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[-Home-] Roots: G


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-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)

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Last updated on 10/14/94