Meaning: Of or from Saba (Caribbean Island)
Latin Pronunciation: sa-BAT-ee-kus

Meaning: Of Savoy, Riviera (northwest Italy)
Latin Pronunciation: sa-BAW-dum

Meaning: Possibly commemorating Liberatus Sabbati, 18th century Italian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: sa-BAY-shee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sa-BAT-ee-um

Meaning: Of Savoy, Riviera (northwest Italy)
Latin Pronunciation: sa-BAW-duh

Meaning: Possibly commemorating Liberatus Sabbati, 18th century Italian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: sa-BAY-shee-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sa-BAT-ee-us

Meaning: Grows in sandy places
Latin Pronunciation: sab-yoo-LOH-sus

Meaning: Of Savoy, Riviera (northwest Italy)
Latin Pronunciation: sa-BAW-dus

Meaning: Grows in sandy places
Latin Pronunciation: sab-yoo-LOH-suh

Meaning: Latinized form of Sabine, referring to the village or ancient people
Latin Pronunciation: sa-BY-nuh

Meaning: Named for Joseph Sabine, 19th century London lawyer, naturalist and botanist; co-founder of the Linnean Society
Latin Pronunciation: sa-bee-nee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Resembling a bag
Latin Pronunciation: sak-KAY-tuh

Latin Pronunciation: sak-kay-tus
Meaning: bag-like (saccate).

Meaning: Grows in sandy places
Latin Pronunciation: sab-yoo-LOH-sum

Meaning: Resembling a bag
Latin Pronunciation: sak-KAY-tum

saccate

Sac-shaped.

sac

A cavity or chamber; locule.

Meaning: From the Greek sakcharon, the sweet juice from sugarcane
Latin Pronunciation: sak-kar-RAY-tuh

Meaning: Referring to sugar; sugar cane genus
Latin Pronunciation: SAK-er-uh

Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-ray-tus
Meaning: sugary(containing sugar).

Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-riff-er-us
Meaning: sugar-bearing.

Meaning: From the Greek sakcharon, the sweet juice from sugarcane
Latin Pronunciation: sak-kar-RAY-tum

Meaning: Flowers similar to Saccharum, Sugar Cane
Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-ee-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Flowers similar to Saccharum, Sugar Cane
Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-ee-FLOR-um

Meaning: Flowers similar to Saccharum, Sugar Cane
Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-ee-FLOR-us

Meaning: Sugary
Latin Pronunciation: sak-kar-EYE-nuh

Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-rye-nus
Meaning: sugary.

Meaning: Sugary
Latin Pronunciation: sak-kar-EYE-num

Meaning: From the Greek sakcharon (the name for the sweet juice from sugarcane) and dendron (tree); old genus name for Sugar Maple (Acer genus)
Latin Pronunciation: sak-kar-oh-DEN-dron

Meaning: Sugar-like
Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-ROH-suh

Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-um
Meaning: sugar.

Meaning: Bearing sacks
Latin Pronunciation: SAK-ee-fer

Meaning: Bearing sacks
Latin Pronunciation: sak-EE-fer-us

Meaning: From the latin saccus (bag) and labium (lip), referring to the lip of the flower
Latin Pronunciation: sak-oh-LAY-bee-um

Meaning: Bearing sacks
Latin Pronunciation: sak-EE-fer-uh

Meaning: Bearing sacks
Latin Pronunciation: sak-EE-fer-um

Meaning: Resembling Sacchara (sugar cane genus)
Latin Pronunciation: sak-ar-OY-deez

Meaning: Named for Joseph Sadler, 19th century professor of Botany in Budapest
Latin Pronunciation: sad-LER-ee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Sakhalin Island, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: saw-kaw-lin-YEN-sis

Meaning: Named for Auguste (Augustin) Sageret, 19th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: sa-jer-ET-ee-a

Latin Pronunciation: saj-it-tay-tus
Meaning: arrow-like (sagittate).

Meaning: Of or from Sakhalin Island, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: saw-kaw-lin-YEN-see

Meaning: Arrow-like
Latin Pronunciation: saj-ih-TAY-lee

Meaning: Arrow-like
Latin Pronunciation: saj-ih-TAY-liss

sagittate

Shaped like an arrow- head, the basal lobes directed downward.

Latin Pronunciation: saj-it-tay-lis
Meaning: arrow-like.

Meaning: Bearing arrows
Latin Pronunciation: saj-ih-TAY-tif-er

Meaning: Arrow-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: saj-ih-TAY-tuh

Meaning: Arrow-shaped leaf
Latin Pronunciation: sag-it-ee-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Arrow-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: saj-ih-TAY-tum

Meaning: Arrow-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: saj-ih-TAY-tus

Meaning: Bearing arrows
Latin Pronunciation: saj-ih-tay-TIF-er-um

Meaning: Bearing arrows
Latin Pronunciation: saj-ih-tay-TIF-er-uh

Latin Pronunciation: saj-it-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: arrow-leaved.

Meaning: Arrow-shaped leaf
Latin Pronunciation: sag-it-ee-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Possibly named for St. Pie, a French gardener
Latin Pronunciation: saint py-AH-nuh

Meaning: Of or from the Saiansk Mountains, Siberia
Latin Pronunciation: sah-yah-NEN-sis

Latin Pronunciation: sal-ik-kay-ree-us
Meaning: like the Willow (Salix).

Meaning: Of or from the Saiansk Mountains, Siberia
Latin Pronunciation: sah-yah-NEN-see

Meaning: The Salix (willow) family
Latin Pronunciation: sal-i-KAY-see-ee

Meaning: Willow-like
Latin Pronunciation: sa-lih-KAR-ee-uh

Meaning: Of or from St. Luce, Madagascar
Latin Pronunciation: saint-lu-see

Meaning: Having leaves like Salix (willow)
Latin Pronunciation: sal-iss-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Willow-like
Latin Pronunciation: sa-lih-KAR-ee-um

Latin Pronunciation: sal-iss-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: Willow-leaved.

Meaning: Having leaves like Salix (willow)
Latin Pronunciation: sal-iss-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Salix- (willow-) like
Latin Pronunciation: sah-lih-SEE-nuh

Meaning: Salix- (willow-) like
Latin Pronunciation: sah-lih-SEE-num

Meaning: Salt-dweller
Latin Pronunciation: sal-ih-KOH-luh

Latin Pronunciation: sal-Liss-in-us
Meaning: Willow-like.

Meaning: Like Salix (Willow genus name, meaning to spring or leap), referring to the willow-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: sal-LIG-num

Meaning: Like Salix (Willow genus name, meaning to spring or leap), referring to the willow-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: sal-LIG-nuh

Meaning: Resembles Salicornia, (from the Greek sal, salt and cornus, horn; referring to the hornlike branches of the saline plants)
Latin Pronunciation: sal-eye-korn-ee-OY-deez

Meaning: From the Greek sal (salt) and cornus, (horn), referring to the hornlike branches of the saline plants
Latin Pronunciation: sal-eye-KOR-nee-uh

Meaning: Like Salix (Willow genus name, meaning to spring or leap), referring to the willow-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: sal-LIG-nus

Meaning: Growing in salty places
Latin Pronunciation: sal-LY-nuh

Meaning: Growing in salty places
Latin Pronunciation: sal-LY-num

Latin Pronunciation: sal-lye-nus
Meaning: salty.

salinity

Refers to an excess of salts in the soil which causes leaves to scorch and turn yellow and does great harm to many plants.

Meaning: Named for Prince Joseph Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, 19th century botanist and author of book on succulents
Latin Pronunciation: salm-ee-AH-na

Meaning: From the Latin salsa (salty); plants with this name usually have a high salt tolerance
Latin Pronunciation: SAL-so-la

Meaning: From the Latin salsa (salt or salty)
Latin Pronunciation: SAL-soo-luh

Meaning: From the Greek salpinx (trumpet) and chroma (color), referring to the beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers
Latin Pronunciation: sal-pee-KRO-a

Meaning: Salted
Latin Pronunciation: SAL-suh

Meaning: Salted
Latin Pronunciation: SAL-sum

Meaning: Salted
Latin Pronunciation: SAL-sus

Meaning: Of or from Salta, a province in northern Argentina
Latin Pronunciation: sal-TEN-see

Meaning: From the Latin salvus (whole) and dura (skin)
Latin Pronunciation: sal-va-DOR-a

Meaning: Of or from Salta, a province in northern Argentina
Latin Pronunciation: sal-TEN-sis

Meaning: From the Latin, meaning saving, healing or helping
Latin Pronunciation: sal-va-TOR-iss

salver-shaped

Describes a corolla that has a slender tube abruptly expanded into a flat limb.

salverform

Having a slender tube which expands abruptly.

Meaning: Having leaves like Salvia (genus name means saving, healing or helping); sometimes spelled salviifolia
Latin Pronunciation: sal-vee-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like Salvia (genus name means saving, healing or helping); sometimes spelled salviifolium
Latin Pronunciation: sal-vee-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Having leaves like Salvia (genus name means saving, healing or helping); sometimes spelled salvifolium
Latin Pronunciation: sal-vee-eye-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Having leaves like Salvia (genus name means saving, healing or helping); sometimes spelled salviifolius
Latin Pronunciation: sal-vee-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Having leaves like Salvia (genus name means saving, healing or helping); sometimes spelled salvifolius
Latin Pronunciation: sal-vee-eye-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Having leaves like Salvia (genus name means saving, healing or helping); sometimes spelled salvifolia
Latin Pronunciation: sal-vee-eye-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Samaipata (Bolivia), the native habitat of this cactus
Latin Pronunciation: sam-my-PAT-a-nus

Meaning: From the vernacular name of this plant
Latin Pronunciation: sah-MAN-nee-uh

samara

A dry, one- seeded, indehiscent winged fruit; a key.

Meaning: Of or from the Sambirano region of Madagascar
Latin Pronunciation: sam-bir-an-EN-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sam-bir-an-EN-say

samaroid

Resembles a samara, a winged fruit.

Meaning: Having leaves like Sambucus, a genus name derived from a stringed instrument made from Elder wood
Latin Pronunciation: sam-byoo-ki-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Of or from the Sambirano region of Madagascar
Latin Pronunciation: sam-bir-an-EN-sis

Meaning: Having leaves like Sambucus, a genus name derived from a stringed instrument made from Elder wood
Latin Pronunciation: sam-byoo-ki-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like Sambucus, a genus name derived from a stringed instrument made from Elder wood
Latin Pronunciation: sam-byoo-ki-FOH-lee-us

Latin Pronunciation: sam-bew-sye-nus
Meaning: like the Elder (Sambucus).

Meaning: Of or from the Greek island of Samos, in the Aegean Sea
Latin Pronunciation: SAM-ee-a

Meaning: Of or from the Greek island of Samos, in the Aegean Sea
Latin Pronunciation: SAM-ee-us

Meaning: Derivation is obscure
Latin Pronunciation: SAM-bak

Meaning: Of or from Samoa (Polynesian Islands in the South Pacific ocean)
Latin Pronunciation: sam-oh-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from the Greek island of Samos, in the Aegean Sea
Latin Pronunciation: SAM-ee-um

Meaning: Of or from Samoa (Polynesian Islands in the South Pacific ocean)
Latin Pronunciation: sam-oh-EN-sis

Meaning: Sacred
Latin Pronunciation: SANK-tuh

Meaning: Latinized form of St. John (the Baptist), who was believed to have worn a girdle of this plant while in the wilderness
Latin Pronunciation: SANG-tee jo-HAW-nis
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SANG-tee yo-HAW-nis

Latin Pronunciation: sank-tus
Meaning: holy (of sacred tradition).

sandbar (alt. sand bar)

A temporary ridge of sand formed by currents in a body of water.

