Cervinus
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Also known as: cervina, cervinum
An animal-reference epithet relating a plant to deer — either because of a tawny fawn color, because deer browse it readily, or because it grows in deer habitats. Appears as cervinus (masculine), cervina (feminine), or cervinum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin cervinus, meaning "of a stag" or "deer-like," from cervus (stag, deer).
Example
“Juncus cervinus and Phleum cervinum both carry this epithet, possibly for their tawny, fawn-colored seed heads that resemble the coat of a young deer.”