The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
sarmentaceus -a -um, sarmentosus -a -um with long slender stolons or runners, sarmentum<br />
brushwood<br />
sarmentus -a -um twiggy, like brushwood, sarmentum, sarmenti<br />
sarniensis -is -e, sarnius -a -um from Guernsey (Sarnia), Channel Isles<br />
saro- broom-like-, sarow (to sweep)<br />
sarothamni of broom, living on Sarothamnus (Asphondylia, dipteran gall midge)<br />
Sarothamnus Broom-shrub, sarow-qamnoj<br />
Sarracenia for Dr Michel Sarrazan (d. 1734), who introduced Sarracenia purpurea<br />
from Quebec (Sarraceniaceae)<br />
sarrachoides from a Brazilian name for another solanaceous genus named for<br />
Isidore Saracha (1733–1803), a Benedictine monk who sent plants to Madrid’s<br />
Royal Gardens, Saracha-oides<br />
sarsaparilla from the Mexican-Spanish, zarza-parilla, prickly little vine<br />
sartorii for Andria del Sarto (1486–1531); of tailors, sartor, sartoris<br />
Sasa the Japanese name for certain dwarf bamboos<br />
Sasaella Little-dwarf-bamboo, feminine diminutive of Sasa<br />
Sasamorpha Sasa-shaped, botanical Latin from Sasa and morfh<br />
sasanqua from the Japanese name for the tea-oil-producing Camellia<br />
Sassafras from the Spanish name, salsafras, for its medicinal use in breaking<br />
bladder and kidney stones (cognate with Saxifraga)<br />
satanas the devil’s, Satan’s, satan, satanoj (the devil’s Boletus)<br />
Satanocrater Satan’s-bowl, satanoj-krathr; or Satan’s-sin<br />
satanoides resembling (Boletus) satanas<br />
sathro- humus-, decayed-, perishable-, saqroj, saqrosatis<br />
-is -e tolerable, enough, satis, sat; some suggest rather better than adequate<br />
sativus -a -um planted, cultivated, not wild, sown, sero, serere, sevi, satum<br />
sativus-atrocaeruleus -a -um cultivated dark blue, sativus-(ater, atri)-caeruleus<br />
satsumanus -a -um from Satsuma peninsula, Kyushu, SW Japan<br />
saturativirens green as grass, full-deep-green, (satio, satiare, satiavi, satiatum)-virens<br />
saturatus -a -um of intense, full or mixed colouring, satio, satiare, satiavi, satiatum<br />
Satureia, Satureja the Latin name, satureia, satureiorum in Pliny for a culinary herb,<br />
from the Arabic, sattur, savory<br />
satureioides, saturejoides resembling Satureia, Satureia-oides<br />
satyrioides resembling Satyrium, Satyrium-oides<br />
Satyrium Dioscorides’ name for an orchid (in mythology, Satyrion was a drunken<br />
woodland god)<br />
Saundersia for William Wilson Saunders FRS (1809–79), of London<br />
saundersiae, saundersii for Mrs Kathleen Saunders (1824–1901), botanical artist in<br />
S Africa<br />
saur-, sauro- lizard-like-, lizard-, saura, sauroj, sauro-<br />
Saurauia (Saurauja) for Fr. J von Saurau (1760–1832), Italian botanist<br />
saurocephalus -a -um lizard-headed, sauro-kefalh (colouration)<br />
Sauromatum Lizard, sauroj (the inner surface of the spathe suggests lizard skin)<br />
Saururus Lizard-tail, sauro-oura (Saururaceae)<br />
saurus -a -um of lizards, saura, sauroj (sauroxwrew, fruit or seed dispersal by<br />
lizards)<br />
Saussurea for Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740–99), Swiss geologist who coined<br />
the name geology for his studies in the Alps, and author of Voyages dans les Alpes.<br />
His son was Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767–1845), who confirmed Hale’s<br />
discoveries on photosynthesis of carbon dioxide<br />
Sauvagesia for François Boissier de Sauvages (1706–67), Professor of Botany at<br />
Montpellier<br />
savaganus -a -um of the wild woods, from Latin silvaticus, via French, sauvage<br />
savannarus -a um of savannas, from Taino, zavana; or from Savannah, Georgia,<br />
USA<br />
savin from Pliny’s name, herba Sabina, Sabine herb, for Juniperus sabina, which was<br />
used to procure abortions<br />
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