Meaning: Named for Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, early 20th century German-born British nurseryman who specialized in orchids
Latin Pronunciation: SAN-der-eye

Meaning: Sacred
Latin Pronunciation: SANK-tum

Meaning: Named for John Sanderson, who discovered the plant in South Africa in 1851
Latin Pronunciation: san-der-SON-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, early 20th century German-born British nurseryman who specialized in orchids
Latin Pronunciation: san-der-ee-AH-nuh

Latin Pronunciation: sand-wis-sen-siss
Meaning: of the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands.

Meaning: Named for Sanderson
Latin Pronunciation: san-der-SON-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Sander & Sons after their collectors sent plants from the Philippines
Latin Pronunciation: SAN-der-ay
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SAN-der-ay-ee

Meaning: Blood red
Latin Pronunciation: san-GWIN-ee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Hawaii (the islands were named by Captain Cook in compliment to Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty)
Latin Pronunciation: sand-wich-EN-sis

Meaning: Of or from Hawaii (the islands were named by Captain Cook in compliment to Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty)
Latin Pronunciation: sand-wich-EN-see

Meaning: Bloody
Latin Pronunciation: san-gwin-AR-ee-uh

Meaning: Blood red flowers
Latin Pronunciation: san-gwin-ee-flor-um

Latin Pronunciation: san-gwin-ee-us
Meaning: blood-red.

Meaning: Blood red
Latin Pronunciation: san-GWIN-ee-um

Latin Pronunciation: san-gwin-nay-liss
Meaning: blood-red.

Meaning: Blood red flowers
Latin Pronunciation: san-gwin-ee-flor-us

Meaning: Blood red flowers
Latin Pronunciation: san-gwin-ee-flor-a

Meaning: Full of blood
Latin Pronunciation: san-gwin-oh-LEN-tuh

Meaning: Diminutive of the Latin sanare (to heal)
Latin Pronunciation: suh-NIK-uh-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:suh-NIK-yoo-luh

Meaning: Named for Prince Raimond de Sansgrio de Sanseviero, 18th century patron of botanical expeditions
Latin Pronunciation: san-se-VEER-ee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek santalon, which is derived from the Sanskrit chandana, meaning fragrant
Latin Pronunciation: SAN-tal-um

Meaning: Of or from the Santa Rita Mountains in Arizona (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: san-ta REE-ta

Meaning: Of or form Sangzhi, China
Latin Pronunciation: sang-zhee-EN-sis

Meaning: Pleasant taste
Latin Pronunciation: sap-EE-dum

Latin Pronunciation: sap-id-us
Meaning: savory.

Meaning: Of wise men
Latin Pronunciation: sap-ee-EN-tum

Meaning: Pleasant taste
Latin Pronunciation: sap-EE-duh

Meaning: Of wise men
Latin Pronunciation: sap-ee-EN-tuh

Latin Pronunciation: sap-ee-ent-us
Meaning: pertaining to the wise.

Meaning: Ancient Latin name for a resinous pine, the sap lathers like soap
Latin Pronunciation: SAY-pee-um

Latin Pronunciation: sap-on-nay-see-us
Meaning: soapy.

Meaning: Soapy
Latin Pronunciation: sap-oh-NAIR-ee-um

saponin

A glycoside compound of plants which has a foaming or soap-like action.

Meaning: Soapy
Latin Pronunciation: sap-oh-NAIR-ee-us

Meaning: Having foliage like Sapota (genus name from the South American vernacular name; also spelled zapota)
Latin Pronunciation: sa-poh-tee-FOH-lee-a

Meaning: Sapphire blue
Latin Pronunciation: saf-ire-EE-nuh

Meaning: Sapphire blue
Latin Pronunciation: saf-ire-EE-nus

Meaning: From the South American vernacular name; also spelled zapota
Latin Pronunciation: suh-POH-tuh

sapropel

A gaseous product of decomposition of organic depositions on the bottom of a body of water, especially common in marshes, formed under anaerobic conditions, and with the fetid odor of rotten eggs.

sapwood

The more recently produced, outer layer of wood tissue of a tree, usually lighter in color than the heartwood.

Meaning: Sapphire blue
Latin Pronunciation: saf-ire-EE-num

saprophyte

A plant lacking chlorophyll and living on dead organic matter.

saprophytic

Feeding from dissolved or decayed organic material, as a saprophyte.

Meaning: From the Greek sarkos (flesh) and anthos (flower), referring to its fleshy flowers
Latin Pronunciation: sar-KANTH-us

Meaning: From the Greek sarkos (flesh) and andros (gland)
Latin Pronunciation: sar-KAN-dra

Meaning: Fleshy stem
Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-KAW-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sar-koh-KAW-lay

Meaning: Fleshy stem
Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-KAW-liss

Meaning: From the Greek sarkos (flesh) and cheilos (lip), referring to the fleshy lip of the flower
Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-KY-lus

Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-deez
Meaning: fleshy, flesh- like.

Meaning: From the Greek sarkos (flesh) and caule (stem)
Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-KAW-lon

Meaning: From the Greek sarx (flesh) and cornis (horn), referring to the fleshy lobes
Latin Pronunciation: sar-ko-KORN-ee-a

Meaning: Flesh leaf
Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-FIL-us

Meaning: Flesh leaf
Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Flesh leaf
Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-FIL-um

Meaning: From the Greek sarx or sarkos (flesh) and stemma (crown or wreath, garland); referring to the fleshy inner corona
Latin Pronunciation: sar-koh-STEM-uh

Meaning: Of or from Sardinia, Italy
Latin Pronunciation: sar-DOH-us

Meaning: Named for Charles Sprague Sargent, early 19th century botanist and Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and magazine publisher
Latin Pronunciation: sar-jen-tee-AH-na
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sar-jen-tee-AY-na

Meaning: Named for Charles Sprague Sargent, early 19th century botanist and Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and magazine publisher
Latin Pronunciation: sar-jen-tee-AH-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sar-jen-tee-AY-num

Meaning: Of or from Sardinia, Italy
Latin Pronunciation: sar-DOH-um

Meaning: Named for Charles Sprague Sargent, early 19th century botanist and Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and magazine publisher
Latin Pronunciation: sar-JEN-tee-ay

Meaning: Named for Sargent - various Sargents share this specific name
Latin Pronunciation: sar-JEN-tee-eye

Meaning: Of or from Sardinia, Italy
Latin Pronunciation: sar-DOH-a

sarmentose

With long slender stolons.

Meaning: Producing a runner
Latin Pronunciation: sar-men-TOH-suh

Meaning: Of or from the island of Sarnia (Roman name for Guernsey)
Latin Pronunciation: sarn-ee-EN-see

Latin Pronunciation: sar-men-toh-sus
Meaning: having runners.

Latin Pronunciation: sar - nee - en - siss
Meaning: of the Islands of Guernsey.

Meaning: From the Greek saron (broom) and thamnos (shrub)
Latin Pronunciation: sar-ROTH-am-nus

Meaning: Resembles Saracha, a South African genus in the Solanum family; also spelled sarachoides
Latin Pronunciation: sar-ra-KOY-deez

Meaning: From the Japanese name for this particular species, Sazanka
Latin Pronunciation: suh-SAN-kwuh

Meaning: Anagram of Asarum (ginger genus)
Latin Pronunciation: sar-OO-ma

Meaning: Producing a runner
Latin Pronunciation: sar-men-TOH-sum

Meaning: Cultivated
Latin Pronunciation: sa-TEE-vum

saturation cratering

Ancient land around a volcanic area, filled with old and new craters from repeated eruptions.

Meaning: From the Japanese name for this plant
Latin Pronunciation: SAS-uh

Meaning: Cultivated
Latin Pronunciation: sa-TEE-vuh

Latin Pronunciation: saw-roh-sef-al-us
Meaning: lizard-headed.

Latin Pronunciation: sat-tye-vus
Meaning: cultivated.

Meaning: Named for the botanist who discovered it in South Africa in the late 1800s
Latin Pronunciation: son-DER-see-eye

Meaning: Lizard's tail
Latin Pronunciation: saw-roo-rus

Meaning: Resembles Satureja (from Latin satureia, savory)
Latin Pronunciation: sat-er-eh-OY-deez

savanna (alt. savannah)

A flat grassland of tropical and subtropical regions usually having distinct periods of dry and wet weather.

Meaning: Named for Paul Amadee Ludovic Savatier, 19th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: sa-va-TEER-ee

Latin Pronunciation: sak - sik - of - us
Meaning: growing among rocks.

Meaning: Found growing among rocks
Latin Pronunciation: saks-A-til-ee

Meaning: Rock-dweller
Latin Pronunciation: saks-ee-KOH-luh

Latin Pronunciation: sak-sat-il-iss
Meaning: growing among rocks.

sawflies

Larvae of various insects that feed on leaves, sometimes rolling them.

Meaning: Rock-dweller
Latin Pronunciation: saks-ee-KOH-lee

Meaning: Rock breaker
Latin Pronunciation: saks-if-FRAG-um

Meaning: The Saxifrage family (the name means rock-breaker)
Latin Pronunciation: saks-ih-frag-AY-see-ay

Meaning: Found among rocky mountains, referring to the Rocky Mountains in western America
Latin Pronunciation: saks-ih-MON-tah-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:saks-ih-mon-TAY-nuh

Meaning: Rock breaker
Latin Pronunciation: saks-if-FRAG-us

Meaning: Stone, rock
Latin Pronunciation: SAKS-or-um

Meaning: Found among rocky mountains, referring to the Rocky Mountains in western America
Latin Pronunciation: saks-ih-MON-tah-nus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:saks-ih-mon-TAY-nus

Meaning: Rocky places
Latin Pronunciation: saks-OH-suh

Meaning: Rocky places
Latin Pronunciation: saks-OH-sum

Meaning: Found among rocky mountains, referring to the Rocky Mountains in western America
Latin Pronunciation: saks-ih-MON-tah-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:saks-ih-mon-TAY-num

Latin Pronunciation: skay-ber
Meaning: rough (scabrous).

scaberulous

Slightly scabrous.

Latin Pronunciation: sak-soh-sus
Meaning: pertaining to rocks.

Latin Pronunciation: skay-behr-im-us
Meaning: very rough.

Meaning: Having leaves like Scabiosa, which means scabies, referring to its rough leaves being a supposed cure for the disease
Latin Pronunciation: skab-ee-oh-sih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Having leaves like Scabiosa, which means scabies, referring to its rough leaves being a supposed cure for the disease; also spelled scabiosifolia
Latin Pronunciation: skab-ee-oh-say-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Variant of scabiosaefolia; having leaves like Scabiosa, which means scabies, referring to its rough leaves being a supposed cure for the disease
Latin Pronunciation: skab-ee-oh-sih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like Scabiosa, which means scabies, referring to its rough leaves being a supposed cure for the disease
Latin Pronunciation: skab-ee-oh-sih-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Scabies, referring to its use as a cure for the disease
Latin Pronunciation: skab-ee-OH-sum

Latin Pronunciation: skay-brell-us
Meaning: somewhat rough.

scabrid

Minutely rough.

Meaning: Scabies, referring to its use as a cure for the disease
Latin Pronunciation: skab-ee-OH-sus

Meaning: Roughened
Latin Pronunciation: SKAY-brid-a

scabridulous

Slightly rough.

Meaning: Rough
Latin Pronunciation: SKAY-bruh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SKAB-ruh

Meaning: Roughened
Latin Pronunciation: SKAY-brid-um

Meaning: Roughened
Latin Pronunciation: SKAY-brid-us

Meaning: Rough-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: skab-rih-FOH-lee-a

Meaning: Rough-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: skab-rih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Diminutive of scabra, (slightly) rough leaves
Latin Pronunciation: skay-bree-US-kew-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:skab-ree-US-kul-uh

Meaning: Rough-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: skab-rih-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Diminutive of scabra, (slightly) rough leaves
Latin Pronunciation: skay-bree-US-kew-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:skab-ree-US-kul-um

Meaning: Rough
Latin Pronunciation: ska-BRO-sa

Meaning: Diminutive of scabra, (slightly) rough leaves
Latin Pronunciation: skay-bree-US-kew-lus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:skab-ree-US-kul-us

Meaning: Rough
Latin Pronunciation: SKAY-brus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SKAB-rus

Meaning: Rough
Latin Pronunciation: SKAY-brum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SKAB-rum

scabrous (syn. scabrid)

Rough to the touch.

scaffold branches

The main side branches of a tree, especially a fruit tree.

scalariform

Having a ladder-like pattern.

