cenchrus -ri,
desideratum -ata ;
but occasionally, when the plural is more commonly used, e. g., epimera -eron, this is reversed and the singular ending is added: when the two are different in form, e. g., foot and feet, the words are given separately, and so when there is a difference in the application, as in
uncus and unci.
In the definition of color terms the words in brackets [ ] refer to the equivalent color as named on the plate, or the combination needed to produce it.
The names in parentheses ( ) are those of the writers whose definitions are used, or who have used the term in the sense defined. In the terms of venation, these parentheses occur most frequently.
Most of the signs and abbreviations are those in common use
:= equal to, or the same as ;
q. v., which see ;
pl., plural ; abb., abbreviated.