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### Latin Terms for Botanical Medicines

Arillus…………….berries
Fructus………...…….fruit
Gelatinum….............gelatin
Radix…………….….root
Rhizome..............root stem
Semen……..….…….seed
Herba…..plant (not wood)
Tuber…………..root bulb
Nodus…….rhizome node
Folium……….……...leaf
Lignum…………….wood
Pericarpium………….peel
Cortex……………….bark
Flos……………….flower
Caulis………………..stalk
Succus............…plant juice
Bulbus.....................…..bulb
Ramulus…………….stick
Stylus…….center of flower
Sclerotium…………...fruit
Cacumen…………...leaves
Cornu…………...….antler
Concha……………...shell