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Species Names Describing Colours

alba(um)(us)	white	eg. Cornus alba
argentea(um)(us)	silvery
aurantiaca(um)(us)	orange
aurea(um)(us)	golden
bicolor	two coloured	eg. Fasicularia bicolor
carnea(um)(us)	flesh-coloured
caerulea(um)(us)	blue
cinerea(um)(us)	ash grey
coccinea(um)(us)	scarlet	eg. Schizostylis coccinea
concolor	of the same colour
discolor	two coloured
ferruginea(um)(us)	rusty brown
flava(um)(us)	pale yellow
glauca(um)(us)	sea-green	eg. Festuca glauca
lactea(um)(us)	milk white
lilacina(um)(us)	lilac
lutea(um)(us)	yellow	eg. Corydalis lutea
nigra(um)(us)	black
punicea(um)(us)	crimson
purpurea(um)(us)	purple	eg. Lamium purpureum
rosea(um)(us)	rose pink
rubra(um)(us)	red	eg. Filipendula rubra
sanguinea(um)(us)	blood red	eg. Geranium sanguineum
tricolor	three-coloured
variegata(um)(us)	variegated, two-coloured
versicolor	changing colour
violacea(um)(us)	violet
viride(is)	green

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