different between uncous vs juncous

English

From Latin uncus.

uncous (comparative more uncous, superlative most uncous)

(rare) Curved or hook-shaped.
- 1658: And contemplating the calicular shafts, and uncous disposure of their extremities, so accommodable unto the office of abstersion, not condemne as wholly improbable the conceit of those who accept it for the herbe Borith. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 180)

Latin juncosus

juncous (comparative more juncous, superlative most juncous)

Full of rushes; resembling rushes; juncaceous.
- 1819, Abraham Hawkins, Kingsbridge and Salcombe (page 54)
  In the quarries near Brislington are abundance of shells and juncous bodies […]

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