wightianus

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for Scottish botanist Robert Wight or English botanist William Franklin Wight + Latin -ianus

Adjective

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wightianus (feminine wightiana)

  1. Wight (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Wight's ..."