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''[[Sabulose]]''. Growing in or pertaining to sandy places.
''[[Sabulose]]''. Growing in or pertaining to sandy places.
−''[[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.
−''[[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]].
−''[[Samara]]''. Indehiscent winged pericarp, as of the maple.
+''[[Samara]]''. [[Indehiscent]] winged [[pericarp]], as of the [[maple]].
''[[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.
−''[[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.
−''[[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.
−''[[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.
−''[[Scion]]''. See Cion.
+''[[Scion]]''. See ''[[Cion]]''.
''[[Scleroid]]''. Of a hard texture.
''[[Scleroid]]''. Of a hard texture.
−''[[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.
−''[[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.
−''[[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.
−''[[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.
−''[[Self-fertilization]]''. Secured by pollen from same flower; close-fertilization.
+''[[Self-fertilization]]''. Secured by [[polle]]n from same [[flower]]; close-fertilization.
−''[[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.
−''[[Sepal]]''. One of the separate leaves of a calyx.
+''[[Sepal]]''. One of the separate [[leaves]] of a [[calyx]].
−''[[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.
''[[Septate]]''. Partitioned; divided by partitions.
''[[Septate]]''. Partitioned; divided by partitions.
−''[[Septicidal]]''. Dehiscence along or in the partitions, not directly into the locule.
+''[[Septicidal]]''. [[Dehiscence]] along or in the partitions, not directly into the [[locule]].
''[[Septum]]''. A partition.
''[[Septum]]''. A partition.
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''[[Sessile]]''. Not stalked; sitting.
''[[Sessile]]''. Not stalked; sitting.
−''[[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.
''[[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.
−''[[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]].
−''[[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.
−''[[Silicle]]''. The short fruit of certain Cruciferte.
+''[[Silicle]]''. The short [[fruit]] of certain [[Cruciferae]].
−''[[Silique]]''. The long fruit of certain Crucifera;.
+''[[Silique]]''. The long [[fruit]] of certain [[Cruciferae]].
''[[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.
