Procerus
/pro-SEH-rus/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: procera, procerum
A size and form epithet describing a plant of exceptional height combined with slender, stately proportions — tall and dignified rather than simply large. Appears as procerus (masculine), procera (feminine), or procerum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin procerus, meaning "tall and slim" or "of great stature," from procedere (to go forward).
Example
“Araucaria procera and Pinus procera are trees of commanding stature — their height and slender bearing conveying the kind of tall, dignified presence the word procerus so exactly describes.”