Meaning: Obscure splendour
Latin Pronunciation: ska-DOKS-us

scale

1. A thin, membrane-like covering of the bud or twig base. A fine, grain-like surface material. 2. Sap-feeding insects that live under shell-like scales on stems, bark, and leaves.

Meaning: Left-handed
Latin Pronunciation: skee-VO-luh

scales

The chaff on the stems of ferns.

Meaning: Resembles Scaevola (genus name meaning left-handed)
Latin Pronunciation: skee-vo-LEE-na

scale leaves

Specialized leaves, including those covering buds or composing bulbs.

scaly

Having tiny scales attached at only one end.

scape

A peduncle rising from the ground, naked or without proper foliage, e.g., a dandelion; the leafless stem of a flower.

scandent

Climbing, but not self-supporting.

Meaning: Bearing a scape (leafless flower stalk)
Latin Pronunciation: SKAP-ih-ger

Meaning: Bearing a scape (leafless flower stalk)
Latin Pronunciation: skap-ih-GER-us

Meaning: Having many scapes (leafless flower stalks)
Latin Pronunciation: ska-POH-suh

Meaning: Bearing a scape (leafless flower stalk)
Latin Pronunciation: skap-ih-GER-uh

Latin Pronunciation: skand-enz
Meaning: climbing (scan- dent).

Meaning: Bearing a scape (leafless flower stalk)
Latin Pronunciation: skap-ih-GER-um

scapose

Bearing or resembling a scape.

Meaning: Having many scapes (leafless flower stalks)
Latin Pronunciation: ska-POH-sum

Latin Pronunciation: skay-poh-sus
Meaning: with (distinctive) stapes.

scarify (n. scarification)

To scar or nick the seed coat to enhance germination.

scarious

Thin, dry, and membranaceous, not green.

scariose

Scarious, having thin, dry, shriveled tissues.

Latin Pronunciation: skay-ree-oh-sus
Meaning: with leaflike bracts or parts.

Meaning: Refers to the thin, membranous leaves
Latin Pronunciation: scar-ee-OH-luh

Meaning: Thin, dry, shrivelled
Latin Pronunciation: ska-ree-OH-suh

scarred

Having marks where organs have fallen off, such as leaf scars on stems.

Meaning: King Gustav's sceptre, named for the 16th century Swedish king
Latin Pronunciation: SEP-trum goos-taf-ee-AH-nus

Meaning: Hurtful or wicked
Latin Pronunciation: skel-er-RAY-tuh

Meaning: From the Greek, meaning scepter or staff
Latin Pronunciation: SEP-tra

Meaning: Hurtful or wicked
Latin Pronunciation: skel-er-RAY-tus

Meaning: Named for Sebastian Schauer, 19th century botanist
Latin Pronunciation: show-ER-ee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: sept-rum
Meaning: scepter (-like).

Meaning: Named for Karl Ritter Von Scherzer, 19th century Viennese explorer in Central America
Latin Pronunciation: sher-zer-ee-AY-nuh

Meaning: From the Latin sceletus (skeleton), referring to the prominent persistent leaf veins
Latin Pronunciation: skel-EE-tee-um

Meaning: Named for Jacob Christoph Scheffler, 18th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: shef-LER-uh

Meaning: Named for Karl Ritter Von Scherzer, 19th century Viennese explorer in Central America
Latin Pronunciation: sher-zer-ee-AY-num

Meaning: Named for Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, 17th century Swiss naturalist who worked in the fields of botany, medicine, and paleontology
Latin Pronunciation: shoyk-ZER-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, 17th century Swiss naturalist who worked in the fields of botany, medicine, and paleontology
Latin Pronunciation: SHOYK-zer-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:shoyk-ZAYR-ee

Meaning: Named for Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede, 19th century plant collector in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: skee-dee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Named for Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede, 19th century plant collector in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: skee-dee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede, 19th century plant collector in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: SKEE-dee-uh

Meaning: Named for Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede, 19th century plant collector in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: skee-dee-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for Consul Schiller, 19th century German who first cultivated the orchid after obtaining it in Manila
Latin Pronunciation: shil-ler-ee-AY-nuh

Meaning: Named for Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede, 19th century plant collector in Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: SKEE-dee-eye

Meaning: Named for Victor F?lix Schiffner, 20th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: SHIF-ner-ee

Meaning: Derivation is obscure; possibly from the Greek skiasma (shadow or shelter)
Latin Pronunciation: SKEE-ma
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SKIM-a

Meaning: Named for Hans Schinz, 20th century Swiss botanist who toured South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: shintz-ee-AY-num

Meaning: Very divided
Latin Pronunciation: skiz-TOH-suh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:shis-TOH-suh

Meaning: Very divided
Latin Pronunciation: skiz-TOH-sum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:shis-TOH-sum

Meaning: Of or from Shipka Pass, Bulgaria
Latin Pronunciation: ship-kay-EN-sis

Latin Pronunciation: shiss-toh-sus
Meaning: readily divided.

Meaning: Split chaff
Latin Pronunciation: ski-za-KRY-ee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:shi-za-KRY-ee-um

Meaning: From the Greek schizo (split) and and achne (chaff), referring to the two-cleft lip of the lemma
Latin Pronunciation: ski-ZAK-nee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:shi-ZAK-nee

schizocarp

A fruit that splits between carpels into one- seeded portions or lobes.

Meaning: Split lip
Latin Pronunciation: skitz-oh-KY-la

Meaning: Split petals
Latin Pronunciation: ski-zo-pe-TAY-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:shi-zo-PET-uh-luh

Meaning: From the Greek schizo (to divide) and lobos (pod), referring to the thin inner coating splitting away from the outer coat
Latin Pronunciation: ski-zo-LOH-bee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:shi-zo-LOH-bee-um

Latin Pronunciation: skye-zoh-pet-al-us
Meaning: cut- petaled.

Meaning: Split petals
Latin Pronunciation: ski-zo-PET-al-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:shi-zo-PET-al-lum

Latin Pronunciation: skye-zoh-fill-us
Meaning: cut- leaved.

Meaning: Divided or cleft leaf
Latin Pronunciation: skits-oh-FIL-um

Meaning: Divided or cleft leaf
Latin Pronunciation: skits-oh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Named for Diederich Franz Leon von Schlechtendal, 19th century German botanist and "Aufseher der ?ffentlichen" (supervisor of the public collection of herbs)
Latin Pronunciation: shlek-ten-DAL-ee-eye

Meaning: Named after a Schmidt, but not sure which one
Latin Pronunciation: shmit-ee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, 20th century botanist
Latin Pronunciation: SCHLEK-ter-eye

Meaning: Named for Baron Alexander von Schlippenbach, 19th century Russian naval officer, who collected plants in Korea
Latin Pronunciation: shlip-pen-BAH-kee-eye

Meaning: Named for Selmar Schonland (Schoenland), 20th century distinguished botanist in South Africa, where the Rhodes University herbarium and botany department are named in his honour
Latin Pronunciation: skon-LAND-ee-eye

Meaning: From the Greek schoinos (rush, reed) and caulos (stem)
Latin Pronunciation: skee-no-KAW-lon

Latin Pronunciation: skee-nanth-us
Meaning: reed- flowered.

Meaning: Rush leek
Latin Pronunciation: skee-no-PRAY-zum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sko-en-no-PRAY-sum

Meaning: Plaited or twisted rush
Latin Pronunciation: skee-no-PLEK-tus

Meaning: Rush leek
Latin Pronunciation: sko-en-PRAY-zuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:show-en-PRAY-suh

Latin Pronunciation: skee - noh - pray - sus
Meaning: reed-like.

Latin Pronunciation: skol-lay-riss
Meaning: pertaining to a school.

Meaning: Named for Richard Schomburgk, 19th century Australian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: shom-BERG-kee-eye

Meaning: From the Greek schoinos (rush, reed)
Latin Pronunciation: SKEE-nus

Meaning: Named for Ernst Max Schottky
Latin Pronunciation: shot-key-AH-na

Meaning: Named for Selmar Schonland, 20th century distinguished botanist in South Africa, where the Rhodes University herbarium and botany department are named in his honour
Latin Pronunciation: skon-LAND-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, 18th century German botanist and student of Linnaeus
Latin Pronunciation: shre-BER-ee

Meaning: Named for Franz von Paula von Schrank, 19th century German botanist and professor at Munich
Latin Pronunciation: SHRANK-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for Arthur Carl Victor Schott, 19th century German-born naturalist on the Mexican boundary survey
Latin Pronunciation: SHOT-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, 19th century German doctor, naturalist and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: schoo-BER-tee-uh

Meaning: Named for Dr. Karl Moritz Schumann, 19th century German botanist, and founder of the German Cactus Society
Latin Pronunciation: shoo-mahn-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Named for Dr. Karl Moritz Schumann, 19th century German botanist, and founder of the German Cactus Society
Latin Pronunciation: shoo-mahn-ee-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for Dr. Karl Moritz Schumann, 19th century German botanist, and founder of the German Cactus Society
Latin Pronunciation: shoo-MAHN-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Christian Georg Schwalbe, 18th century botanical writer
Latin Pronunciation: SHWOL-bee-uh

Meaning: Named for Dr. Karl Moritz Schumann, 19th century German botanist, and founder of the German Cactus Society
Latin Pronunciation: shoo-mahn-ee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Friedrich (Fritz) Schwarz, 20th century cactus collector
Latin Pronunciation: SHWARZ-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Dr. Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes, 20th century German botanist specializing in Mesembs
Latin Pronunciation: shwan-TEZ-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Dr. Karl Moritz Schumann, 19th century German botanist, and founder of the German Cactus Society
Latin Pronunciation: shoo-MAHN-ee-eye

Meaning: From the Greek skias (umbel) and pitys (pine or fir tree); referring to the needles' resemblance to the ribs of an umbrella or parasol
Latin Pronunciation: sigh-uh-DOP-ih-tiss

scientific name (syn. botanical name, syn. technical name)

The name applied to a plant, animal, or other organism, according to the Codes of Nomenclature. Although in some cases a scientific name is changed; it is almost always a much more reliable manner of identifying a plant than the often variable common name. See also: binomial.

Latin Pronunciation: sil-loy-deez
Meaning: Squill (Scilla)- like.

Meaning: Gleams, sparkles
Latin Pronunciation: skin-till-ee-ans
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sin-till-ee-ans

scion

A cutting from the upper portion of a plant that is grafted onto the rootstock of another plant, usually a related species.

Meaning: Named for Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, 19th century German doctor, naturalist and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: shoo-BER-tee-eye

scion wood

Shoots from which graft scions are cut.

Meaning: Referring to the Bullrush genus
Latin Pronunciation: skir-POI-deez

Meaning: Like Scirpus (Rush genus)
Latin Pronunciation: sir-POI-dee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:skir-POI-dee-uh

Meaning: Like Scirpus (Rush genus)
Latin Pronunciation: sir-POI-dee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:skir-POI-dee-um

scion rooting

Covering a low graft with soil so that the plant develops roots directly from both the rootstock and the scion.

