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allei (allelo-)
Greek: reciprocal, each other
americanum
(named for) America
anthos
flower
calyx
cup
canadensis
(named for) Canada
chion
snow
chrys
Greek: gold
claytonia
(named for) John Clayton (botanist, 1694–1773)
dendron (-dendro
tree
di-
two
epi
on
exo
Greek: outside, exterior, beyond
folium; pl: folia
Latin: leaf
-form
Latin: having the form of (from forma, meaning form, contour, appearance)
helios (heli-)
sun
hydro-
water
jeffersonia
(named for) Thomas Jefferson (US President and botanist, 1743 – 1826)
lirio-
tulip, lily
lutea
Latin: yellow
marilandica
(named for) Maryland
-oides
Greek: resembling
-opsis
Greek: appearing (literally, view)
passi-
passion
pathos
Greek: suffering, experience
pathetos
Greek: subject to suffering
pedi-, pedis
Latin: feet
pelte (peltatum)
small shield
phyllon (phyllum); pl: phylla
leaf
podos (podo-)
Greek: foot
quad-, quadri-
four
radic-
root
rhodo-
rose
simplicissima
Latin: simplest
toxic (toxico-)
poison, toxic
tri-
three
una (uni-)
one
virginica, virginiana, virginicum
(named for) Virginia
xantho, zantho
Greek: yellow
xylem
wood

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