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Xanthisma (that-which-is-dyed-yellow, as
to flower color)-Zanth-iz-muh
Xanthoceras (yellow-horn, as to blotch-
like markings at base of disk-flow-
ers ) -Zanth-oh-seer-as
Xanthorhiza (yellow-root) - Zanth-or-
rye-zuh Shrub yellow-root
Xanthosoma (yellow-body, as to its
flower stigma) - Zanth-oh-soft-muh:
Malanga, Tamer, Yautia.
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Xeranthemum (dry-flower, as to "ever-
lasting" quality) -Zeer-anth-em-um:
Immortelle (X annuum)
Xerophyllum (dry-leaf) - Zeer-oh-fill-
um Turkey-beard
Xylobium (wood-life, as to its epiphytic
habit of living in, but not "on,"
trees)-Zye-loh-bee-um
Xylophylla (wood-leaf, as to its leaf-like
branches)-Zye-loh-fill-uh.
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| Y |
| Yucca - Yukk-uh- Includes Adams- | needle, Spanish-bayonet, Joshua-tree |
| Z |
Zaluzianskya (for Polish physician
Adam Zaluziansky von Zaluzian) -
Zal-oo-zee-ansk-ee-uh Night-phlox (Z
capensis)
Zamia-Zay-mee-uh
Zantedeschia (for Italian botanist
Francesco Zantedeschi) - Zan-ted-
desk-ee-uh Calla
Zanthorhiza (yellow-root) - Zanth-or-
rye-zuh See Xanthorhiza
Zanthoxylum (yellow-wood, as to color
in some species)-Zanth-ox-il-um
Zauschneria (for Bohemian botanist H
Zauschner) - Zosh-neer-ee-uh Cah-
fornia-fuchsia (Z califormca)
Zea (classical name for a cereal grain) -
Zee-uh Maize or Indian corn is Z
mays, the species of which sweet or
sugar corn is a variety
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Zebrina (zebra-like, as to striped leaves)
- Zeb-rye-nuh: Wandering-jew (Z
pendula)
Zelkova-Zel-koh-vuh
Zenobia (probably for Queen Zenobia
of Palmyra)-Zen-noh-bee-uh
Zephyranthes (west- wind-flower, a
classical name compounded to indi-
cate western origin) - Zeff-er-anth-
eez Zephyr-lily
Zingiber (the classical name) - Zin-jib
er Ginger
Zinnia (for German physician Johann
Gottfried Zinn)-Zm-ee-uh
Zygocactus (cactus with a technical
joining of parts)-Zye-goh-kak-tus.
Christmas cactus
Zygopetalum (joined-flowers, a technical
aspect)-Zye-goh-pet-al-um
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