Question

From this list of roots, choose good descriptions for the plants and animals you are naming.

a single bloom on a single stalk (Select 2 words.)

mare (sea)
flos (flower)
canto (to sing)
celer (swift)
aqua (water)
penna (feather)
clarus (loud)
avis (bird)
herba (grass)
brevis (small)
curso (to run to and fro)
rotundus (circular)
solus (alone)
fervo (to glow or burn)
magnus (large)

Answer 1

For a plant with "a single bloom on a single stalk," the two words that would be fitting are:

1. **flos** (flower) - to denote the single bloom.
2. **solus** (alone) - to emphasize the single stalk.

So, "flos solus" would be a good description for the plant.