Epithets U

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Epithet	Meaning	Reference
ucranica	From Ukraine.	Z
uliginosa	Growing in swamps.	Z
uliginosum	Growing in swamps.	Z
uliginosus	Growing in swamps.	Z
ulmaria	Elm, Ulmus like.
ulmifolius	With leaves like the Elm-Tree.	Z
umbellata	Having the inflorescence in umbels or umbrella form.	Z
umbellatum	Having the inflorescence in umbels or umbrella form.	Z
umbellatus	Having the inflorescence in umbels or umbrella form.	Z
umbellulata	Having partial or secondary umbels.	Z
umbrosa	Growing in shady places.	Z
uncinatum	Barbed, with barbed bristles.	Z
uncinatus	Barbed, with barbed bristles.	Z
undulata	Wavy, with wavy margin.	Z
undulatum	Wavy, with wavy margin.	Z
unedo	"Eat one". (ie you ONLY eat one.)
unguicularis	Having a claw, or of the length of a finger-nail, half-an-inch.	Z
unguiculata	Having what appear to be claws or finger-nails (anguis, a nail or claw).	Z
uniflora	One-flowered.
uniflorum	One-flowered.
uniglumis	With only one chaffy, bract-like scale (of grasses or sedges).	Z
unilateralis	One-sided, turned to one side.	Z
unisiliquosa	Having one pod only.	Z
uplandicum	From Uppland, Sweden.
uralensis	From the Ural Mountains in western Russia.	Z
urbanum	Of the town, cultivated (opposite to rusticus).	Z
urbicum	Growing near towns.	Z
urens	Stinging (as nettles).	Z
ursinum	Sought after by bears.	Z
usitatissimum	Very ordinary.	Z
usitatus	Ordinary, of every-day use.	Z
ustulata	Having the appearance of being charred or scorched (ustus, burnt).	Z
ustulatus	Having the appearance of being charred or scorched (ustus, burnt).	Z
utriculatus	Of the form of skinny-tube, sack, or bladder (uter, a skinny bottle).	Z
utriformis	Bladder or bag-shaped.	Z