The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
serra, serra-, -serras saw, saw-like-, serrate-, deeply cut, serratus<br />
Serrafalcus for Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta, Duke of Serrafalco, archaeologist<br />
( Bromus)<br />
serrarius -a -um saw-like, serra, serrae (leaf margins)<br />
serratifolius -a -um with markedly serrate leaves, serratus-folium<br />
serratipetalus -a -um with toothed petals, botanical Latin from serratus and petalon<br />
serratodigitatus -a -um having digitate leaves with serrate leaflets, serratus-digitatus<br />
Serratula, serratula Saw-tooth. serra, serrae (the name in Pliny for betony, re-used by<br />
Gerard because saw-wort, Serratula tinctoria, has saw-toothed leaves)<br />
serratus -a -um edged with forward pointing teeth, serrate, serra, serrae (see Fig. 4d)<br />
serriolus -a -um in ranks, of salad, diminutive of seris (from an old name for<br />
chicory)<br />
serrulatus -a -um edged with small teeth, finely serrate, serrulate, diminutive of<br />
serratus<br />
sertatus -a -um, sertulatus -a -um of garlands, garlanded, sero, serere, sertum<br />
sertuliferus -a -um bearing garlands, (sertum, serti)-fero (of flowers)<br />
sesameus -a -um sesame-like, Sesamum<br />
sesamoides resembling Sesamum, shsamon-oeidhj, Sesamum-oides<br />
Sesamum Hippocrates’ name, shsamon, from the Semitic name, simsim, cognate<br />
with sesame<br />
Sesbania from the Arabic name for Sesbania sesban<br />
Seseli the ancient Greek name, seseli, seselij<br />
Sesleria for Leonardo Sesler (d. 1785), naturalist and physician of Venice<br />
sesleriiformis -is -e with the habit of Sesleria<br />
sesqui- one-and-one-half-, sesqui<br />
sesquiorgyalis -is -e being about nine feet, or one and a half fathoms (high or long),<br />
botanical Latin from sesqui and orguia<br />
sesquipedalis -is -e about 18 inches long, the length of a foot and a half, sesqui-pedalis<br />
sesquitertius -a -um of four to three, sesquitertius (the sexes in androgynous catkin<br />
structures)<br />
sessili-, sessilis -is -e attached without a distinct stalk, sessile, sitting on, sessilis<br />
sessiliflorus -a -um without distinct stalks to the flowers, sessilis-florum<br />
sessilifolius -a -um leaves without petioles, sessile-leaved, sessilis-folium<br />
sessilioides appearing sessile, sessilis-oides<br />
Sesuvium etymology uncertain<br />
seta-, setaceus -a -um, (saetaceus), seti- bristly, with bristles or stiff hairs, seta, setae,<br />
saeta, saetae<br />
Setaria Bristly, seta, setae (most have hairs subtending the spikelets)<br />
setchuenensis -is -e, setschwanensis -is -e from Sichuan (Szechwan, Setchuan)<br />
province, China<br />
Setcreasea derivation obscure<br />
seti- bristle-, bristly-, saeta, saetae, seta, setae<br />
seticaulis -is -e having a bristly stalk, seta-caulis<br />
setifer -era -erum, setiger -era -erum, seti- bearing bristles, bristly, seta-fero<br />
setifolius -a -um with bristly-surfaced leaves, seta-folium<br />
setipodus -a -um with bristly stems, botanical Latin from seta and podion<br />
setispinus -a -um bristle-spined, seta-spina<br />
setosus -a -um covered with bristles or stiff hairs, seta, setae<br />
setuliformis is -e thread-like, with minute bristles, setula-forma<br />
setulosus -a -um with fine bristles, diminutive of setosus<br />
-setus -a -um -bristled, seta, setae<br />
Severinia for M. A. Severino (1580–1656), anatomist from Naples<br />
severus -a -um terrible, strict, severe, severus<br />
sex- six-, sex<br />
sexangularis -is -e, sexangulus -a -um six-angled, sex-angulus (stems)<br />
sexflorus -a -um six-flowered, with six-flowered racemes, sex-florum<br />
sexstylosus -a -um with six styles, sex-stilus<br />
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