A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

palaris,-e (adj.B): palar, “a root which is perfectly continuous with the stem” (Lindley); “when the root is perfectly continuous with the stem” (Jackson); pertaining to stakes, stake-like; “of, relating to, or resembling a stake (a palar line on a heraldic shield)” (WIII) [> L. palus,-i (s.m.II), abl. sg. palo: ‘a stake, prop, stay, pale;’ probably with some suggestion of ‘prop’ or ‘support’]; see stake;

- radix (s.f. III) palaris, taproot (Stearn).

- stirps palaris, an erect, unbranched stem-type; see stirps (s.f.III).

- foliis cordato-orbiculatis utrinque pubescenti-villosis, masculi peltatis, feminei palaribus, racemis masculis axillaribus geminatis pluribusve (DeCandolle), with the leaves cordate-orbiculate, on both sides pubescent-villous, of the male [sc. flowers] peltate, of the female palar [i.e. stake-like, without branches], with the male racemes axillary, paired or more.

palariradicatus,-a,-um (part.A): taprooted; see fibrous root, diffuse root.

palari-ramosus,-a,-um (adj.A): “a root which is palar, and produces numerous branches from its sides” (Lindley); “when a palar root has many branches” (Jackson).