Meaning: Clear
Latin Pronunciation: SKLAR-ee-uh

Meaning: Like Scirpus (Rush genus)
Latin Pronunciation: sir-POI-dee-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:skir-POI-dee-us

Meaning: From the Latin name for a rush or bull rush
Latin Pronunciation: SIR-pus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SKIR-pus

Meaning: From the Greek skleros (hard) and anthos (flower), referring to the hardened flower
Latin Pronunciation: skle-RAN-thus

Meaning: Named for Jean-Pierre Sclavo, 21st century French student of cycads
Latin Pronunciation: skla-VOY-ee

Meaning: From the Greek skleros (hard) and chloe (grass), referring to the tough, leathery glumes and lemmas
Latin Pronunciation: skler-oh-KLOH-a

sclerenchyma (adj. sclerenchymatous)

Tissue composed of cells with thickened and hardened walls.

Meaning: From the Greek skleros (hard, referring to the stony nutlet
Latin Pronunciation: SKLER-ee-a

Meaning: From the Greek skleros (hard) and cactus
Latin Pronunciation: skler-oh-KAK-tus

sclerenchyma (adj. sclerenchymatous)

Tissue composed of cells with thickened and hardened walls.

sclereid

A variably shaped sclerenchymatous cell of a higher plant.

Meaning: Named after a Schultz, but not sure which one
Latin Pronunciation: SHULT-zee-eye

Meaning: From the Greek skleros (hard) and chiton (tunic or covering)
Latin Pronunciation: skler-oh-KY-ton

Latin Pronunciation: sklehr-oh-karp-us
Meaning: hard- fruited.

scleromorph

A plant with leaves and/or stems that are hard, usually having a thick cuticle. See also: xeromorph.

sclerophyll

A woody plant with small, leathery, evergreen leaves and generally found in hot, dry climates. See also: chaparral, fynbos.

Meaning: Hard-leaf
Latin Pronunciation: skler-oh-FIL-a

sclerophyllous

Having leaves stiffened by sclerenchyma.

Meaning: Hard-leaf
Latin Pronunciation: skler-oh-FIL-um

Latin Pronunciation: sklehr-oh-fin-us
Meaning: hard- leaved.

Meaning: From the Greek skleros (hard) and pogon (beard), referring to the hard awns
Latin Pronunciation: skler-oh-POH-gon

sclerotium

A dense mass of filaments comprising the dormant phase of certain fungi.

Meaning: Like a centipede
Latin Pronunciation: skol-oh-PEND-ree-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like scolopendrium (centipede-like; used as the species name for Hart's Tongue Fern), occasionally spelled scolopendriifolia
Latin Pronunciation: skol-oh-pend-ree-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like scolopendrium (centipede-like; used as the species name for Hart's Tongue Fern)
Latin Pronunciation: skol-oh-pend-ree-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Having leaves like scolopendrium (centipede-like; used as the species name for Hart's Tongue Fern)
Latin Pronunciation: skol-oh-pend-ree-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Variant spelling of scolopendrifolia, having leaves like scolopendrium (centipede-like; used as the species name for Hart's Tongue Fern)
Latin Pronunciation: skol-oh-pend-ree-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Like a centipede
Latin Pronunciation: skol-oh-PEND-ree-um

Meaning: From the Greek scolymus (pointed, having spines) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: skol-ee-mo-SEF-uh-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:skol-ee-mo-KEF-uh-luh

Meaning: From the Greek scolymus (pointed, having spines) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: skol-ee-mo-SEF-uh-lus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:skol-ee-mo-KEF-uh-lus

Meaning: Like a centipede
Latin Pronunciation: skol-oh-PEND-ree-us

Meaning: Resembling Scolymus (genus name meaning pointed or having spines)
Latin Pronunciation: skol-ee-MOY-deez

scoop shovel

A shovel with a very large blade, often made of thin light-weight metal or plastic, used for moving large amounts of crops such as ear corn, or clearing water.

Meaning: Like a broom
Latin Pronunciation: sko-PAIR-ee-uh

Meaning: Like a broom
Latin Pronunciation: sko-PAIR-ee-um

Latin Pronunciation: skop-pay-ree-us
Meaning: Broom- like.

Meaning: Named for Janez Anton Scopoli, 18th century natural historian and physician
Latin Pronunciation: sko-PO-lee-uh

Meaning: Grows on cliffs
Latin Pronunciation: skop-oo-LOR-ee

Latin Pronunciation: skop - yew - loh - rum
Meaning: of rocky places.

scorch

The drying and browning of leaf margins usually caused by unfavorable environmental conditions.

Meaning: From the Greek for garlic
Latin Pronunciation: sko-roh-DON-ee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek skorodon (garlic) and prason (leek)
Latin Pronunciation: skor-oh-doh-PRAY-zum

scorpioid

Describes an inflorescence that is circinately coiled while in bud.

Meaning: Scorpion, referring to coiled shape; sometimes spelled scorpoides
Latin Pronunciation: skor-pee-OY-dees

Meaning: From the Greek skorpios (scorpion) and oura (tail), referring to the shape of the pods
Latin Pronunciation: skor-pee-YUR-us

Meaning: Variant spelling of scorpioides, meaning scorpion which refers to coiled shape
Latin Pronunciation: skor-POY-dees

Meaning: Having leaves like Scorzonera (genus name meaning black root or viper root, as it was thought to cure snakebites)
Latin Pronunciation: skor-zon-er-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like Scorzonera (genus name meaning black root or viper root, as it was thought to cure snakebites)
Latin Pronunciation: skor-zon-er-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Having leaves like Scorzonera (genus name meaning black root or viper root, as it was thought to cure snakebites)
Latin Pronunciation: skor-zon-er-ih-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Of or from Scotia (Scotland)
Latin Pronunciation: SKOT-eh-kuh

Meaning: Alternate spelling of scoticum, meaning of or from Scotia (Scotland)
Latin Pronunciation: SKA-theh-kum

Meaning: Of or from Scotia (Scotland)
Latin Pronunciation: SKOT-eh-kum

Latin Pronunciation: skot-ik-us
Meaning: of Scotland.

Meaning: Named for Dr. John Scouler, 19th century Scottish botanist who collected in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S.
Latin Pronunciation: SKOOL-er-ee

Meaning: Named for Dr. John Scouler, 19th century Scottish botanist who collected in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S.
Latin Pronunciation: skool-ER-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Dr. John Scouler, 19th century Scottish botanist who collected in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S.
Latin Pronunciation: skool-er-ee-AY-na

scrambler

A plant with long stems, often with thorns to help it support itself as it climbs through shrubs.

scree

Fragmented rocks usually found at the base of a cliff or boulder where the action of wind and water has broken the particles loose. Scree may be used in gardens as a mulch.

screen

A single plant or grouping of plants used to bar certain parts of the landscape from view.

Meaning: The Scrophularia family (genus name comes from the idea that it cured Scrofula)
Latin Pronunciation: skrof-yoo-larr-ee-AY-see

Meaning: Variant spelling of scrophulariifolia; having leaves like Scrophularia (genus whose name comes from the idea that it cured Scrofula due to the similarity of the roots to the disease)
Latin Pronunciation: skrof-yoo-lar-ee-ay-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like Scrophularia (genus whose name comes from the idea that it cured Scrofula due to the similarity of the roots to the disease); also spelled scrophulariaefolia
Latin Pronunciation: skrof-yoo-lar-ee-eye-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: growing on broken rock
Latin Pronunciation: skru-pyu-LEH-coh-luh

scuffle hoe

A medium-weight hoe with the blade fastened to the handle in the middle of the horizontal blade, allowing it to be pushed and pulled, cutting weeds on each direction.

Latin Pronunciation: skulp-tus
Meaning: cut, carved.

scurfy

Covered with tiny, broad scales.

Meaning: With a shield
Latin Pronunciation: skut-AY-tuh

scutate (alt. scutellate)

Platter-shaped, with a flat center and raised margins, as a water lily leaf,Nymphaea lotus.

Meaning: With a shield
Latin Pronunciation: skut-AY-tum

Meaning: Like the genus Scutellaria
Latin Pronunciation: skew-tell-ar-ee-OY-deez

Meaning: With a shield
Latin Pronunciation: skut-AY-tus

Latin Pronunciation: skew - tel - lay - riss
Meaning: dish-shaped.

Meaning: Covered with little shields or plates
Latin Pronunciation: skew-tel-LAY-tuh

scutelliform

Shaped like a small shield.

Latin Pronunciation: skew-turn
Meaning: (like a) shield.

Meaning: From the Greek skyphos (cup or beaker) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: sky-FAN-thus

Meaning: From the Greek skyphos (an ancient two-handled cup or beaker) and fera (bearing, bringing)
Latin Pronunciation: sky-fih-FER-uh

scythe

A long-handled blade for making grass into hay; the term is sometimes used for the blade without the handle. See also: snath.

Meaning: Named for Francis Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth, 19th century Governor of Barbados and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: see-FORTH-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Francis Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth, 19th century Governor of Barbados and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: see-forth-ee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Francis Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth, 19th century Governor of Barbados and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: see-FORTH-ee-eye

seawater

Ocean water with a high salt content.

Meaning: From Sebesten, a name given to a related tree with similar drupes (fruit)
Latin Pronunciation: seb-es-TAY-nuh

Meaning: Bearing wax
Latin Pronunciation: seb-EE-fer-uh

Meaning: Bearing wax
Latin Pronunciation: seb-EE-fer-um

Latin Pronunciation: seb-bif-er-us
Meaning: tallow-bearing.

Meaning: Classical Latin name for rye
Latin Pronunciation: se-KAY-lee

Latin Pronunciation: seb-boh-sus
Meaning: full of tallow or grease.

Meaning: Resembling Secale (genus name for rye)
Latin Pronunciation: se-KAY-lin-uh

Meaning: Resembling Secale (genus name for rye)
Latin Pronunciation: se-KAY-lin-um

Meaning: Resembling Secale (genus name for rye)
Latin Pronunciation: se-KAY-lin-us

secateur

Hand-held pruning shears.

sectio (alt. section)

The category of supplemental taxa at a rank between subgenus and series.

secondary species

The species subordinate to the dominant species, like dogwood,Cornus, in an oak,Quercus, forest.

sectio (alt. section)

The category of supplemental taxa at a rank between subgenus and series.

secund

Twisted or turned to one side.

Meaning: Having leaves in a row, on one side (secund)
Latin Pronunciation: se-KUN-duh

Meaning: One-sided; secund
Latin Pronunciation: see-kun-DAY-tuh

Meaning: One-sided; secund
Latin Pronunciation: see-kun-DAY-tum

Meaning: Flowers on one side
Latin Pronunciation: sek-und-ee-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Flowers on one side
Latin Pronunciation: sek-und-ee-FLOR-um

Latin Pronunciation: sek-kun-dif-ftoh-rus
Meaning: with one-sided flower cluster.

Meaning: Having leaves in a row, on one side (secund)
Latin Pronunciation: se-KUN-dum

Meaning: Axe-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: sek-YEW-rij-er

Meaning: Axe-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: sek-yew-RIJ-er-um

Latin Pronunciation: sek-kund-us
Meaning: side-flowering (secund).

Latin Pronunciation: sek-yew-rij-er-us
Meaning: with axe-like parts.

sedatives

Medicines which can slow certain bodily functions and promote sleep.

sedge

Any of the grass-like, monocotyledonous plants of the family Cyperaceae, having achenes and solid stems wich are triangular in cross- section.

Meaning: With fleshy foliage
Latin Pronunciation: sed-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: With fleshy foliage
Latin Pronunciation: sed-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: With fleshy foliage
Latin Pronunciation: sed-ih-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Variant spelling of sedoides, resembling Sedum
Latin Pronunciation: see-dee-OY-deez

Meaning: Resembling sedum; also spelled sedioides
Latin Pronunciation: see-DOY-deez

seed

The ripened ovule, consisting of the embryo and its proper coats.

seedbank

A facility designed for the ex situ conservation of individual species and varieties through controlled seed storage.

seedbed

An area cultivated for planting seeds.

seedhead

The dry fruit containing rip seeds.

seedling

A young plant grown from a seed.

seed coat

The outer protective covering of a seed.

seed drill

1. A shallow trench in which to sow seeds. 2. An implement for planting seeds.

seed leaf

A cotyledon.

seed fern

Extinct fern-like plants that bore seeds on the frond.

seed lot

Seeds of a particular crop gathered at one time and likely to have similar germination rates and other characteristics.

spermatophyte (syn. seed plant)

Any plant of the division Spermatophyta, the higher plants that produce seeds, including the gymnosperms and angiosperms.

