Sanicula
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin sānicula, first attested in Hildegard of Bingen, probably originally meaning Sanicula europaea, derived from sānāre (“to heal”), also sānāria, however also used for various not closely related plants and also a synonym of dispēnsāria used by Linnaeus as Diapensaria.
Proper noun[edit]
Sanicula f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – sanicles, black snakeroots, and closely related species.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Saniculoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms[edit]
- (family): Sanicula europaea (wood sanicle) - type species
References[edit]
- Genaust, Helmut (1996) “Sanicula”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, pages 555b–556a