Plant Identification

Latin Terms Glossary

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decumbens
Meaning: lying down with tips rising
Example: Potentilla decumbens — creeping cinquefoil
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densiflorus / densiflorum
Meaning: densely flowered
Example: Liatris densiflora — blazing star
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dentata
Meaning: toothed-margin leaves
Example: Mentha × piperita var. dentata — toothed mint
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diffusa
Meaning: spreading or loosely branched
Example: Euphorbia diffusa — spreading spurge
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