Meaning: Named for Berthold Carl Seemann, 19th century German collector for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, explorer on the Fiji Islands; also spelled seemanii
Latin Pronunciation: see-MAN-ee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:see-MAHN-ee-eye

Latin Pronunciation: sej-eet-us
Meaning: of cornfields.

Meaning: Of corn fields
Latin Pronunciation: seg-EE-tum

segment

1. One of the parts of a leaf or other like organ that is cleft or divided.

segregate

1. A new genus culled from an established one for taxonomic reasons. 2. A hybrid which exhibits the genetics of one of the parents more clearly than those of the other parent.

Meaning: Derivation obscure; perhaps an altered spelling of Seguin
Latin Pronunciation: suh-GEEN

seiche

A rapid and sometimes violent fluctuation in water level within a landlocked body of water, usually due to sudden changes in barometric pressure, the ripples lasting from minutes to several hours. See also: tsunami.

Meaning: Named in honor of Dr. Gunnar Seidenfaden, a late 21st century authority on orchids from Denmark.
Latin Pronunciation: sey-den-fad-DEN-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for William Siefriz, 20th century American botanist and author
Latin Pronunciation: see-FRIDZ-ee-eye

selection

A distinct form of a plant, sexual or asexual in origin, selected and propagated for monetary reasons or beauty, and named as a cultivar.

selective felling (syn. selective cutting)

When only choice trees are cut in a forest.

self-clinging

Refers to plants which climb rocks or structures without the support of other plants, perhaps by suckers or tendrils.

self-fertile

Able to be pollinated by its own flowers.

self-pollination

The transfer of pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma of the same flower, or to different flowers on the same plant.

self-seeding

Produces offspring from seed without intervention.

self-sowing

Produces offspring from seed without intervention.

self

Having a single pure color with no markings.

Meaning: An old name genus for the carrot family
Latin Pronunciation: SEL-in-um

Meaning: Named for Francois Noel Sellier, 18th century French engraver who prepared botanical illustrations
Latin Pronunciation: sel-lee-er-uh

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-lo-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-lo-AH-nuh

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-loh-vee-AH-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sel-loh-wee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: SEL-lo-ee

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-loh-vee-AH-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sel-loh-wee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-loh-vee-AH-nus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sel-loh-wee-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-LOH-vee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sel-LOH-wee-eye

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-lo-wee-AH-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sel-lo-vee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-loh-wee-AH-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sel-loh-vee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-loh-wee-AH-nus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sel-loh-vee-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th century German explorer who collected specimens in South America
Latin Pronunciation: sel-LOH-wee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sel-LOH-vee-eye

semelparity

Refers to an organism that has a single reproductive season and then dies. See also: iteroparity.

Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-al-lay-tus
Meaning: semi-or somewhat singed.

Meaning: Prefix meaning half
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee

Meaning: From the Latin semi (half) and aquilegia (eagle or eagle's claw)
Latin Pronunciation: se-my-a-kwi-LEG-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:se-my-a-kwi-LEE-jee-uh

Meaning: Half-dark; half-mourning (dark clothing historically indicates one in mourning)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-uh-TRAY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-ee-ah-TRAT-uh

Meaning: Half-bearded
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-bar-BAH-tuh

Meaning: Half-bearded
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-bar-BAH-tum

Meaning: Half-bearded
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-bar-BAH-tus

Latin Pronunciation: sem-ik-kaw-day-tus
Meaning: partially tailed.

Meaning: Half heart shaped
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-kor-DAH-tuh

Latin Pronunciation: sem-iss-sil-/ind-rikus
Meaning: somewhat cylindrical.

Meaning: Half of ten (i.e., five) stamens
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-DEK-an-druh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-my-DEK-an-druh

Meaning: Half of ten (i.e., five) stame
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-DEK-an-drum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-my-DEK-an-drum

Meaning: Half of ten (i.e., five) stamens
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-DEK-an-drus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-my-DEK-an-drus

Meaning: From the Latin semi (half) and decidua (de, down; and cadere, to fall)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-dee-SID-yoo-uh

semidouble (alt. semi-double)

Having more than the usual number of petals but with at least some pollen-producing stamens.

semievergreen (alt. semievergreen)

Retaining at least some green foliage well into winter, or shedding leaves only in cold climates.

semihardwood cutting

A cutting taken from a stem that has just begun to develop woody tissue, for the purpose of propagation.

semihardy

Questionably hardy in a given temperature zone; susceptible to damage by extreme cold or heat.

Meaning: Half-lobed, referring to shapes like the ear lobe
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-loh-BAY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-my-loh-BAH-tuh

Meaning: Half-lobed, referring to shapes like the ear lobe
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-loh-BAY-tus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-ee-loh-BAY-tus

Meaning: From the Latin semi (half) and pappos (down or fluff)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-pa-POH-sa

Meaning: From the Latin semi (half) and pappos (down or fluff)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-pa-POH-sum

Latin Pronunciation: sem-ip-pin-nay-tus
Meaning:

semiripe cuttings

Cuttings taken in mid-summer to autumn to propagate woody plants.

Meaning: Semi-doubled flowers
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-PLEE-nuh

semirotate

Saucer-shaped, almost flat.

Meaning: Half-serrated (toothed like a saw)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-ser-RAY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-my-sair-RAY-tuh

Meaning: Half-serrated (toothed like a saw)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-ser-RAY-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-my-sair-RAY-tum

Meaning: Half-serrated (toothed like a saw)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-ee-ser-RAY-tus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sem-my-sair-RAY-tus

semiterete

Refers to a cylinder which is rounded on one side, but flat on the other, as some leaf petioles.

Meaning: From the Latin word for remote or distant
Latin Pronunciation: sem-OH-tuh

Meaning: From the Latin word for remote or distant
Latin Pronunciation: sem-OH-tum

Meaning: From the Latin word for remote or distant
Latin Pronunciation: sem-OH-tus

Meaning: Always golden
Latin Pronunciation: sem-per-AWR-ee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: sem - per- aw- ress - senz
Meaning: ever-golden.

Latin Pronunciation: sem-per-floh-renz
Meaning: ever- blooming.

Latin Pronunciation: sem-per-vye-rens
Meaning: evergreen.

Meaning: Always living, living forever
Latin Pronunciation: sem-per-VEE-vuh

Meaning: Resembling plants in the genus Sempervivum (House Leek)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-per-vi-voy-dees

Meaning: Always living, living forever
Latin Pronunciation: sem-per-VEE-vum

Meaning: Always living, living forever
Latin Pronunciation: sem-per-VEE-vus

Meaning: Of or from Senegal, Africa
Latin Pronunciation: sen-eh-gal-EN-sis

senescence

The process of aging in a plant or plant part (as a leaf) from full maturity to death.

Meaning: Becoming grey
Latin Pronunciation: sen-ESS-kens
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sen-ESS-ens

senescent

Dying of tissues following maturity.

Meaning: Of an old man
Latin Pronunciation: SEE-nil-ee

Latin Pronunciation: sen-il-iss
Meaning: old, hoary.

Meaning: Latin form of Arabic word for a thorny bush
Latin Pronunciation: SEN-nuh

Latin Pronunciation: sen-sib-il-iss
Meaning: sensitive.

Latin Pronunciation: sen-sit-tye-vus
Meaning: sensitive.

sensu

Meaning "in the sense of" in taxonomy.

Meaning: Full of thorns; thorny
Latin Pronunciation: sen-tih-KOH-suh

Meaning: Full of thorns; thorny
Latin Pronunciation: sen-tih-KOH-sus

Meaning: Full of thorns; thorny
Latin Pronunciation: sen-tih-KOH-sum

Meaning: Named for López Seoane, 19th century Spanish botanist
Latin Pronunciation: say-OH-nee-eye

sepaloid

Like a sepal.

Meaning: From the Latin sepes (sepis), meaning hedge
Latin Pronunciation: sep-ee-AIR-ee-uh

sepal

A division of a calyx; one of the outermost circles of modified leaves surrounding the reproductive organs.

sepaline

Refers to sepals.

Latin Pronunciation: seep-ee-um
Meaning: of hedges.

septate

Divided by partitions.

sept

A small dent or cavity.

Latin Pronunciation: sep-tan-gew-lay-riss
Meaning: seven-angled.

septate

Divided by partitions.

Meaning: Prefix meaning seven
Latin Pronunciation: septem

Meaning: With seven cuts
Latin Pronunciation: sep-TEM-fee-duh

Latin Pronunciation: sep-tem-fye-dus
Meaning: seven- parted.

Latin Pronunciation: sep-tem-loh-bus
Meaning: seven- lobed.

Meaning: With seven cuts
Latin Pronunciation: sep-tem-punk-TAH-tuh

Latin Pronunciation: sop-tem-punk-taytus
Meaning: seven-spotted.

Meaning: Northern
Latin Pronunciation: sep-ten-tree-oh-NAH-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sep-ten-tree-oh-NAH-lay

Latin Pronunciation: sep-tent-ree-on-nayliss
Meaning: of the north.

Latin Pronunciation: sep-tiss-seps
Meaning: seven-headed.

septicidal

Describes a capsule that is dehiscing through the partitions and between the cells.

septifragal

Describes the dehiscence of a fruit where the valves or backs of the carpels break away leaving the septa intact.

septum (pl. septa)

Any kind of partition.

Latin Pronunciation: sep-pull-tus
Meaning: buried.

Meaning: Named for the Egyptian god Serapis
Latin Pronunciation: ser-uh-PEE-ass

sere

The complete cycle of changes from the original state to the climax condition, e.g., oak-maple forest, forest destroyed by fire, meadow, brushland, young mixed conifer- deciduous forest, oak-maple forest.

seriate

In a whorl or row, generally preceded by a number or numerical prefix, as triseriate meaning in three rows.

Meaning: From the Greek seri (silk) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ee-AN-theez

Meaning: Silky
Latin Pronunciation: ser-IK-ee-uh

sericeous

Bearing fine, usually straight, appressed, hairs.

Meaning: Silky
Latin Pronunciation: ser-IK-ee-um

Latin Pronunciation: ser-riss-ee-us
Meaning: silky.

Meaning: From sericus (silky) and kephale (head or top), referring to the downy hairs on the twigs and petioles
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-SEF-uh-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-ik-oh-KEF-uh-luh

Meaning: From the Latin, meaning silk-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-IF-er-uh

Meaning: From sericus (silky) and kephale (head or top), referring to the downy hairs on the twigs and petioles
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-SEF-uh-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-ik-oh-KEF-uh-lum

Meaning: From sericus (silky) and kephale (head or top), referring to the downy hairs on the twigs and petioles
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-SEF-uh-lus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-ik-oh-KEF-uh-lus

Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-koh-fer-us
Meaning: having silk, silky.

Meaning: Silky white
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-LEW-kuh

Meaning: Silky white
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-LEW-kum

Meaning: Silky white
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-LEW-kus

Meaning: Silky leaves
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-FIL-um

Meaning: Silky leaves
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Silky leaves
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ik-oh-FIL-us

series

A group of similar, but not identical, plants.

Meaning: very late
Latin Pronunciation: seh-RIS-see-muh

Meaning: Named for Rev. Father Philippe Sergeant, 18th century French monk skilled in botany
Latin Pronunciation: ser-YA-nee-uh

Meaning: Flowers late
Latin Pronunciation: se-roh-TEE-nuh

serotinal

Appearing in the autumn or late summer.

