Translingual

Leontice leontopetalum

Proper noun

Leontice f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – several species of perennial, tuberous herbs.

Synonyms

• (genus of the Berberidaceae): Leontopetalon

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Berberidaceae - family; Berberidoideae - subfamily; Leonticeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): L. leontopetalum - type species, L. albertii, L. altaica, L. armeniaca, L. darwasica, L. ewersmannii, L. incerta, L. kiangnanensis, L. leontopetaloides, L. minor, L. odessana, L. thalictroides - other species

Latin

Noun

leonticē f ‎(genitive leonticēs); first declension

1. a plant also called cacalia

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

Descendants

• Translingual: Leontice

References

• leontice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “leontice”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.