Common Scientific Names Flashcards

(57 cards)

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acutus

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sharpened, pointed

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albus

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white

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anthos

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flower

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4
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apis

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bee

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aquaticus

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found near water

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arborescens

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tree or shrub-like

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arctos

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bear

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arvensis

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in the field

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aureus

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golden

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australis

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southern

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baccatus

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berry-bearing

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12
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borealis

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northern

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brachy-

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short

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brevi-

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short

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cauda

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tail

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caulos

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stem, stalk

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-ceps

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head

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cephalo

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head

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echinatus

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spiny, prickly

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edulis

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edible

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eliator

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taller

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elegans

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elegant

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ennea

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-ensis

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of, from (a place)

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erio-
wool, wooly
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erosus
indented, jagged, serrated
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erythro-
red
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folium
leaf
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glabra
smooth, hairless
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glacialis
icy, frozen, glacial
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graveolens
strong-smelling
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hirsutus
hairy
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lepus
hare
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lobos
lobe
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maculatus
spotted
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marginatus
bordered
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mephitis
bad odor
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montanus
mountains
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morpho-
shape
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nothos
false, wrong
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officinalis
for the workshop; medicinal
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ophis
serpent
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-opsis
resembling
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parvus
small
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pratensis
of the meadow
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pruriens
itching
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pubescens
downy
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reptans
creeping, crawling
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ulos
wooly
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variegatus
variegated
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exulans
exiling
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lanata
woolly
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lapponum
downy
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reticulata
net-like
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procumbens
creeping
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spinosa
thorny
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perennis
perennial