Meaning: Flowers late
Latin Pronunciation: se-roh-TEE-num

Latin Pronunciation: ser-rot-in-us
Meaning: late-flowering or -fruiting.

Latin Pronunciation: ser-penz
Meaning: creeping.

Meaning: Referring to a snake
Latin Pronunciation: ser-pen-TEE-nuh

Meaning: Referring to serpents; some sources state it has the ability to heal snakebites
Alternative Meaning:In Greek mythology, Asklepios was changed into a constellation and became this plant;
Latin Pronunciation: ser-pen-TAIR-ee-uh

Meaning: Referring to a snake
Latin Pronunciation: ser-pen-TEE-num

Latin Pronunciation: ser-pen-tye-nus
Meaning: looping,waving; snake-like.

Meaning: Having leaves like Thymus serpyllum
Latin Pronunciation: ser-pil-ly-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Another name for Thyme; Thymus serpyllum means Thyme thyme
Latin Pronunciation: ser-PIE-lum

Meaning: Toothed like a saw
Latin Pronunciation: sair-AY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-RAT-uh

serrate

Having sharp teeth pointing forward.

Meaning: Margins of foliage are toothed like a saw
Latin Pronunciation: sair-rat-ih-FOH-lee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-at-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: ser-at-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: tooth-leaved.

Meaning: Margins of foliage are toothed like a saw
Latin Pronunciation: sair-rat-ih-FOH-lee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-rat-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Serrated fingers
Latin Pronunciation: ser-RAH-toh dig-ee-TAH-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-RAT-oh dij-ee-TAH-tuh

Meaning: With serrated (toothed) petals
Latin Pronunciation: ser-rat-ih-PET-uh-luh

Meaning: Toothed like a saw
Latin Pronunciation: sair-AY-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-RAT-um

Latin Pronunciation: se r - ray - tus
Meaning: saw-toothed (serrate).

Meaning: Serrated (toothed) margins
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ee-OH-luh

Meaning: Small-toothed, referring to leaf margins
Latin Pronunciation: ser-yoo-LAY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-roo-LAH-tuh

serrulate

Finely serrate.

Meaning: Small-toothed, referring to leaf margins
Latin Pronunciation: ser-yoo-LAY-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ser-roo-LAH-tum

Latin Pronunciation: ser-rew-lay-tus
Meaning: somewhat toothed.

Meaning: Named for Prof. James Serrurier, 18th century botanist
Latin Pronunciation: ser-ROO-ree-uh

Meaning: Ancient name for an umbelliferous plant
Latin Pronunciation: SE-sel-ee

Meaning: Named for Leonardo Sesler, 18th-century physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: ses-LER-ee-ah

Meaning: One and a half feet long
Latin Pronunciation: ses-kwee-ped-AY-lee

Latin Pronunciation: ses-kwip-ed-day-liss
Meaning: one and a half foot lengths (roughly 18 inches).

Latin Pronunciation: sess-if-floh-rus
Meaning: stalkless- flowered.

Meaning: From the Latin sessilis, meaning low, sitting; fixed, attached
Latin Pronunciation: SES-sile
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SES-sil-lee

Meaning: With stalkless flowers
Latin Pronunciation: sess-il-ee-FLOR-us

Latin Pronunciation: sess-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: stalk less-leaved.

Meaning: With stalkless flowers
Latin Pronunciation: sess-il-ee-FLOR-uh

Meaning: With stalkless flowers
Latin Pronunciation: sess-il-ee-FLOR-um

Meaning: Unstalked, petioled leaves
Latin Pronunciation: ses-ee-lee-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Unstalked, petioled leaves
Latin Pronunciation: ses-ee-lee-FOH-lee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: sess-it-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: stalk less-leaved.

Latin Pronunciation: sess-il-iss
Meaning: stalkless (sessile).

Meaning: From the area inhabited by the Sesuvii, a Gallic tribe mentioned by Caesar; the application to this plant is obscure)
Latin Pronunciation: ses-OO-vee-um

seta

1. A bristle. 2. In mosses, the stalk holding the spore capsule.

set

1. The development of fruit, and or seed, following pollination; to set seed. 2. To transplant as seedlings. 3. To apply as a graft. 4. A young bulb, tuber, or other type of vegetative propagule ready for planting. 5. Transformation of cement paste or concrete from a fluid-like consistency to a stiff mass.

Meaning: Bristly
Latin Pronunciation: se-TAY-see-uh

setaceous

Bristle-like.

Meaning: Bristly
Latin Pronunciation: se-TAY-see-um

Latin Pronunciation: set-tay-see-us
Meaning: bristle-like (setaceous).

Meaning: From the Latin seta (bristle), referring to the bristles on the spikelet
Latin Pronunciation: set-TARE-ee-uh

Meaning: Bristle-like
Latin Pronunciation: set-AY-spin-uh

Meaning: Of or from Sichuan (Szechwan) province, China
Latin Pronunciation: sech-yoo-en-EN-sis

Meaning: Bristle
Latin Pronunciation: SET-kree-zee-uh

Meaning: The name given to this genus in the mid-20th century.
Latin Pronunciation: set-kree-AYE-see-uh

Meaning: Bearing bristles
Latin Pronunciation: set-EE-fer-uh

Meaning: Bearing bristles
Latin Pronunciation: set-EE-fer-um

Meaning: With bristly leaves
Latin Pronunciation: set-ee-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: With bristly leaves
Latin Pronunciation: set-ee-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: With bristly leaves
Latin Pronunciation: set-ee-FOH-lee-us

setiform

Bristle-shaped.

Meaning: Bearing bristles
Latin Pronunciation: set-EE-ger-uh

Meaning: Bearing bristles
Latin Pronunciation: set-EE-ger-um

Latin Pronunciation: set-tij-er-us
Meaning: bristly.

Latin Pronunciation: set-iss-spye-nus
Meaning: bristly spined.

setose

Beset with bristles.

Meaning: Bristly
Latin Pronunciation: set-OH-suh

Meaning: Hairiest
Latin Pronunciation: set-oh-SIS-ee-mum

Meaning: Hairiest
Latin Pronunciation: set-oh-SIS-ee-muh

Meaning: Hairiest
Latin Pronunciation: set-oh-SIS-ee-mus

Meaning: Bristly
Latin Pronunciation: set-OH-sum

Latin Pronunciation: set-toh-sus
Meaning: bristly.

setulose

Having minute bristles.

Latin Pronunciation: set-tew-loh-sus
Meaning: with many small bristles (setose).

set seed (alt. go to seed)

To produce seeds after flowering. In some cases a gardener wishes to prevent this in an effort to prolong flowering, or continue harvesting the foliage of an herb.

Meaning: Prefix meaning six
Latin Pronunciation: seks

Latin Pronunciation: sex-an-gew-/ay-riss
Meaning: six- angled.

Meaning: Six-angled
Latin Pronunciation: seks-an-gew-LAIR-ee

Meaning: From the latin sex (six) and seminifera (bearing seed)
Latin Pronunciation: seks-sem-in-IF-er-a

Meaning: With six styles
Latin Pronunciation: seks-sty-LOH-suh

Meaning: With six styles
Latin Pronunciation: seks-sty-LOH-sum

Meaning: With six styles
Latin Pronunciation: seks-sty-LOH-sus

sextant

An instrument used mostly at sea, where there are no bench marks, to determine location by latitude and longitude.

Meaning: Named for Henry Seymer, 19th century amateur botanist and collector of many exotic plants
Latin Pronunciation: sey-MER-ee-uh

shade tree

A larger tree planted in a location where the canopy provides shade at ground level.

shade (adj. shady)

Light diminished by some blocking feature. See also: light shade.

shade (adj. shady)

Light diminished by some blocking feature. See also: light shade.

sharp-pointed

Acute, mucronate, pungent.

Meaning: From the Chinook (American Indian) vernacular name Kikwu-salu for this plant
Latin Pronunciation: SHAL-lon

sharp sand

Coarse sand used to loosen heavy soil and in construction, as opposed to the more finer grained play sand.

sheath

A tubular envelope, as the lower part of the leaf in grasses.

Meaning: Named for Dr. William Sherard 18th century Brittish patron of botany
Latin Pronunciation: sher-RAR-dee-uh

Meaning: Named after a Sheldon, but not sure which one
Latin Pronunciation: shel-DON-ee-eye

sheathing

Enclosing as by a sheath.

Meaning: Named for Major George Sherriff, 20th century explorer of southeastern Tibet with Frank Ludlow
Latin Pronunciation: sher-RIF-ee-eye

Meaning: Of or from Shihmen, a small town in the Taiwan province of China
Latin Pronunciation: shy-mee-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from Shihmen, a small town in the Taiwan province of China
Latin Pronunciation: shy-mee-EN-sis

Meaning: Of or from the Shinano River area, the longest river in Japan, running through central Honshu
Latin Pronunciation: shin-an-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from the Shinano River area, the longest river in Japan, running through central Honshu
Latin Pronunciation: shin-an-EN-sis

Meaning: Named for Lloyd Herbert Shinners, 20th century Canadian-born botanist at Southern Methodist University in Texas, and specalist in Texas flora
Latin Pronunciation: shin-NERS-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Lloyd Herbert Shinners, 20th century Canadian-born botanist at Southern Methodist University in Texas, and specalist in Texas flora
Latin Pronunciation: shin-NERS-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Homi (or Miho) Shirasawa, 20th century Japanese dendrologist
Latin Pronunciation: shir-ah-sa-WAN-um

Meaning: Named for Homi (or Miho) Shirasawa, 20th century Japanese dendrologist
Latin Pronunciation: shir-ah-sa-WAN-uh

short-lived

Describes a plant, usually perennial, where the individuals live for only a few seasons.

shoot

A young, actively growing twig or stem.

short-day

Of, relating to, or being a plant which flowers only after being exposed to daylight for periods shorter than a particular length, usually in the fall or spring.

shovel

1. A long-handled scoop-like implement used for digging, lifting, and throwing, etc. 2. The quantity contained in one scoop.

shreddy

Dividing into fragile, thin, narrow sheets.

shrub

A woody perennial, smaller than a tree, usually with several stems.

shrublet

A dwarf woody plant.

Meaning: Named for Benjamin Franklin Shumard, 19th century Texas state geologist
Latin Pronunciation: shoo-mard-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Named for Benjamin Franklin Shumard, 19th century Texas state geologist
Latin Pronunciation: shoo-MARD-ee-eye

Meaning: Of or from the Shweli River (Longchuan Jiang), in western China
Latin Pronunciation: shwel-ee-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from the Shweli River (Longchuan Jiang), in western China
Latin Pronunciation: shwel-ee-EN-sis

sialagogues

Herbal medicines that can increase the flow of saliva.

Meaning: Of or from Siam, Thailand
Latin Pronunciation: sy-am-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from Siam (Thailand)
Latin Pronunciation: sy-am-EN-sis

Meaning: Named for Sir robert Sibbald, 18th century professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh
Latin Pronunciation: sy-BAL-dee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Siberia; also spelled sibirica
Latin Pronunciation: sy-BEER-ah-kuh

Meaning: Of or from Siberia; also spelled sibiricum
Latin Pronunciation: sy-BEER-ah-kum

Meaning: Of or from Siberia; also spelled sibiricus
Latin Pronunciation: sy-BEER-ah-kus

Meaning: Variant of siberica, meaning of or from Siberia
Latin Pronunciation: sy-BEER-ah-kuh

Meaning: Variant of sibericum, meaning of or from Siberia
Latin Pronunciation: sy-BEER-ah-kum

Latin Pronunciation: sye-bihr-ik-us
Meaning: of Siberia.

