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FABACEAE (La)
Pea Family (Wf)
faba, = a bean; more correctly, perhaps, horse-bean.
(ld)
FABRONIACEAE (La)
Moss ()
faber, fabri, = a worker in wood, stone, metal, etc., a forger, smith, artificer, carpenter, joiner.
fabrio, = to make, prepare.
(ld)
FISSIDENTACEAE (La)
Moss (Le)
findo, fidi, fissum = to cleave, split, part, separate, divide; a cleft, slit, fissure;
(split-)
dens, dentis, = a tooth;
(with split teeth)
(ld, BL)
FRANKENIACEAE
Sea-Heath Family (Le)
For Johan Frankenius (1590-1661).**
(Ch)
FUMARIACEAE (La)
Fumitory Family (Wf)
fumus, = smoke, steam, fume;
-aria, = indicates, connection or possession.
fumarium, = s smoke-chamber for ripening wine.
(perhaps the smell of some species)
(ld, BL)