A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

ax-, axo-: in Gk. comp. axis- [related to Gk. axOn,-onos (s.m.III): axle]; = L. axis,-is (s.m.III), q.v.;

ax-, axi-: in Lat. comp. axis- [ > L. axis,-is (s.m.III), see axis]

Latin:

axifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.A): axiferous, “bearing an axis, but without leaves or other appendages” (Jackson).

axiformis,-e(adj.B): in the shape or form of an axis.

Gk.:

Axogamy (axOn, axis + gamos, marriage), “plants bearing sexual organs on the leafy stem; adj. axogamicus,-a,-um (adj.A)” (Jackson).

Axophyta,-orum (n.pl.II) = Cormophyta: ‘plants havng an axis, that is, stem and root” (Jackson) [> Gk. axOn, axis + phyton, a plant].

axospermus,-a,-um (adj.A), axospermicus,-a,-um (adj.A): axospermous: “with axile placentation of ovules” (Jackson) [> Gk. axOn, axis + sperma, seed].

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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