T
T
- tabul-
- referring to a tablet, therefore flat (shape) ("tabuliformis")
- tard-
- late ("tardiflora" = "late-flowering")
- tartar-
- referring to Central Asia ("tartaricus")
- taur-
- referring to a bull ("taurinus")
- taxi-
- referring to the genus, _Taxus_, the Yew ("taxifolius" = Yew-like leaves")
- tect-
- referring to a roof ("tectorum")
- tenax
- tenacious
- tenebr-
- referring to shadows ("tenebrosus")
- tenell-
- small, delicate ("tenella")
- tenui-
- slender, thin ("tenuifolia" = "thin-leaved")
- teret-
- circular, cylindrical ("teretiformis" - "in the form of a cylinder")
- terebinth-
- referring to turpentine (usually the smell) ("terebenthifolia" = "leaves with a turpentine-like odor)
- tern-
- referring to the number three ("ternata" / "ternifolia" = "three-leaved")
- terr-
- referring to (the) earth ("terrestris")
- tessel-
- tessellate (a squared pattern) ("tessellata")
- testud-
- referring to a tortoise ("testudinaria" = "like a tortoise shell"))
- tetra-
- referring to the number four ("tetragonus" = "four-angled")
- -thal(...)
- referring to a branch (_Pleurothallis_ = "side branch")
- -thamn(...)
- referring to a plant, a bush (_Rhodothamnus_ = "red plant")
- -thec(...)
- referring to a sheath ("microthecum" = "small sheath")
- therm-
- referring to heat, hot springs ("thermalis")
- thyrs-
- referring to a flower cluster (+ or - pyramid-shaped) ("thyrsoidea")
- tigr-
- referring to a tiger (striped) ("tigrinus")
- til-
- referring to the genus _Tilia_, the Linden tree ("tilioides")
- tinct-
- referring to a dye ("tinctoria")
- tomentos-
- pubescent ("tomentosum") tort-..............twisted ("tortilus")
- toxi-
- referring to a poison (_Toxicodendron_ = "poison tree")
- trachy-
- rough (_Trachycarpus_ = "rough fruit")
- tremul-
- trembling, ("tremuloides")
- tri-
- referring to the number three (_Trifolium_ = "three leaves," the Clover genus)
- trich-
- referring to a hair ("tricholepis" = "hairy scale")
- trist-
- sad, bitter (usually referring to color, or shape, like somber color, or drooping) ("tristus" / "triste")
- triti-
- referring to the wheat plant ("triticina")
- trivi-
- common, frequent ("trivialis")
- -trop(...)
- turning towards (_Heliotropium_ = "turning towards the sun") (also can refer to a keel)
- tuberc-
- referring to small tuber-like protruberances
- tubi-
- referring to tube (shape) ("tubiflora")
- tumid-
- swollen ("tumidus")
- tunic-
- referring to a tunic, i.e., covered ("tunica" / "tunicata")
- turbin-
- shaped like a top ("turbinatus")
- typh-
- smokey, dull ("typhina")
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