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MALVACEAE (G)
Hibiscus Family (Wf)

mallakos,= soft;
malakos, = soft, gentle, mild;
(mallow)
(emollient, softening properties of the seeds)
(LS, Le)

MELIANTHACEAE (G)
Melianthus and Bersama Family (Le)

meli, = honey;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(LS)

MENISPERMACEAE (G)
Moonseed Family (Le)

mene, = the moon;
sperma, = that which is sown, seed.
(LS)

MENYANTHACEAE (G)
Bogbean Family (Wf)

mene, = moon;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
mene-anthos, μήνή-άνθος, = Moon-flower(various derivationms have been proposed. Theorphastus’s name μήνήάνθος, for Nymphoides peltata).
(LS, I4)

MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE (G)
Vygie Family (Le)

mesembria, = midday, noon, when the sun is at the meridian;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(flowers need midday sunshine to open)
(LS, Le)

MOLLUGINACEAE (La)
Wirecress Family, Carpetweed (Wi)

mollis, = easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple, soft, tender, delicate.
(soft, pliant)
gens, = [that which belongs together by birth or descent], a race or clan, embracing several families united together by a common name, and by certain religious rites.
Members of this family share common characteristics with the type-genus MOLLUGO, a name used by Pliny, probably derived from mollis.
(ld, BL, Le, K3)

MONTINIACEAE
Wild Clove Family (Le)

Lars Jonasson Montin (1723-1785).**
(Ch)

MORACEAE (La)
Mulbery and Fig Family(Int)

ficus, = a fig tree.
(ld)

MYOPORACEAE (G)

myo, = shut, closed;
poros, = ford, strait, passage, pore, opening.
(transparent glands on the leaves)
(LS, BL, Le)

MYRICACEAE (G)
Waxberry Family (Le)

Reference uncertain. Perhaps:
muron, = scent; or
murio, to flow; or
akin to myrrh.
myrikē, = tamarisk.
(Le, I13)

MYRSINACEAE (G)
Cape Beech and Myrsine Family (Le)

myrsine, = the myrtle.
(LS)

MYRTACEAE (G)
Eucalyptus Family (Le)

myrtos, = the myrtle.
(LS)