Category: S

(In taxonomic hierarchy) a division of a class (family names end in –idae). In taxonomy, a category between a class and an order.  

(When more than one style is present) a structure just above the ovary or ovaries composed of the connate proximal parts of the styles (e.g. in Umbelliferae/Apiaceae).  

Stigma branch; Used by Dahlgren & Clifford for separate styles [unusual term].  

Elongated single crystals of calcium oxalate found as inclusions of cells (e.g. in the leaves of some Rubiaceae). Pointed.  

Branches of the style.  

Relating to the style.  

(Of habit) of less than normal stature, dwarfed, smaller than normal.  

Covered with small swellings.  

Cushion-like swelling (mostly used in mosses). A goitre. A swelling of the thyroid gland. Riedel’s struma is a rare chronic inflammation of the thyroid (see thyroiditis), which becomes firm and enlarged and is eventually destroyed.  

An aril or outgrowth of the outer seed integument near the hilum, glandular or fleshy and associated with animal dispersal. (Also called a caruncle, but a strophiole is an outgrowth from the raphe whereas the caruncle is next to the micropyle.