Specific botanical epithets meaning likeness
Faculty of Agronomy, Department "Language training, physical education, and sports", University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria.
World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2023, 15(03), 110–126
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjbphs.2023.15.3.0392
Publication history:
Received on 08 August 2023; revised on 15 September 2023; accepted on 18 September 2023
Abstract:
The topic of the present article is a linguistic analysis of specific botanical epithets meaning likeness, mainly those expressed by adjectives or participles. The types of adjectives and the different word-formation patterns are examined through which is represented similarity of the plant as a whole or its singular parts with the characteristics of another plant species or object.
The article is based on the "Conspectus of the Bulgarian vascular flora", Sofia, 2012. Besides the particular epithet, are considered the binomial names that contain it. Each Latin name is followed by its standard meaning in English or a literal translation of the Latin lexemes when the standard meaning is missing.
Keywords:
Specific botanical epithets; Likeness; Types of adjectives; Word-formation
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