A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Window: fenestra,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. fenestra, q.v.; cf. thyris,-idos, (s.f.III) dim. of thyra, a small door, hence, a window, generally, an entrance, access; see thyr-, thyri-, thyridi-, thyro-: in Gk. comp.;

- fenestra magna pellucida viridis, window large transparent green

- fenestra apicalis, apical window;

- fenestra basalis, basal window (Stearn 1983).

little opening or window: fenestrula,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. fenestrula; fenestrella,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. fenestrella.

Windowpanes, = a window: specularia,-arum (pl.n.III), abl. pl. specularibuis (nom.sg. speculare,-is (s.n.III).

window-like: fenestrelliformis,-e (adj.B), in the shape of a little window; window-like, such as an opening;

- sulco brevi, naviculato fenestrelliformi, with a short groove, boat-shaped, window-like.

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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