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in dyeing yellow); S. mombin, 

 mo'mf'bin (unascertained) ; S. tub- 

 erosa, tub f -%r-dz f -a (L. tuber osus, 

 having fleshy knots from tuber, 

 a protuberance), are species pro- 

 ducing fruits called Hog-plums, 

 peculiar in taste, chiefly used to 

 i'atten swine ; the leaves of 'S. 

 mombin ' are astringent, and the 

 fruit laxative ; and the fruit of 

 'S. tuberosa' is employed in 

 fevers: S. mangifera, man-jif'-Zr'ti 

 (L. mango, .the mango fruit ; fero, 

 I yield), yields a yellowish-green 

 fruit, eaten in India, and used as 

 a pickle in the unripe state : S. 

 venulosa, vZn'ul-dz'a (L. venul- 

 osus, full of veins from vena, a 

 vein), has aromatic astringent 

 properties. 



Spongida, n. plu., spunj'id>a (L. 

 spongia, Gr. sponggia, a sponge ; 

 Gr. eidos, resemblance), a division 

 of the Protozoa, known as sponges: 

 spongioles, n. plu., spunj'i-olz 

 (dim. ole), also spongelets, n. 

 plu., spunj'e>letz (dim. lets), in 

 bot., the cellular extremities of 

 young roots, constituting the 

 absorbing parts of the roots : 

 spongiose, a., sp&nj'i-dz', having 

 a spongy texture : spongy, a., 

 spunj'*l, full of small cavities or 

 concelli. 



spongiopiline, n., spunf-i-8p'tt-in 

 (L. spongia, a sponge ; Gr. pilSs, 

 felt ; L. pilus, hair), a useful 

 and efficient substitute for a 

 poultice, consisting of a mass of 

 felted shreds of wool and sponge 

 with an india-rubber backing. 

 sporadic, a., spor-M'-ik (Gr. spor- 

 adikos, dispersed, scattered from 

 speiro, I sow seed), scattered ; 

 applied to diseases which occur 

 in single and scattered cases ; 

 opposed to 'epidemic,' and 'en- 

 demic ' ; in bot. , applied to plants 

 confined to limited localities. 

 spores, n. plu., spors, also spor- 

 iiles, n. plu., spor'ulz(GT. spora, 

 a seed), in bot. , the minute grains 

 in flowerless plants which perform 



the functions of seeds, as in Ferng 

 and Club mosses ; cellular germ- 

 inating bodies in Cryptogamic 

 plants ; in zool. , the reproductive 

 gemmules of certain sponges : spor- 

 aceous, a., spor^d'tntis, convert- 

 ible into spores : sporangium, n., 

 spdr'dnfi-um, sporangia, n. plu. , 

 spor-dnf-i'd (Gr. anggos, a vessel), 

 hollow, flask-shaped organs, like 

 ovaries, found in Cryptogamic 

 plants, containing spores ; spore- 

 cases : sporangium, n., a spore- 

 case producing spores in the 

 centre : sporangiferous, a. , spor'- 

 dn-jif-er-us (L. fero, I bear), 

 bearing or producing spores : 

 sporangioles, n. plu., spor-dnfi- 

 olz (dim. ole), very minute spor- 

 angia. 



spore-sacs, n. plu., spor-saks' 

 (spore and sac), in zool., the 

 simple generative buds of certain 

 Hydrozoa, not having the medus- 

 oid structure developed. 



sporidium, n., spor-w-l-tim, spor- 

 idia, n. plu., spor-id'-i-a (Gr. 

 spora, seed ; eidos, resemblance), 

 in bot., a cellular germinating 

 body in Cryptogamics, containing 

 two or more cells ; reproductive 

 cells produced within asci or 

 sporangia. 



sporocarp, n., spor^o-kdrp (Gr. 

 spora, seed ; karpos, fruit), in 

 bot., the ovoid sac containing 

 the organs of reproduction in 

 Marsileacese : sporophore, n., 

 spdr'-o-for (Gr. phorZo, I bear), 

 in bot., a stalk supporting a spore; 

 in plu., filamentous processes 

 supporting spores in Fungi. 



sporophyllum, n., spor'-dj'iV'lftm, 

 sporophylla, n. plu. , spor'-o-ftl'-la, 

 (Gr. spora, a seed ; phullon, a 

 leaf), in bot., small leafy lobes, 

 which contain tetraspores. 



sporozoid, a., spor-o-zdyd (Gr. 

 spora, seed ; eidos, resemblance), 

 in bot. , a moving spore furnished 

 with cilia or vibratile processes. 



sporules, see ' spores. ' 



sprain, n. , sprdn (old F. espreindre, 



