neo-: new (_Agave neo-mexicana_)
nepalens-: referring to Nepal ("nepalensis" / "nepalense")
nephr-: referring to a kidney (shape) (_Nephrolepis_ = "kidney- shaped scale" - the spore cases of this genus of ferns)
neri-: referring to the genus _Nerium_, the oleander ("neriifolia" = "oleander-shaped leaf")
nervos-: referring to a nerve ("nervosus")
neva-: referring to mts., Nevada, Sierra Nevada ("nevadensis")
nicit-: blinking, moving ("nicitans")
nid-: referring to a nest ("nidus" / "nidularia")
nigr-: referring to the color black ("nigrescens" "nigricans")
nilo-: referring to the river Nile
niph-: referring to snow ("niphophilus" = "snow-loving")
nit-: shining ("nitens" / "nitida")
niv-: referring to snow or the color white ("nivea" / "nivalis")
nobil-: noble, renowned ("nobilissimus" = "most noble" / "nobile")
noct-: referring to the night ("nocturnum")
nod-: referring to a node ("nodosus")
noli-: the negative imperative ("noli-tangere" = "touch-me-not")
not-: marked, notable ("notabilis")
notho-: false (_Nothofagus_ = "false Beech tree")
nov-: new ("novae-zelandica" = "New Zealand")
nub-: referring to a cloud ("nubicola")
nuc-: referring to a nut (as in _Rifflea nucoides_ var. obesiformis)
nud-: naked ("nudicaulis" = "naked stem")
num-: referring to coins (shape) ("numismatus" / "nummularium")
nutans: nodding
nyct-: referring to the night (_Nyctanthes_ = "night flower")

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