Scaevola

Translingual thumb|Scaevola plumieri species Scaevola plumieri (gullfeed) Etymology Borrowed from mul la Scaevola. It is a reference to the story of Gaius Mucius Scaevola (whose name comes from la scaevus left), because the dried flowers recall a withered hand. Proper noun 1 f genus family Goodeniaceae many species of tropical flowering plants found especially in Australia and Polynesia Hypernyms genus , eudicots clade, core eudicots clade, asterids clade, euasterids II clades; Asterales order order; Goodeniaceae family family Hyponyms genus Scaevola plumieri species (gullfeed) type species; Scaevola taccada species (beach cabbage) selected other species References Scaevola (plant) 1 1 SCAEV mul Asterales order plants Latin Etymology From la Scaeva agnomen and cognomen olus -ola -ole diminutive-forming suffix or directly from la scaevus left; left-handed; clumsy; very lucky or unlucky -olus -ola. Pronunciation Scaevola Proper noun Scaevola<1> m a cognomen of the la gens Mucia gens Mucia and others la Gaius Mucius Scaevola Gaius Mucius Scaevola   Declension Scaevola<1> Descendants it Scevola 1 References la cognomina