A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

coccifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.A), cocciger,-gera,-gerum (adj.A), coccophorus,-a,-um (adj.A): developing small, rounded bodies; “berry-bearing; [also] being a host to coccoid insects, the gravid females of which resemble berries” (Stearn 1996); see coccus,- (s.m.II).

Eucalyptus coccifera, [Orchidaceae] Eulophia coccifera, Cyrtochilum cocciferum, Eulophia coccifera, Oncidium cocciferum, Trigonochilum cocciferum.

Quercus coccifera, the kermes oak, the ‘berry’ or galls set by insects on this tree were used for produce a scarlet dye (Liddell & Scott).

[lichen] Lichen cocciferus

Collema coccophorum, a lichen “made up of minute, erect, round-headed lobules or stalked granules.”

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