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Roots: G

-gae(...)

referring to the earth, ground (hypogaea = underground)

-gal(...)

referring to milk (Polygala = many milks, referring to a myth that the plants increase the flow of mother's milk)

gall-

referring to Gaul (France), Gallic (gallicus) ALSO referring to a cock (rooster) (crus-galli = cock-spur)

gam-

united (married) (gamopetala = joined petals) (polygama = many married, meaning, in a botanical sense, that the flowers are of both sexes on a single plant)

gast-

referring to a stomach, a belly, swollen (Gasteria, a a genus of succulents, the appearance pf which is somewhat a swollen stem)

gemin-

referring to twins (geminiflora)

gemm-

referring to jewels or buds (gemmiflorus)

geo-

referring to the earth, the ground (geoides)

-ger(...)

bearing (cornigera = with a horn)

gibb-

swollen on one side (the gibbous moon) (gibbosa)

gig-

referring to giants or immensity (gigantea)

glabr-

smooth (glabrescens)

glad-

referring to a sword (Gladiolus, because of the leaves)

gland-

referring to a gland (glandulifera = gland-bearing)

glauc-

milky, with a bloom, greyish (glaucescens / glaucinus)

glob-

referring to a ball or sphere (globulus)

glom-

referring to a cluster (glomerata)

glor-

glorious (gloriosa)

gloss-

referring to a tongue (shape) (Ophioglossum = snake's tongue - a fern)

glut-

referring to glue (glutinosa)

glyc-

sweet (in taste) (Glycyrrhiza, the licorice plant, = sweet root)

-gon(...)

referring to an angle (Polygonum = many-angled/jointed) (chrysogonum = golden angle (star))

goni-

referring to an angle (Goniopterus = angle-winged)

gongyl-

rounded, swollen (gongyloides)

gossyp-

referring to the genus Gossypium, the cotton plant (gossypifolium = cotton plant + leaf)

gracil-

graceful, slender (gracilis / gracilipes = slender + foot / stalk)

graec-

pertaining to Greece (Greek) (graeca)

gramin-

referring to grass (graminifolia = grass-like leaves)

gramm-

referring to a line / written upon (Grammatophyllum = written-on (lined) leaves)

grand-

large (grandiceps = large-headed)

granul-

granular, grainy (granulosus)

-graph(...)

referring to writing (xerographica = dried writing)

grat-

wonderful, pleasing, likeable (gratus gratissima)

graveol-

heavy (often referring to odor) (graveolens)

gris-

referring to the color gray (griseus)

gumm-

referring to gum (gummifera = gum-bearing)

gutt-

referring to a spot or a drop (the genus Guttifera whose leaves exude water)) (guttatus = spotted)

gymn-

naked, bare (gymnocladus = bare-branched)

gyn-

referring to the female sex (Gynura tailed woman - just wanted to see if you were awake! -- a stigma with a tail) (monogyna = single female sexual part, a single pistil)

gyr-

revolving, gyrating (gyrans)