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| ''[[Sabulose]]''. Growing in or pertaining to sandy places. | | ''[[Sabulose]]''. Growing in or pertaining to sandy places. |
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− | ''[[Saggitate]]''. Like an arrowhead in form; triangular with the basal lobes pointing downward. | + | ''[[Saggitate]]''. Like an arrowhead in [[form]]; triangular with the [[basal]] [[lobe]]s pointing downward. |
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− | ''[[Salver-shaped]]''. With a slender tube and an abruptly expanded flat limb, as that of the phlox; hypocratcriform. | + | ''[[Salver-shaped]]''. With a slender tube and an abruptly expanded flat limb, as that of the [[phlox]]; [[hypocrateriform]]. |
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− | ''[[Samara]]''. Indehiscent winged pericarp, as of the maple. | + | ''[[Samara]]''. [[Indehiscent]] winged [[pericarp]], as of the [[maple]]. |
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| ''[[Sap]]''. The watery contents of a plant; an indefinite and undescriptive term little used by botanists. | | ''[[Sap]]''. The watery contents of a plant; an indefinite and undescriptive term little used by botanists. |
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| ''[[Scabrous]]''. Rough; feeling roughish or gritty to the touch. | | ''[[Scabrous]]''. Rough; feeling roughish or gritty to the touch. |
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− | ''[[Scale]]''. A name given to many kinds of small mostly dry and appressed leaves or bracts; a vestige. | + | ''[[Scale]]''. A name given to many kinds of small mostly dry and appressed [[leaves]] or [[bracts]]; a vestige. |
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− | ''[[Scape]]''. Leafless peduncle arising from the ground; it may bear scales or bracts but no foliage-leaves, and may be one- or many-flowered. | + | ''[[Scape]]''. [[Leafless]] [[peduncle]] arising from the ground; it may bear scales or [[bract]]s but no [[foliage]]-[[leaves]], and may be one- or many-[[flower]]ed. |
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− | ''[[Scarious]]''. Leaf-like parts or bracts that are not green, but thin, dry, and membranaceous, often more or less translucent. | + | ''[[Scarious]]''. [[Leaf]]-like parts or [[bract]]s that are not green, but thin, dry, and membranaceous, often more or less translucent. |
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− | ''[[Scion]]''. See Cion. | + | ''[[Scion]]''. See ''[[Cion]]''. |
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| ''[[Scleroid]]''. Of a hard texture. | | ''[[Scleroid]]''. Of a hard texture. |
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− | ''[[Scorpioid]]''. Said of a cluster in which the flowers are 2- ranked and borne alternately at the right and the left. | + | ''[[Scorpioid]]''. Said of a [[cluster]] in which the [[flower]]s are 2-ranked and borne alternately at the right and the left. |
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− | ''[[Seed]]''. The ripened ovule; the essential part is the embryo, and this is contained within integuments. | + | ''[[Seed]]''. The ripened [[ovule]]; the essential part is the [[embryo]], and this is contained within integuments. |
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− | ''[[Seedling]]''. A young plant raised from seed; a plant direct from seed without the intervention of grafting of any kind. | + | ''[[Seedling]]''. A young plant raised from [[seed]]; a plant direct from seed without the intervention of [[graft]]ing of any kind. |
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− | ''[[Segment]]''. One of the parts of a leaf, petal, calyx or perianth that is divided but not truly compound. | + | ''[[Segment]]''. One of the parts of a [[leaf]], [[petal]], [[calyx]] or [[perianth]] that is divided but not truly compound. |
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− | ''[[Self-fertilization]]''. Secured by pollen from same flower; close-fertilization. | + | ''[[Self-fertilization]]''. Secured by [[polle]]n from same [[flower]]; close-fertilization. |
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− | ''[[Self-pollination]]''. Transfer of pollen from stamen to pistil of same flower; close-pollination. | + | ''[[Self-pollination]]''. Transfer of [[pollen]] from [[stamen]] to [[pistil]] of same [[flower]]; close-pollination. |
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− | ''[[Sepal]]''. One of the separate leaves of a calyx. | + | ''[[Sepal]]''. One of the separate [[leaves]] of a [[calyx]]. |
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− | ''[[Separation]]''. Multiplication of plants by means of naturally detachable asexual bodies or organs, as offsets, stolons. | + | ''[[Separation]]''. Multiplication of plants by means of naturally detachable asexual bodies or organs, as [[offset]]s, [[stolon]]s. |
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| ''[[Septate]]''. Partitioned; divided by partitions. | | ''[[Septate]]''. Partitioned; divided by partitions. |
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− | ''[[Septicidal]]''. Dehiscence along or in the partitions, not directly into the locule. | + | ''[[Septicidal]]''. [[Dehiscence]] along or in the partitions, not directly into the [[locule]]. |
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| ''[[Septum]]''. A partition. | | ''[[Septum]]''. A partition. |
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| ''[[Sessile]]''. Not stalked; sitting. | | ''[[Sessile]]''. Not stalked; sitting. |
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− | ''[[Set]]''. Applied loosely to vegetative parts used in propagation, as to offsets, layers, root-cuttings. | + | ''[[Set]]''. Applied loosely to vegetative parts used in [[propagation]], as to [[offset]]s, layers, [[root]]-[[cutting]]s. |
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| ''[[Seta]]''. A bristle. | | ''[[Seta]]''. A bristle. |
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| ''[[Sheath]]''. Any long or more or less tubular structure surrounding an organ or part. | | ''[[Sheath]]''. Any long or more or less tubular structure surrounding an organ or part. |
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− | ''[[Shoot]]''. A new plant from the root of the old plant; also any growing twig or axis. | + | ''[[Shoot]]''. A new plant from the [[root]] of the old plant; also any growing [[twig]] or [[axis]]. |
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− | ''[[Shrub]]''. A woody plant that remains low and produces shoots or trunks from the base. | + | ''[[Shrub]]''. A woody plant that remains low and produces [[shoot]]s or [[trunk]]s from the base. |
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− | ''[[Silicle]]''. The short fruit of certain Cruciferte. | + | ''[[Silicle]]''. The short [[fruit]] of certain [[Cruciferae]]. |
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− | ''[[Silique]]''. The long fruit of certain Crucifera;. | + | ''[[Silique]]''. The long [[fruit]] of certain [[Cruciferae]]. |
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| ''[[Silky]]''. A condition produced by a covering of soft appressed fine hairs; sericeus. | | ''[[Silky]]''. A condition produced by a covering of soft appressed fine hairs; sericeus. |