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flavescens - flav-vess-ens: yellowish,
becoming yellow.
flavicomus - flav-vik-oh-mus: yellow-
haired.
flavidus - flay-vid-us: yellow or yel-
lowish.
flavirameus - flav-ihr-ray-mee-us: yellow-
branched.
flavispinus - flav-iss-pye-nus: yellow-
spined.
flavissimus - flav-viss-im-us: deep yellow.
flavus-flay-vus: yellow.
flavovirens-flay-voh-vye-renz: yellow-
green.
flexilis-flex-il-iss: pliant, flexible.
flexuosus - flex-yew-oh-sus: tortuous,
zig-zag.
floccosus-flok-koh-sus: woolly.
flore-albo - floh-ree-al-boh: white-
flowered.
florentinus - flor-en-tye-nus: Florentine.
flore-pleno - floh-ree-plee-noh: double-
flowered.
floribundus - floh-rib-bund-us: flowering
profusely.
floridus - flor-id-us: flowering freely.
floridanus-flor-id-day-nus: of Florida.
fluitans-flew-it-ans: floating.
fluviatilis-flew-vee-at-il-iss: of rivers.
foetidus-feet-id-us: ill-smelling.
foliatus-foh-lee-oy-tus: with leaves.
foliolatus - foh-lee-oh-lay-tus: with
leaflets.
foliosus - foh-lee-oh-sus: leafy, full of
leaves.
follicularis - fol-ik-yew-lay-riss: having
follicles.
fontinalis - fon-tin-nay-liss: pertaining to
spring.
forficatus - for-fik-kaytus: shear-shaped.
formosissimus - form-oh-siss-im-us:
very beautiful.
formosus - formohsus: beautiful,
handsome.
foveatus-foh-vee-ay-tus: pitted.
foveolatus - foh-vee-oh-lay-tus: some-
what pitted.
fragarioides-frag-ar-ee-oy-deez: straw-
berry-like.
fragilis-fraj-il-iss: fragile, brittle.
fragrans-fray-grans: fragrant.
fragrantissimus - fray-gran-tiss-im-us:
very fragrant.
frigidus - frij-id-us: from or of cold
regions.
frondosus-fron-doh-sus: leafy.
fructescens-frook-tess-ens: fruitful.
fructiferus - frook-tif-er-us: bearing
fruits.
fructigenus-frook-tij-en-us: fruitful.
frutescens - frew-tess-en: shrubby,
bushy.
fruticosus-frew-tik-koh-sus: shrubby,
bushy (fruticose).
fruticulosus - frew-tik-yew-loh-sus:
somewhat shrubby.
fucatus - few-kay-tus: painted, dyed.
fuchsioides - fook-see-oy-deez (few-
shee-oy-deez, colloquially)
: fuchsia-
like.
fugax-few-gax: rapid.
fulgens-full-jens: shining, glistening.
fulgidus-full-jid-us: shining.
fuliginosus - few-lii-in-noh-sus: sooty-
black.
fulvescens - full-vess-ens: becoming
tawny-orange.
fulvus-full-vus: tawny-orange.
funebris-few-nee-briss: funereal.
fungosus - fun-goh-sus spongy, per-
taining to a fungus.
funiculatus-few-nik-yew-lay-tus: per-
taining to rope or cord, with an
ovule stalk (funicle).
furcans-fur-kanz: forked.
furcatus - fur-kay-tus: forked (furcate).
fuscatus-fuss-kay-tus: brownish.
fuscus - fuss-cus: brown, dusky (fus-
cous)
.
fusiforntis - few-sif-form-iss: spindle-
shaped.
G
galacifolius - gay-las-if-foh-lee-us:
galax-leaved.
galericulatus - gal-er-ik-yew-lay-tus:
helmet-like.
gallicus-gal-ik-us: French, of or from
France.
garganicus - gar-gon-ik-us: of Gar-
gano (Italy).
gelidus-jel-id-us: frigid (regions).
geminatus-jem-in-nay-tus: twin.
geminiflorus - jem-in-if-floh-rus: twin-
flowered.
geminatus - jem-may-tus: jeweled (bud-
bearing)
.
gemmiferus - jem-mif-er-us: having
buds.
genevensis-jen-ev-ven-siss: of Geneva
(Switzerland).
geniculatus - jen - ik - yew - lay - tus:
jointed, kneed.
gentianoides - jen-shee-an-noy-deez:
gentian-like.
geoides-jee-oy-deez: of the earth.
geometricus - jee-om-met-rik-us: dis-
tinctly patterned.
germanicus - jer-man-ik-us: German, of
Germany.
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