A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

tristis,-e (adj.B): sad, dull-colored, melancholic, gloomy, sullen, somber; (of taste) harsh, disagreeable, bitter; (of smell) offensive, foul; comp. tristior,-ius (adj.B); superl. tristissimus,-a,-um (adj.A); see dull, matt; see unhappy;

Salix alba var. tristis, with a ‘weeping’ habit; sad; Weeping Willow.

Ribes triste Pall. “sad; probably from drooping recemes” (Fernald 1950).

- Carex tristis M.Bieb.; Cyperus tristis Kunth; Gahnia tristis Nees; Mariscus tristis Kuntze; Scleria tristis A.St.-Hil.; Cetraria tristis, a brownish black lichen.

- Cirsium triste A.Kern.; Carpesium triste Maxim.; Eriophorum triste (Th.Fr.) Hada & Á. Löve

- succus tristis (adj.B), bitter or harsh-tasting sap.

- Hieracium tristiceps Dahlst. ex A.Hamberg; Taraxacum tristiceps Soest; Hieracium tristicolor Ohlsen; Carpesium tristiforme Hand.-Mazz.

- monoica, parvula, intricato-caespitosa, triste-viridis (Austin), monoicous, somewhat small, intricate-turfed, dull-green.

- tristis anhelitus oris, a foul breath of the mouth.

- palus vapore tristi, a swamp with an offensive (smelling) vapor.

- [synonym of Polytrichum; moss] Muscus Capillusve aureus minor, minus specioso nitore coloreque vivido, tristioreque aspectu (Dillenius), muscus or capillus less golden, less showy in glossiness and vivid color, and with a more somber [i.e. dull] overall appearance [i.e. aspect].

Tree of sadness: Nyctanthes arbor-trlstis L.

Cirsium tristissimum Kitam.