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used as a potato : S. indigofera, 

 In'-dig-oj'^r'd (indigo, and L. 



fero, I produce), cultivated in 

 Brazil for the sake of its indigo- 

 dye : S. gnaphalioides, nof-dl'i- 

 o&d'ez (Gr. gnaphdlwn, the plant 

 cudweed ; eidos, resemblance : 

 gnaphaldn, soft down), the juice 

 of the fruit used by Peruvian 

 ladies to tint their cheeks: S. 

 saponaceum, sap'-tin-as'-i-urn (L. 

 sdpondceus, of or pert, to soap 

 from sdpo, soap), a species whose 

 fruits are used in Peru instead of 

 soap to whiten linen : S. margin- 

 atum, mdrj'-tn-af'tian (L. marg- 

 indtus, furnish with a border 

 from margo, an edge, a border), 

 employed in Abyssinia for tan- 

 ning leather : solania, n., sdl-dn' 

 i'Gb, a white alkaloid substance, 

 highly poisonous, obtained from 

 S. dulcamara, greened potatoes, 

 and other species of Solanum 

 also called solanin, n., sdl'an-m, 

 and solanina, n., stil'-dn'in'd. 



solar, a., sottar (L. sol, the sun, 

 soils, of the sun), in anat., hav- 

 ing branches or filaments like 

 the rays of the sun: solar plexus, 

 pUks'-us (L. plexus, twisted), a 

 great network of nerves and 

 ganglia, situated behind the 

 stomach, which supplies all the 

 viscera in the abdominal cavity. 



soleaform, a., stft-e'd-fdrm (L. 

 sol&a, a sandal ; forma, shape), 

 in bot., slipper-shaped. 



Solenostemma, n., sol- en' o- stem'- 

 md (Gr. solen, a tube ; stemma, 

 a garland, a wreath), a genus of 

 plants, Ord. Asclepiadacese : Sol- 

 enostemma argel, ar'-jel (may be 

 connected with Sp. argel, Algiers), 

 a species whose leaves are used to 

 adulterate Alexandrian senna. 



soleus, n., stil-e'us or sol'-frus (L. 

 totta, a sandal, a sole-fish), in 

 anat., a muscle of the leg shaped 

 like the sole-fish ; also called 

 * gastrocnemius internus. ' 



Solidungula, n. plu., sdl'-td-ung'- 

 ul-d, also Solidungulates, n. plu., 

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ul'dtz (L. solidus, solid; ungula, 

 a hoof), the group of hoof quad- 

 rupeds, which comprises the horse, 

 ass, and zebra, having each foot 

 a single solid hoof only ; also 

 called ' Solipedia. ' 



solution, n., sol- 6' shun (L. solil- 

 tum, to loose ; solvo, I loose, I 

 melt), a liquid which contains 

 one or more solid substances 

 diffused throughout it ; in bot. , 

 the separation of whorls which 

 are usually adherent : solution 

 of continuity, in surg., the 

 accidental separation of connected 

 parts : solvent, n., solvent, a 

 fluid in which a solid may be 

 dissolved ; anything which can 

 dissolve or render liquid another. 



somatic, a., som-dt'ik (Gr. soma, 

 a body, somdtos, of a body), 

 connected with the body: somat- 

 ocyst, n., som-dt f 'd'Sist (Gr. kustis, 

 a cyst), a peculiar cavity in the 

 ccenosarc of the Calycophoridse : 

 somatomes, n. plu., som'-dt-omz 

 (Gr. tome, a cutting), the verteb- 

 ral segments of the body: somat- 

 otomy, n.. ) som^dt'dt f 'dm-i t another 

 name for anatomy: somite, n., 

 somf-lt, a single segment in the 

 body of an articulate animal. 



sophisticate, v., sof-istf-ik-dt (Gr. 

 sophistikos, fallacious from soph- 

 8s, skilful, artful), to adulterate ; 

 to debase by something spurious 

 or foreign : sophistication, n., 

 sof-ist'-ik-d'-shun, adulteration. 



soporific, a., sop'-or-if-ik (L. sopor, 

 a heavy sleep ; facio, I make), 

 that has the quality of inducing 

 sleep : n., a medicine which 

 causes sleep. 



soredia, n., sor-ed'-i-a (Gr. soros, a 

 heap or pile), in bot. , powdery cells 

 on the surface of the thallus of some 

 Lichens: sorediferous, a., sdr'-$d 

 if'-fr-us (L.fero, I bear), bearing 

 soredia. 



Sorghum, n., stirg'um (from 

 Sorghi, its Indian name), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Gramineae : 

 Sorghum vulgare, vulg-ar'-& (L. 



