Species within a genus
eu-, = well;
(good, well developed, normal, true)
phorbe, = pasture, food, fodder, forage; fuel.
The name honours, Euphorbus Musa, physician to King Juba, of Numidia (Mauritania) c. 47 B.C., was interested in these cactus-like plants supposedly for medicine – of which many are poisonous.
(LS, BL, M, K3)
(good, well developed, normal, true)
phorbe, = pasture, food, fodder, forage; fuel.
The name honours, Euphorbus Musa, physician to King Juba, of Numidia (Mauritania) c. 47 B.C., was interested in these cactus-like plants supposedly for medicine – of which many are poisonous.
(LS, BL, M, K3)
caput, = the head, of men and animals; of things, the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity;
medusa, = Medusa.**
(ld)
medusa, = Medusa.**
(ld)
For Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795-1868).**
(Ch)
(Ch)
epi-, = upon, over, on top of, added to;
cyparissus, from cupressus, = the cypress (sacred to Pluto) [q.v. 'Cyprissa'**];
-ias, = indicates a close connection.
(BL)
cyparissus, from cupressus, = the cypress (sacred to Pluto) [q.v. 'Cyprissa'**];
-ias, = indicates a close connection.
(BL)
peplum, peplus, = the robe of state of Minerva/Athene.**
(ld)
(ld)