different between rumex vs polygonaceous

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

rumex (plural rumexes)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Rumex; a dock or sorrel.

Anagrams

• murex, muxer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Rumex.

Noun

rumex m (plural rumex)

1. sorrel (plant of the genus Rumex)

Synonyms

• oseille

Further reading

• “rumex” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• murex

Latin

Etymology

Origin uncertain, but the suffixes -ik and -ek are found in other plant names such as larix and carex. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour, salty, bitter”).

Noun

rumex m or f (genitive rumicis); third declension

1. sorrel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• French: ronce
• Italian: romice
• Norman: ronche (Jersey)
• Spanish: romaza

References

• rumex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rumex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rumex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Polygonaceae +? -ous

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

polygonaceous (comparative more polygonaceous, superlative most polygonaceous)

1. (botany) Of or pertaining to a family of apetalous plants, Polygonaceae, of which the knotweeds of the genus Polygonum are the type, and which includes also the docks of the genus Rumex, the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape of the genus Coccoloba, and several other genera.