tentaculata remaining a constant feature throughout its geographical distribution, and even if it overlaps in distribution with Quaqua framesii, Quaqua incarnata, and Quaqua hottentotorum at various localities, with none of which it presents any intergrades. Remarks: The characteristic long corolla lobes of Q. Outer corona lobes shortly bifid, appendages broadly triangular. Corona yellowish, basally quite bowlshaped. 8 mm long, 2 mm wide), narrowly (ovate-) lanceolate, ascending, margins curved outwards, mouth of the tube finely papillose, papillae conical. qh: If a medicine is to be taken every so-many hours, it is written 'qh' the 'q' standing for 'quaque' and the 'h' indicating the number of hours. stands for 'quater in die' (in Latin, 4 times a day). Corolla lobes more than 5 times as long as broad in the middle (ca. (or qid or QID) is four times a day q.i.d. ablative feminine singular of quisquis References quaqua, in Charlton T. quaqua on the one handon the other hand conjunction coordinate qualis talis of what kind adjective.

Corolla usually cream-coloured Cl tube 2.5 × 4 mm,Ĭampanulate, inside glabrous. Latin 202 Word List a(d)sto, a(d)stare, astiti,. Inflorescence: 4-10 flowered, usually close to the stem tips.įlowers: Flower buds oblong. Stems: 4-ribbed, 10-30 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, greyish to purple-green. The specific epithet tentaculata comes from Latin, meaning 'with tentacles' and refers to the long thin corolla lobes. The flowers are usually cream coloured they lack hairs in the throat, but have a zone of minute conical papillae on the disc around the tube.ĭerivation of specific name.

The inflorescence, usually close to the stem tips, bears 4-10 often simultaneously opening flowers with very characteristic long corolla lobes. tentaculata is a bushy succulent with greyish to purple-green stems up to 30 tall, with erect robust, conical tubercles topped by hard spines. tentaculata Bruynsĭescription: Quaqua incarnata subsp. Register for the Daily Good Word E-Mail! - You can get our daily Good Word sent directly to you via e-mail in either HTML or Text format. (We thank the mysterious Grogie of the arcane vocabulary for today's Good Word, which actually appears in most dictionaries.) That is it in German werden 'will, become' (turn into), Russian vertet' 'turn, spin, twirl', and Lithuanian virsti 'to overturn'. Versus goes back to PIE wer-t- 'to turn, bend, wind', source also of the English combining form - ward in toward, homeward, windward. We know the origin of qua, PIE kwo-, the interrogative and relative pronoun, which also produced English who, what, where, etc. Creavimus et constituimus atque hunc Scholarem, virtute praesentis Diplomatis, singulis Juribus, Privilegiis et Honoribus Gradui isti quaqua pertinentibus frui. It comprises a reduplicated qua 'where, by which way' + versus 'turned toward, facing'. quaquaversal (English) Origin & history From Latin quaqua versus. quaquauhtla (Classical Nahuatl) Noun quaquauhtla (locative) Obsolete. quaquaraqu (Italian) Noun quaquaraqu (masc.) (invariable) windbag. quaqua (Latin) Pronoun Inflection of quisquis (ablative feminine.

Quaqua in Latin meant 'wheresoever, whithersoever, whencesoever'. quaq (English) Noun quaq (uncountable) (Iupiat culture).

Word History: Today's word is a derivation of Late Latin quaquaversum 'on all sides' based on the Classical Latin phrase quaqua versus 'turned wheresoever'. Qua is a relatively rare, formal word, from Latin, roughly meaning in the. Milquetoast's bumbershoot was broken so that it couldn't make is usual quaquaversal opening,' or from all directions: 'The ascent to the castle on the mountain is quaquaversally steep and arduous.' Title text: Qua qua qua is the sine qua non of sine qua non qua sine qua non. In Play: Today's Good Word implies movement in all directions, 'Mr. It comes, as usual, with an adverb, quaquaversally, and a noun, quaquaversality. Notes: Here is an adjective that has everyday uses but is almost never used. From every direction toward a center point, all around. Emanating from a central point and spreading in all directions, as 'a quaquaversal dome or umbrella' or 'a quaquaversal oil spill'.

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