Principles of Horticulture, edition 6, KMB

Similarly, genus names may be descriptive, e.g. Odontoglossum, odons meaning tooth and glossa, a tongue; this describes the shape of the flower of this orchid. Impatiens, meaning hasty, describing the explosion of seed pods when touched. Halimodendron, derived from halimus meaning coast and dendron meaning a tree; so a ‘seaside shrub’. ................
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