DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENTS 



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Steighöhe /. gradient or pitch (of a 



screw). 

 steile Windung /. close coil. 

 Steilhang m. steep slope. 

 Steilwerden n. contraction of spiral. 

 Steinapfel m. pomelike fruit in which 



each locule forms a stone. 

 Steinbeere /. drupe, 

 steinbewohnend a. lithophilous; growing 



on stones and rocks. 

 Steinborke /. stone cork; phellem 



changed into sclereids. 

 Steinbrand to. stinking smut; bunt. 

 Steinbrandansteckung /. infection by 



bunt. 

 Steinbrechgewächse n.pl. Saxifragaceae. 

 Steinelement n. stone cell; sclereid. 

 Steinfrucht /. drupe. 

 Steinkanal m. stone canal (Echinoder- 



mata). 

 Steinkauz m. screech owl. 

 Steinkern to. putamen; pyrene; hard- 

 ened endocarp or pericarp; cast. 

 Steinklee to. Melilotus alba Desr. 

 Steinkohlenzeit /. carboniferous age. 

 Steinkoralle/, stone coral. 

 Steinkörper to. stone cell or cluster of 



stone cells. 

 Steinkraut n. Alyssum. 

 steinliebend a. lithophilous. 

 Steinsalz n. rock salt. 

 Steinthylle /. stone-tylosis. 

 Steintrift /. rocky drift of high plateau 



or mountain side. 

 Steinzellenkork m. cork made up of 



stone cells. 

 Steiss TO. rump; buttock; crissum. 

 Steissbein n. coccygeal bone. 

 Steissbeinband n. coccygeal ligament. 

 Steissbeinhom n. horn of the coccyx. 

 Steissbeinkriimmer to. ischio-coccygeal 



muscle. 

 Steissbeinwirbel to. coccygeal vertebra. 

 Steissdriise /. coccygeal gland. 

 Steissfeder /. {orn.): anal rectrice. 

 Steissflosse /. (zo.): anal fin. 

 Steisswirbel to. coccygeal vertebra. 

 Stellknorpel to. arytenoid cartilage. 

 Stellring to. clamping collar. 



Stellschraube /. set screw. 



Stellungsnahme /. attitude. 



Stelzen wurzel /. stilt root; prop root. 



Stelzen wurzler to. tree having prop roots. 



Stempel m. pistil. 



Stempelgrube/, (zo.): sensillar pit (Gas- 

 trotricha). 



Stempelmündung /. stigma. 



Stempelträger to. gynophore. 



Stengel m. stem. 



Stengelausläufer to. stem-runner or 

 stolon. 



Stengelbrenner to. anthracnose. 



Stengelfäule /. stem rot. 



Stengelgewebe n. stem-tissue. 



Stengelglied n. internode of stem. 



Stengelknolle /. tuber consisting of 

 shortened internodes. 



stengellos a. acaulose; stemless. 



Stengelranke /. tendril which is mor- 

 phologically a stem. 



stengeltreibend a. caulescent. 



stengelumfassend o. sheathing the stem; 

 amplexicaul. 



Stengelverbänderung/, stem fasciation. 



Steppe /. steppe; prairie. 



Steppenhexe /. tumble weed. 



Steppenläufer to. tumble weed. 



Sterblichkeit /. mortality. 



Stemalleiste /. {emhryol.): sternal plate. 



stemartig a. stellate. 



Stemband n. ciliary ligament. 



Stemborste /. stellate bristle. 



Stemhaar n. stellate hair. 



Stemleiste /. (zo.): upright partition or 

 septum of Anthozoa; radial ridge. 



Stemschuppe /. stellate brood scale. 



Sterntier n. starfish. 



Steuerfeder /. (orn.): rectrice. 



Stichkultur /, stab-culture. 

 Stichlinie /. line of stab. 

 Stickstoff TO. nitrogen. 

 Stickstofifbestimmung /. determination 



of nitrogen. 

 Stickstoffentbindung /. release of nitro- 

 gen. 

 Stiefmütterchen n. pansy. 

 Stiel TO. stalk; stem; peduncle; pedical; 

 stipe; handle of retinaculum. 

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