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Sarcocarp—sar’-co-karp (Gr. sarka, flesh and 
karpos, fruit). The fleshy part or pulp of a 
fruit. Also termed sarcoderm. 
Sassafras—sas’sa-fras (Fr. sassafras, from the 
Lat. saxum, a stone, and Srango, I break), 
The bark of the tree is used in medicine. 
Sassafras officinalis. _ 
Saxifrage—saks’-i-fraj (Lat. saxifragus, stone 
breaking, from saxum, a rock, and Srango, I 
break). A plant, when prepared as a medi- 
cine, said to have the power of dissolving 
stone in the bladder. 
Scape—skap (Lat. scapus; Gr. skapos, a stem 
or stalk, from skepto, I support). A flower- 
stalk without leaves, with one or more flow- 
ers, usually with radicle leaves. Example: 
Dandelion. : 
Sclerogen—skler’-o-gen (Gr. sk/eros, hard, and 
gennao, I produce.) The hard or woody ma- 
terial deposited in the cells of plants; the ma- 
terial forming woody tissue. 
Scorpioid—skor’-pi-oyd, also Scorpioidal (Gr. 
skorpion, a scorpion; ezdos, resemblance), 
Flowers having a peculiar twisted inflores- 
cence, resembling the tail of a scorpion, asin 
the Boraginacee, 
aetoe | (Ger. saat; Icelandic sad, seed, 
from the Lat. satus, sown). The part of the 
plant to be sown; the beginning and end of 
plant life. 
Seed-vessel—The pericarp which covers the 
seed, 
Segregate—seg’-re-gat (Lat. segregatum, to 
Separate or set apart; from se, aside, and gvre- 
&@re, to collect in a flock), A separation, 
parting from each other. 
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