Category: S
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Sprays
Clusters of flowers. A mass of tiny drops. A special liquid for applying to an infection in a mass of tiny drops. A jet of fine medicated vapor applied to a diseased part or discharged into the air. To disseminate (aquaeous solutions, agrochemicals, biocides, etc.) by suspending them in the air as minute droplets.
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Spearhead-shaped
As in a leaf shaped like the head of a spear.
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Simple leaf
A leaf with the blade all in one piece (although it may be deeply cleft), not compound. One leaf blade attached to a leaf stalk (compare Compound leaf). A leaf that is not compound; has a single blade. A leaf that is not compound, ie, not divided into leaflets; it may, however, be lobed or…
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Silky
A covering of fine, soft hairs. Covered densely with a pressed, soft, straight hairs. Used of plant hairs that are colorless and lie flat and parallel, reflecting light and appearing somewhat like silk.
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Showy
Conspicuous and ornamental.
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Serrated leaf
Saw toothed, with teeth pointing forward toward the tip of the leaf. Toothed around the margin.
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Seedpods
As in a fruit or pod containing seeds.
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Scorpioid cyme
A coiled inflorescence with flowers developing alternately to left and right in a zigzag fashion.
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Scaly
Covered with scales or bracts. (Of surface of cap or stem) Having small, often tapered or pointed pieces of tissue, lying flat or standing up on the surfaces.
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Sap
Liquid contained within the stem. The juice or fluid contents of a plant.