Meaning: Named for John Sibthorp, 18th century English botanist
Latin Pronunciation: sib-THORP-ee-eye

Meaning: Of or from Sibuyan Island, of the Romblon Province in the Philippines
Latin Pronunciation: see-bew-yan-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from Sibuyan Island, of the Romblon Province in the Philippines
Latin Pronunciation: see-bew-yan-EN-sis

Meaning: Latinized form of shekar, from the Hebrew meaning strong (fermented) drink
Latin Pronunciation: sy-ker-AR-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sy-ser-AR-ee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Sichuan, China
Latin Pronunciation: sich-WAN-ih-ka

Meaning: Of or from Sichuan, China
Latin Pronunciation: sich-WAN-ih-kum

Meaning: Of or from Sichuan, China
Latin Pronunciation: sich-WAN-ih-kus

sickle

1. A short-handled hand tool similar to a scythe but smaller and curved into a semicircle, used to cut heavier crops like corn, Zea mays.

sickle bar

A mechanical cutting tool that fastens onto a tractor's power source.

Meaning: Of or from Sicily
Latin Pronunciation: SIK-yoo-luh

Meaning: Of or from Sicily
Latin Pronunciation: SIK-yoo-lum

Latin Pronunciation: sik-yew-lus
Meaning: with or like a little dagger.

Meaning: Resembles Sicyos (genus name for the bur cucumber)
Latin Pronunciation: sis-ee-OY-deez

Meaning: Greek name for cucumber, bur cucumber
Latin Pronunciation: SIS-eye-os

Meaning: Greek name for a type of water lily although Sida is now a name for a type of Mallow
Latin Pronunciation: SEE-duh

Meaning: Rafinesque authored the name to mean rusty fur (from the Greek sideros - iron; and sisura - goat skin)
Latin Pronunciation: sy-DEE-ra-sis

Meaning: Named for Franz Sieber, 19th century Bohemian botanist, traveller and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: sy-BER-ee

Meaning: Named for Franz Sieber, 19th century Bohemian botanist, traveller and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: sy-ber-ee-AY-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sy-ber-ee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Named for Franz Philipp von Siebold, 19th century German botanical Japan researcher
Latin Pronunciation: see-bold-ee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Named for Franz Philipp von Siebold, 19th century German botanical Japan researcher
Latin Pronunciation: see-bold-ee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Franz Philipp von Siebold, 19th century German botanical Japan researcher
Latin Pronunciation: see-bold-ee-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for Franz Philipp von Siebold, 19th century German botanical Japan researcher
Latin Pronunciation: see-BOLD-ee-eye

Meaning: A troublesome weed named by Linnaeus for Johann Siegesbeck, one of his critics
Latin Pronunciation: see-guess-BECK-e-ya
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:Sye-gus-BECK-ya

Meaning: Named for Johann Georg Siegesbeck, 18th century bitter rival of Linnaeus (the plant is arguably small-flowered, unpleasant-smelling, weedy, and grows in mud)
Latin Pronunciation: sig-es-BEK-ee-uh

sigmoid

Curved like the letter S.

Meaning: Marked
Latin Pronunciation: sig-NAY-tuh

Meaning: Marked
Latin Pronunciation: sig-NAY-tum

Latin Pronunciation: sig-nay-tus
Meaning: marked, notable.

Meaning: Of or from Sikkim, India
Latin Pronunciation: sik-im-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from Sikkim, India
Latin Pronunciation: sik-im-EN-sis

Meaning: Of or from Shikoku, in southern Japan
Latin Pronunciation: si-ko-kee-AH-na

Meaning: Of or from Shikoku, in southern Japan
Latin Pronunciation: si-ko-kee-AH-num

Meaning: Of or from Shikoku, in southern Japan
Latin Pronunciation: si-ko-kee-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for A.L. Siler, who discovered the species in the late 19th century in Utah
Latin Pronunciation: SY-ler-ee

siliceous

Containing silica.

silicle (alt. silicula, alt. silicule)

A short silique, no more than twice as long as it is broad.

Latin Pronunciation: sil - liss - ee - us
Meaning: growing in sandy places.

Meaning: From the Latin, meaning pod or husk
Latin Pronunciation: SIL-ly-kwah

Meaning: Has pods
Latin Pronunciation: sil-ee-KWAS-tra

Meaning: Has pods
Latin Pronunciation: sil-ee-KWAS-trum

Meaning: Has pods
Latin Pronunciation: sil-ee-KWAS-trus

silique (syn. siliqua)

A dry, dehiscent, elongated fruit formed from a superior ovary of two carpels, with two parietal placentas and divided into two loculi by a false septum between the placentas, occurring in plants of the family Cruciferae.

Meaning: Has many pods
Latin Pronunciation: sil-ee-KWO-suh

Meaning: Has many pods
Latin Pronunciation: sil-ee-KWO-sum

Meaning: Has many pods
Latin Pronunciation: sil-ee-KWO-sus

silky

Covered with close-pressed soft and straight pubescence.

Meaning: Of or from the Cerro de la Silla (Saddle Mountain), Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: see-yuh-MON-tah-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sil-luh-mon-TAY-nuh

silt

Fine- grained sediment usually 1/20 millimeter or less in diameter, finer than sand particles and coarser then those composing clay.

silt load

The particles finer than sand which are carried in a suspended state in moving water. See also: bed load.

Meaning: Named for Count Ernst Emmanuel Silva-Tarouca, 20th century Austrian botanist who created an arboretum near Prague, Czechoslovakia
Latin Pronunciation: SIL-vuh tar-OO-kan-uh

Meaning: Of the woods, forests
Latin Pronunciation: sil-VAT-ee-kuh

Meaning: Of the woods, forests
Latin Pronunciation: sil-VAT-ee-kum

Latin Pronunciation: sil-vat-ik-us
Meaning: of the woods.

Meaning: Named for William Arents Silveus, early 21st century attorney and agrostologist in San Antonio, Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: silv-ee-AY-na

Meaning: Named for William Arents Silveus, early 21st century attorney and agrostologist in San Antonio, Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: silv-ee-AY-nus

Meaning: Of the woods, forests
Latin Pronunciation: sil-VES-tree

Meaning: Named for Filippo Silvestri, 19th century Italian entomologist and zoologist; also spelled sylvestrii
Latin Pronunciation: sil-VEST-ree-eye

Latin Pronunciation: sil-vest-riss
Meaning: pertaining to woods.

silvicolous

Growing in woodlands.

silviculture

The cultivation and care of forest trees.

Meaning: Ancient Greek name for some edible thistles
Latin Pronunciation: SIGH-lee-bum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:si-LEE-bum

Meaning: Similar
Latin Pronunciation: SIM-il-ee

Meaning: Similar
Latin Pronunciation: SIM-il-iss

Meaning: Named for Thomas William Simmonds, 18th century English botanist who died while exploring Trinidad
Latin Pronunciation: sim-MONDS-ee-uh

simple

Of one piece; not compound.

Latin Pronunciation: sim-plex
Meaning: unbranched.

simple fruit

A fruit developed from a single ovary.

simple leaf

A leaf with an undivided blade.

Meaning: Unbranched stem
Latin Pronunciation: sim-plik-ee-KAW-lee

Latin Pronunciation: sim-pliss-ik-kaw-liss
Meaning: with unbranched stems.

Meaning: Simple leaves
Latin Pronunciation: sim-plik-ee-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Simple leaves
Latin Pronunciation: sim-plik-ee-FOH-lee-um

Latin Pronunciation: sim-pliss-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: with simple (single, not compound)leaves.

Meaning: Simpler
Latin Pronunciation: sim-PLIK-ee-or

Meaning: Simple (undivided) leaf
Latin Pronunciation: sim-plik-ee-PIN-a

Meaning: Simple (undivided) leaf
Latin Pronunciation: sim-plik-ee-PIN-um

Meaning: Most simple
Latin Pronunciation: sim-plih-KISS-ee-muh

Latin Pronunciation: sim-yew-lanz
Meaning: similar (type).

Meaning: Commemorates various Simpsons, one being James H. Simpson, 19th century explorer with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Latin Pronunciation: simp-SON-ee-eye

Meaning: Resembling, simulates, pretending
Latin Pronunciation: sim-yoo-LAH-tuh

Meaning: Of or from Sinaloa (Mexico)
Latin Pronunciation: see-nah-loh-EN-sis

Meaning: From the ancient Greek word sinapi, used by Theophrastus for Mustard
Latin Pronunciation: sin-NAP-is

Meaning: Of or from the Sinchiang River, in Bangkok
Latin Pronunciation: sin-chee-ang-EN-see

Meaning: Named for Dr. Andrew Sinclair, surgeon on the HMS Sulfur and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: sin-KLARE-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Dr. Andrew Sinclair, surgeon on the HMS Sulfur and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: sin-klare-ee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Dr. Andrew Sinclair, surgeon on the HMS Sulfur and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: sin-KLARE-ee-eye

Meaning: Of or from China
Latin Pronunciation: sye-NEN-see

Latin Pronunciation: sin-nen-siss
Meaning: of China.

Meaning: Of or from Singapore
Latin Pronunciation: sing-uh-por-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from Singapore
Latin Pronunciation: sing-uh-por-EN-sis

single-worked

Grafted only once so that the grafted plant consists of rootstock and scion.

single

1. A single flower. 2. Describes varieties having only one bloom per stem.

single flower

A plant containing the normal number of petals. Double flowers often have multiples of the normal number: 6 or 9 for three-petal flowers, 8 or 12 for four-petals flowers, etc.

Meaning: Of or from China
Latin Pronunciation: SIN-ee-ka

Meaning: Of or from China
Latin Pronunciation: SIN-eek-um

Latin Pronunciation: sin-ik-us
Meaning: Chinese.

Meaning: Compound word - sino refers to China; gracilis (graceful or slender)
Latin Pronunciation: sy-no-GRASS-il-is

Meaning: From the Latin sino- (referring to China) and John George Jack, 20th century Canadian dendrologist and explorer of North America as well as Europe and the Far East
Latin Pronunciation: sy-no-JAK-ee-a

Meaning: In compound words, sino refers to China; syriacus refers to Syria (once considered the native habitat)
Latin Pronunciation: sy-no-SEER-ee-AY-kus

Meaning: With a wavy margined
Latin Pronunciation: sin-yoo-AY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sin-yoo-AH-tuh

sinuate

With the outline of the margin strongly wavy.

Meaning: Wavy-edged leaf
Latin Pronunciation: sin-yoo-at-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: With a wavy margined
Latin Pronunciation: sin-yoo-AY-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sin-yoo-AH-tum

Latin Pronunciation: sin-yew-ay-tus
Meaning: wavy-margined (sinuate).

Latin Pronunciation: sin-yew-oh-sus
Meaning: wavy edged (sinuate).

sinuous

Wavy like the path of a snake.

sinus

The cleft or recess between two lobes.

Meaning: Referring to the Iroquois Indian use of the plant for treating syphilis
Latin Pronunciation: sigh-fy-LY-tih-kuh

Meaning: From the Greek siphon (tube) and Osmanthus, referring to the curved corolla
Latin Pronunciation: sy-fon-os-MAN-thus

Meaning: From Sisal, the former chief port of Yucatan)
Latin Pronunciation: sis-al-AY-nuh

Meaning: Ancient Greek name for various plants
Latin Pronunciation: sis-SIM-bree-um

Latin Pronunciation: sit - then -siss
Meaning: of Sitka (Alaska).

Meaning: From sion, ancient Greek name applied to a perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere
Latin Pronunciation: SEE-um

Meaning: Named for Mary Sizemore, 21st century American plant explorer in Vietnam
Latin Pronunciation: size-MOR-ee-ay

skeletonized

Refers to a leaf which has only ribs and veins left, the soft tissue having been consumed by insects or bacteria.

skeletonizer

Any of various lepidopterous larvae that eat the parenchyma of leaves reducing them to a skeleton of veins.

Meaning: Named for George Ure Skinner, 19th plant collector in Guatemala and Central America
Latin Pronunciation: SKIN-ner-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SKIN-ner-eye

skylight

The diffuse and reflected light of the sky. See also: direct sunlight.

sludge

Precipitate of solids from water or sewage treatment, which may or may not contain harmful compounds; generally composted for a year or two before applying as organic fertilizer.

