The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
saltitans jumping (twitching of the heat-sensitive larva of Cydia saltitans in the<br />
seed of the Mexican jumping bean Sebastiana causes it to jump)<br />
saltuarius -a -um, saltuensis -is -e of woodland meadows, saltus<br />
saltuum of glades, woodlands or ravines, saltus<br />
saluensis -is -e from the Salween river (Nu Jiang river), China<br />
salutaris -is -e healing, beneficial, wholesome, salutaris<br />
salvador from El Salvador, Central America<br />
salvatoris -is -e from Mount San Salvatore, Ticino canton, S Switzerland<br />
salvi-, salviae, salvii- sage-like-, resembling Salvia<br />
Salvia Healer, salveo, salvere, the old Latin name for sage with medicinal properties<br />
(cognates are old French, saulje, sauge and our sage)<br />
salviaefolius -a -um, salvifolius -a -um, salviifolius -a -um sage-leaved, Salvia-folium<br />
Salvinia for Professor Antonio Maria Salvini (1633–1722), botanist and Greek<br />
scholar of Florence, Italy (Salviniaceae)<br />
salviodorus -a -um sage-scented, Salvia-odorus<br />
salzmannii for Philipp Salzmann (1781–1851), of Montpellier, who collected in<br />
Brazil, Spain, N Africa and S France<br />
saman, Samanea from a S American name, zamang, for the rain tree, Pithecolobium<br />
saman<br />
samarkandensis -is -e from Samarqand, Uzbekistan<br />
samaroideus -a -um with samara-like fruits, (samara, samera)-oides<br />
sambac from the Arabic name, zambac, for Jasminum sambac<br />
sambuci-, sambucinus -a -um elder-like, resembling Sambucus<br />
sambuci growing on elder material, Sambucus<br />
sambucifolius -a -um with leaves similar to those of Sambucus, Sambucus-folium<br />
Sambucus from the Latin name for the elder tree (sambuca was a harp; Gilbert<br />
Carter suggests a similarity between the many epicormic shoots and the strings<br />
of the sambukh)<br />
samius -a -um from the isle of Samos, Greece<br />
Samolus a name in Pliny, or from a Celtic Druidic name, sal mos (pig food)<br />
Sanchezia for Joseph Sanchez, Professor of Botany at Cadiz<br />
sanctae-rosae holy-rose, sanctus-rosa<br />
sancti-johannis for Saint Ivan Rilski (the hermit John of Rila), patron saint of the<br />
largest Bulgarian monastery in Rila (St John’s wort)<br />
sanctus -a -um holy, sacred, chaste, past participle of sanctio, sancire, sanxi, sanctum<br />
sanderae, sanderianus -a -um, sanderi from Henry Frederick Conrad Sander<br />
(1847–1920) and family, nurserymen of St Albans and Bruges, importers of many<br />
new plants<br />
Sandersonia, sandersonii for John Sanderson (1820–81), Hon. Secretary of the<br />
Horticultural Society of Natal<br />
sandwicensis -is -e, sandwicensius -a -um from the Sandwich Islands<br />
sanguinalis -is -e, sanguineus -a -um blood-red, bloody, sanguis, sanguinis<br />
Sanguinaria Blood, sanguis, sanguinis, (the copious crimson sap)<br />
sanguineolentus -a -um, sanguinolentus -a -um bleeding, bloody-looking, smelling of<br />
blood, sanguis-(olens, olentis)<br />
sanguiniflorus -a -um having blood-red flowers, sanguis-florum<br />
Sanguisorba, sanguisorbae Blood-stauncher, sanguis-(sorbeo, sorbere, sorbui) (has<br />
styptic property)<br />
Sanicula Little-healer, sano, sanare, sanavi, sanatum (the medicinal property of<br />
sanicle)<br />
saniculiformis -is -e looking like Sanicula in habit<br />
saniosus -a -um like diseased blood or venom, sanies<br />
Sanseveria for Prince Raimond de Sansgrio of Sanseviero (1710–71), Swedish<br />
botanist<br />
sansibaricus -a -um from the Zanzibar islands (former Zanzibar Protectorate), Indian<br />
Ocean, Tanzania<br />
santalinus -a -um sandal-wood or its resin, santalin, santalum<br />
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