A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

dulcis,-e (adj.B):(of taste) sweet; pleasant, charming, delightful, kind, dear; “any kind of taste, which is not acrid” (Lindley), “sweet, extended to any kind of taste which is not acrid” (Jackson); (of smells or odors) fragrant, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented; (of sounds) melodic, melodious, sweet-sounding; generally agreeable, delightful, pleasant, soft, sweet; compar. dulcior,-ius (adj.B); superl. dulcissimus,-a,-um (adj.A); cf. melleus,-a,-um (adj.A), honey-sweet; cf. suavis,-e (adj.B), sweet, pleasant, delicious; opp. amarus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘bitter;’ see ‘sweet;’

NOTE: one of the generally four tastes (sapor): bitter (amarus), sour (acer), sweet (dulcis) and salty (salsus).

- Glycyrrhiza,-ae (s.f.I), licorice-root; “called by Celsus [a physician] ‘dulcis radix’” (Lewis & Short).

- aqua (s.f.I) dulcis, fresh water; see aqua,-ae (s.f.I).

- herbae erectae foliis junciformibus, in paludibus dulcibus salsisque vigentes (B&H), herbs erect with rush-like leaves, flourishing in freshwater and saltwater marshes (or swamps).

- species ad 8 in aquis dulcibus Americae temperatae v. tropicae late dispersae (B&H), species up to 8, in the fresh waters of temperate or tropical America widely dispersed.

- odor mitis, dulcis fragransque, odor mild, sweet and fragrant.

- Dulcis sapor gustu suavis atque jucundus oblectat, nullaque qualitate exuperante molestus est. Ejusmodi conspicuus est in Saccharo, melle, glycyrrhiza, &c. (Ray), ‘dulcis’ [i.e. sweet, not bitter] is a taste pleasant in flavor, and also as it is pleasant it delights, and in no overwhelming quality is it unpleasant. It is of such a kind that is conspicuous in Sugar, honey, glycyrrhiza [i.e. licorice], etc.

praedulcis,-e (adj.B) very sweet, luscious.

subdulcis,-e (adj.B): somewhat sweet or pleasant; (of water) brackish, slightly salty, somewhat saline;

- aqua subdulcis, brackish water.

Fragaria dulcis; Prunus dulcis var. amara

Citrus medica var. dulcis, the Sweet Lemon, ‘sweet,’ i.e. with fruit lacking acidity in its pulp and juice; opp. tristis,-e (adj.B), q.v.