A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


sweet: ambrosiacus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v.; dulcis,-e (adj.B), of taste; suavis,-e (adj.B), of smell and taste; mellifluens,-entis (adj.B): honey-dropping or -dripping; mellifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.A) or melliger,-gera,-gerum (adj.A): honey-bearing; mellitus,-a,-um (adj.A), honey-sweet; suavis,-e (adj.B), sweet, delightful; hedy-, q.v., in Gk. comp., sweet; glyco-, glycy-, q.v., in Gk. comp., sweet of taste or smell; cf. blandus,-a,-um (adj.A) 'pleasant;' opp. amarus,-a,-um (adj.A), acerbus,-a,-um (adj.A) ‘bitter;’ cf. sugary; - aqua (s.f.I) dulcis, fresh water. - satianter (adv.) dulcis, cloyingly sweet. - super quam dulcis, more than sweet. - 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). - odor mitis, dulcis fragransque, odor mild, sweet and fragrant. very sweet, luscious: praedulcis,-e (adj.B). Prunus dulcis var. amara becoming sweet: dulcescens,-entis (part.B); - aetate dulcescens, with age becoming sweet.
sweet-: in L. comp. dulci-; - dulciflorus, sweet-flowered, dulcifolius, sweet-leaved. in L. comp. suavi-; - suaviflorus, sweet-flowered, dulcifolius, sweet-leaved. in Gk. comp., hedy-, q.v.; - hedyosmus, sweet scented. in Gk. comp. glyco, glycy-; see glyco-; - glycyphyllus, sweet-leaved; glycosmus, sweet-smelling; glycyrhizus, sweet-root.
sweet-scented: fragrans,-antis (part.B), emitting a sweet or pleasant odor; odoratus,-a,-um (adj.A) 'emitting a sweet or pleasant odor;' odorifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.A), bearing a pleasant odor; odorus,-a,-um (adj.A); suaveolens,-entis (part.B).