Property:Etymology

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Akebia +
Japanese akebi, name for Akebia quinata  +
Alcea +
Greek alkea, a kind of mallow  +
Alchemilla +
Arabic name alkemelyeh, perhaps alluding to alchemists' interest in reputed marvelous powers of its dew  +
Aletris +
Greek aletris, a female slave who ground corn, alluding to the mealy texture of the perianths  +
Alisma +
ancient Greek name, adopted by Linnaeus from Dioscorides  +
Allenrolfea +
for Robert Allen Rolfe, English botanist, 1855–1921  +
Alliaria +
Genus Allium, garlic or onion, and Latin –aria, connection, alluding to odor of crushed plant  +
Allionia +
For C. Allioni, 1725–1804, Italian botanist  +
Allium +
Latin, classical name for garlic  +
Allotropa +
Greek allos, other or different, and tropos, turn or direction, alluding to inflorescence  +
Allowissadula +
Greek allo- , different, and genus Wissadula  +
Almutaster +
For Almut G. Jones, b. 1923, American Aster specialist  +
Alnus +
Latin alnus, alder  +
Aloe +
Arabic alloeh, a name for these or similar plants  +
Aloina +
Genus Aloë and Latin -ina, resembling, alluding to fleshy leaves  +
Alophia +
Greek a, not, and lophos, crest, referring to the absence of style crests  +
Alpinia +
for Italian botanist Prosper Alpinus (1553–1617)  +
Alsia +
Anagram of generic name Lasia (now Forsstroemia), alluding to similarity  +
Alstroemeria +
for Clas Alströmer, 1736–1794, Swedish naturalist and pupil of Linnaeus  +
Alternanthera +
Latin alternans, alternating, and anthera, anther, referring to the alternation of pseudostaminodes and stamens  +
Althaea +
For Althaea, wife of King Oeneus of Aetolia or Calydon  +
Alvaradoa +
For Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras, ca. 1485 – 1541, member of Cortez’s expedition to Mexico  +
Alyssum +
Greek, a-, not or without, and lyssa, rabies or madness  +, name used for plants reputed in ancient times as remedy for hydrophobia, cure for madness, and calmative for anger  +
Amaranthus +
Greek amarantos, unfading, nonwith ering  +
Amauriopsis +
Generic name Amauria, and Greek - opsis, resembling  +