For Manfed Dittrich (1934- ),** German botanist, specialist in the Asteraceae, and Director of the Herbarium of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. (Ch)
gravis, = of smell or flavour, - strong, unpleasant, offensive;
oleo, = to emit a smell of any thing;
olens, = smelling, oderous.
graveolens, = strong-smelling; in a bad sense, ill-smelling, noisome, rank.
(smelling, oderous, pleasant or unpleasant)
(strong-smelling, ill-smelling)
(Alien) (ld, BL)
viscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe);
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
viscosus, = full of bird-lime, sticky, viscous.
(viscid, glutinous, sticky)
(Alien and naturalised) (ld, BL, Ox, Cw)