Sanicula
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