Meaning: Named for Dr. John Kunkel Small, 20th century American explorer and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: SMALL-ee-ah-nah

slump test

A test used to determine workability of cement or concrete.

Meaning: Named for Dr. John Kunkel Small, 20th century American explorer and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: SMAL-ee-eye

small fruits

Those species which produce edible fruits, but do not grow on trees, e.g., strawberries and blueberries.

Meaning: Named for Sir James Edward Smith, 18th century English botanist
Latin Pronunciation: SMITH-ee-eye

smoke jumper

A trained firefighter who is dropped from an airplane in the path of a wildfire to attempt to control the blaze.

smooth

Without roughness or pubescence.

Meaning: Named for Jan Smuts, 20th century South African Prime Minister and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: smuts-ee-AY-nuh

Meaning: From the Greek smyrnion (myrrh); referring to its smell
Latin Pronunciation: SMIR-nee-um

Meaning: Named for Jan Smuts, 20th century South African Prime Minister and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: SMUTS-ee-eye

snow fencing

Wooden or plastic lath joined by wire into long rolls, then erected 100 feet (33 m.) or so on the windward side of a road or barnyard. The lath breaks the velocity of the wind allowing snow particles to drop before reaching the road. It may also be used as a shade cover for plants.

snath

The handle of a scythe.

snag

1. Part of the rootstock left during a graft to hold the scion in place. 2. Removal of the projection when the scion no longer needs it. 3. A rough projection on a woody plant which needs to be removed.

sobole

A shoot, especially from the ground.

Meaning: From the Latin soboles (offshoots); bearing creeping, rooting stems
Latin Pronunciation: soh-boh-LIF-er-a
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:soh-boh-LEE-fer-a

soboliferous

Bearing soboles.

Meaning: From the Latin soboles (offshoots); bearing creeping, rooting stems
Latin Pronunciation: soh-boh-LIF-er-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:soh-boh-LEE-fer-um

Meaning: From the Latin from Latin sociare (to join, associate
Latin Pronunciation: so-shee-AH-bil-is

Latin Pronunciation: sob-ol-/if-er-us
Meaning: bearing creeping rooting stems or shoots.

Latin Pronunciation: soh-see-ay-liss
Meaning: companion able.

Meaning: In groups
Latin Pronunciation: so-KEE-ah-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:so-SEE-ah-lee

social facilitation

The effect of the closeness of one organism upon the conduct of another one.

social dominance

The control of behavior of those animals lower in the hierarchy, by aggression, intelligence, or other factors of the alpha animals.

Meaning: Of Socotra, a Yemen island in the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden
Latin Pronunciation: so-koh-TRAY-nuh

Meaning: Of Socotra, a Yemen island in the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden
Latin Pronunciation: so-koh-TRAY-num

Meaning: Of Socotra, a Yemen island in the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden; possibly a variant spelling of socotrana
Latin Pronunciation: so-koh-TRY-nuh

Meaning: Of Socotra, a Yemen island in the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden
Latin Pronunciation: so-koh-TRAY-nus

sodic

Of, relating to, or containing sodium.

sod coring tool

A lawn tool which removes spikes of soil, about one half inch (1 cm) in diameter, to allow air and water to penentrate. See also: aerator.

sod planter

A lawn tool which cuts a hole of about 2 inches (5 cm.), releases the core with a hand or foot system, picks up a new sod block and inserts it.

softwood

The immature stems of woody plants. Also, term applied to conifers as opposed to the broad-leaved trees, or hardwoods.

softwood cutting

A cutting taken from a green or immature stem of a woody plant, for the purpose of propagation.

soil

1. The top layer of the earth's surface, consisting primarily of clay, sand, silt, and organic matter. 2. Any natural or synthetic substance or medium in which plants may take root and grow.

soilless mix

A potting soil that uses sand, bark, and/or other ingredients, but not any actual soil.

soil amendment

Substance added to soil to increase its nutritive value, friability, moisture retention, or some other aspect.

soil cuber (alt. soil blocker)

Hand-held device into which moist soil is packed, then released in the form of a cube or block in which a single seed is planted.

soil fixation

The conversion of a soluble substance such as phosphorus from the exchangeable form useful to plants, to a relatively insoluble form.

soil sampler

A hollow tube with a T handle, which is pressed into the soil to get a core of the horizon.

solid

Smoothly pithy, the twig center neither chambered nor hollow.

Meaning: Resembling the Solanum genus
Latin Pronunciation: so-lan-uh-SEE-uh

Meaning: The Solanum family (the name referrs to the narcotic properties of some species)
Latin Pronunciation: so-lan-AY-see-ay

Meaning: Resembling the Solanum genus
Latin Pronunciation: so-lan-uh-SEE-um

Meaning: Resembling the Solanum genus
Latin Pronunciation: so-lan-uh-SEE-us

Meaning: Named for Daniel Solander, 18th century Swedish-born explorer and plant collector on the Cook voyages
Latin Pronunciation: soh-LAN-dree
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:soh-LAN-dry

Meaning: Having flowers like Solanum
Latin Pronunciation: so-lan-IH-flora-uh

Meaning: Having flowers like Solanum
Latin Pronunciation: so-lan-IH-flor-um

Latin Pronunciation: sol-on-nye-nus
Meaning: Potato-like.

Latin Pronunciation: soh-lay-riss
Meaning: of the sun.

Meaning: Resembling Soldanella genus
Latin Pronunciation: sol-dan-el-OY-deez

Meaning: Named for Captain Joseph Francois Soleirol, who collected many Corsican plants in the early 19th century
Latin Pronunciation: so-ley-ROH-lee-uh

Meaning: Named for Captain Joseph Francois Soleirol, who collected many Corsican plants in the early 19th century
Latin Pronunciation: so-ley-ROH-lee-eye

Meaning: Resembles pipes
Latin Pronunciation: sol-en-OP-sis

Meaning: Pipe stamens
Latin Pronunciation: sol-en-oh-STEM-on

solid

Smoothly pithy, the twig center neither chambered nor hollow.

Meaning: Dense, solid
Latin Pronunciation: SOL-id-uh

Meaning: Dense, solid
Latin Pronunciation: SOL-id-um

Latin Pronunciation: so/-id-us
Meaning: solid (not hollow).

Meaning: Alone
Latin Pronunciation: sol-ih-TAR-ee-a

solitary

Borne singly or alone; not in clusters.

Meaning: Named for Dr. Salvador Soliva, 18th century physician to the Spanish court
Latin Pronunciation: SOL-ih-vuh

Meaning: Pertaining to midsummer (solstice)
Latin Pronunciation: sol-stee-shee-AL-lee

solutio (abr. sol)

Latin term for a solution.

Meaning: Pertaining to midsummer (solstice)
Latin Pronunciation: sol-stee-shee-AL-liss

Meaning: Of or from Somalia, Africa; sometimes spelled somaliensis
Latin Pronunciation: soh-mal-EN-sis

Meaning: Of or from Somalia, Africa; sometimes spelled somaliense
Latin Pronunciation: soh-mal-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from Somalia, Africa; sometimes spelled somalense
Latin Pronunciation: soh-mal-ee-EN-see

somatic

Belonging to the vegetative part of a plant as opposed to the reproductive.

Meaning: Of or from Somalia, Africa; sometimes spelled somalensis
Latin Pronunciation: soh-mal-ee-EN-sis

Meaning: Sleep-bringing, referring to narcotic properties
Latin Pronunciation: som-NEE-fer-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:som-NIF-er-uh

Meaning: Sleep-bringing, referring to narcotic properties
Latin Pronunciation: som-NEE-fer-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:som-NIF-er-um

Latin Pronunciation: som-nif-er-us
Meaning: sleep in ducing.

Meaning: Having leaves like Sonchus (Sow Thistle)
Latin Pronunciation: son-chi-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek sonchos, used for Sowthistle
Latin Pronunciation: SON-chus

Meaning: Of or from Sonoma (region of California, U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: so-nom-EN-sis

Meaning: Of or from the Arizona-Sonora Desert (U.S.)
Alternative Meaning:soh-noh-REN-see

Meaning: Of or from the Arizona-Sonora Desert (U.S.)
Alternative Meaning:soh-noh-REN-sis

Alternative Meaning:A trigeneric hybrid of Sophronitis, Laelia and Cattleya; often abbreviated as Slc
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:so-fro-lay-lee-oh-KAT-lee-uh

soralium (pl. soralia)

A clump of soredia.

Meaning: From the Greek sophron (chaste, modest, small)
Latin Pronunciation: so-fro-NY-tiss

Meaning: From the Latin sorbum, referring to its resemblance to Sorbus (Mountain Ash genus)
Latin Pronunciation: sor-BAY-ree-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like those in the Sorbus genus
Latin Pronunciation: sor-bee-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Having leaves like those in the Sorbus genus
Latin Pronunciation: sor-bee-FOH-lee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: sorb-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: with Ash (Sorbus)-like leaves.

Meaning: Dirty; soiled
Latin Pronunciation: SOR-deh-dah

Meaning: Dirty; soiled
Latin Pronunciation: SOR-deh-dum

Latin Pronunciation: sord-id-us
Meaning: foul (appearance, odor).

soredium (pl. soredia)

A microscopic clump of agal cells surrounded by the hyphae of fungi and erupting at the surface of the thallus.

soredium (pl. soredia)

A microscopic clump of agal cells surrounded by the hyphae of fungi and erupting at the surface of the thallus.

Meaning: Literally, a "poor imitation of Sorghum", referring to its similarity to Sorghum
Latin Pronunciation: sor-GAS-trum

Meaning: From the Italian sorgo, meaning a tall cereal grass
Latin Pronunciation: SOR-gum

Meaning: Of sister
Latin Pronunciation: so-ROR-ee-um

Meaning: Of sister
Latin Pronunciation: so-ROR-ee-uh

Meaning: Of sister
Latin Pronunciation: so-ROR-ee-us

sorus (pl. sori)

An assemblage of sporangia; a fruit dot.

sorus (pl. sori)

An assemblage of sporangia; a fruit dot.

Meaning: Hybrid named for Etienne Soulange-Bodin, 19th century French cavaly officer and Director of the Royal Institute of Horticulture; usually written as x soulangeana
Latin Pronunciation: soo-lan-jee-AH-na
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:soo-lan-jee-AY-na

Meaning: Hybrid named for Etienne Soulange-Bodin, 19th century French cavaly officer and Director of the Royal Institute of Horticulture; usually written as x soulangiana
Latin Pronunciation: soo-lan-jee-AH-na
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:soo-lan-jee-AY-na

Meaning: Named after James Sowerby, 19th century botanical artist and engraver of plates for flowering plants for numerous British botanical publications
Latin Pronunciation: so-er-BEE-uh

Meaning: Named for Edouard Spach,19th century Alsatian (French) botanist
Latin Pronunciation: spak-ee-AY-nuh

absorption spectrum

A graph of the amount of light a substance absorbs, plotted as a function of energy, frequency, or wavelength.

Meaning: Named for Edouard Spach,19th century Alsatian (French) botanist
Latin Pronunciation: spak-ee-AY-num

Meaning: Named for Edouard Spach,19th century Alsatian (French) botanist
Latin Pronunciation: spak-ee-AY-nus

Meaning: Named for Edouard Spach,19th century Alsatian (French) botanist
Latin Pronunciation: SPAK-ee-eye

spade

A digging implement, foot powered, usually of heavier construction than a shovel and often with a flat end.

spacing

Measured distance between the center of one plant and the center of the next closest ones.

Meaning: Date-colored; dark chestnut brown
Latin Pronunciation: spay-DIK-ee-ah
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:spay-DEE-see-uh

Meaning: Date-colored; dark chestnut brown
Latin Pronunciation: spay-DIK-ee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:spay-DEE-see-um