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hood ; now separated from the 

 Medusae, and placed as a separ- 

 ate division under the name 

 Lucernarida. 



stellate, a., attl'-lat (L. Stella, a 

 star), in bot., arranged like a 

 star; radiating: stelliform, a., 

 stel'li-fdrm (L. forma, shape), 

 radiating like a star ; stellate j in 

 zool., star-shaped. 



stellerida, n. plu., sfel-Ur'-id-a 

 (L. Stella, a star), a name some- 

 times given to the Order of Star- 

 fishes. 



stellulas, n. plu., sfel'ul-e (dim. of 

 L. stella, a star), in anat., a name 

 given to any cluster of small 

 veins or vessels which have a 

 stellate arrangement. 



stem, n., stem (AS. stemn, Ger. 

 stamm, the stem of a tree), the 

 body of a tree or plant ; the 

 ascending axis of a plant ; a 

 prostrate or underground shoot. 



stemmata, n. plu., stem'- mitt' a (Gr. 

 stemma, a garland), in zool, the 

 simple eyes or ocelli of certain 

 animals, such as insects, spiders, 

 and Crustacea. 



stenophyllous, a., sten-^f-U-Us (Gr. 

 stands, narrow ; phullon, a leaf), 

 in bot., narrow-leaved. 



stercoraceous, a., sterlc'o'r-d'sJius, 

 also stercoral, a., sterttd'r-al (L. 

 stercorosus, full of dung from 

 stercus, dung), pert, to or resem- 

 bling dung ; faecal. 



Sterculiacese, n. plu., ster&til'W* 

 se-e (L. Sterculius, the god which 

 presides over manure from sterc- 

 us, manure), the Sterculia and 

 Silk - cotton family, an Order 

 of plants, some are mucilaginous 

 and demulcent, some used as 

 food, and others supply a material 

 like cotton : Sterculiese, n. plu., 

 sterWul-i'-Z-e, a tribe or Sub- 

 order: Sterculia, n., sterk-ul'-i-a, 

 a genus of plants, the leaves and 

 flowers of some species being 

 fetid : sterculia tomentosa, tdm'- 

 %n(,-6z''d (L. tomentum, a stuffing 

 tor cushions ; Sp. tomentoso, pert 



to horse hair); also S. acuminata, 

 ak'um'-in'at'-a, (L. acumindtus, 

 made sharp - pointed from 

 acumen, a point), are species 

 whose seeds in Africa are called 

 Kola, and are used there to 

 sweeten water. 



sterigmata, n. plu., sfer-ig'-mat-a 

 (Gr. sterigma, a prop or support ; 

 sterigmata, props), in bot., cells 

 bearing naked spores ; cellular 

 filaments to which spores or 

 spermatia are attached, as in the 

 Spermagones of Lichens. 



sterile, a., ster'-ll (L. sterilis, 

 barren), in bot., incapable of 

 producing seeds ; applied to male 

 flowers not bearing fruit : ster- 

 ility, n., ster-il'-i-ti, inability of 

 male flowers to bear fruit ; in 

 animals, the inability of either 

 sex to propagate their species. 



Sternbergia, n., stern-berg'-i-ci, 

 (after Count Sternberg, a botanist), 

 a genus of plants, Ord. Amaryl- 

 lidaceae : Sternbergia lutea, I6t- 

 &-a (L. luieus, yellowish from 

 lutum, a plant used in dyeing 

 yellow), supposed to be the ' lily 

 of the fields ' referred to by 

 Christ. 



sternum, n. , stern' tim (Gr. stZrnon, 

 the breast), the flat bone of the 

 breast to which the ribs are 

 attached in front ; the breast- 

 bone : sternal, a., stern'-al, of or 

 pert, to the sternum : sternalis 

 brutorum, stern-dl'-is brdt-dr'-um 

 (L. sternalis, sternal ; brulum, a 

 brute), the sternal-bone of the 

 brutes ; a muscle of the thorax 

 constant in some of the brutes, 

 occasionally present in man : 

 sterno, stern f -o, denoting attach- 

 ment to, or connection with, the 

 sternum : sterno - clavicular, 

 applied to a ligament extending 

 from the sternum to the clavicle 

 or collar - bone : sterno - hyoid, 

 (see under * hyo '), applied to 

 the thin, narrow, riband - like 

 muscle arising from the inner 

 extremity of the clavicle : sterno- 



