Property:Etymology

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Presumably Arabic habb-el-misk, musk seed, alluding to scented seeds  +
Latin name of a European fir  +
Latin abietis, of conifer genus Abies, and - ella, diminutive, alluding to habit aspect  +
for Peder Chritian Abildgaard, 1740–1801, Danish professor of verterinary medicine  +
Greek abros, de licate or graceful  +
probably Arabic abu, father of, and Persian tula or tulha, mallow  +
Greek akaina, thorn, alluding to barbed spines arising from wall of hypanthium  +
Greek akalephe, stinging nettle, from a-, without, kalos, good, and haphe, touch, alluding to some species resembling Urtica (though not stinging)  +
Greek akamptos, stiff or unbending, and pappus, alluding to thick pappus elements  +
Greek akantha, thorn, and Cereus, a genus of cacti  +
Greek acantha, thorn, and scyphos, cup, alluding to awn on involucre  +
Greek acantha, prickle, and sperma, seed, alluding to prickly “fruits”  +
Greek a-, without, and kaulos, stalk or stem, alluding to stemless habit  +
for Greek god Achilles, who is supposed to have used the plants to treat his wounds  +
Greek Achlus, a god of night  +
Greek achyron, scale, and Latin achaenium, fruit, alluding to cypselae  +
Greek achyron, chaff, and anthos, flower  +
Greek achuron, chaff, and onyx, onychos, nail or fingernail, alluding to the chaffy sepals  +
Greek a, without, cleis, thing that closes, and anthos, flower  +, alluding to lack of involucre  +
From a Singhalese name for a plant now known as Blainvillea acmella (Linnaeus) Philipson  +