Category: S
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Spheroidal
Shaped like a sphere.
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Spheroid
3-dimensional shape, like a sphere.
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Sphalm., sphalmate
By mistake.
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Spermatophyte
Seed plant; member of the Angiospermae or Gymnospermae. Colloquial term for seed plant, angiosperms + gymnosperms and several other extinct lineages of seedbearing plants.
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Speciose
Beautiful, often mistakenly used to mean species-rich (which is preferred).
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Specific epithet
In scientific names, the part that follows the genus name; for example, in Bellis perennis the first name with the capital is the genus name, the second name without a capital the specific epithet. The second portion of a scientific name, identifying a particular species; for instance, in wild geranium, Geranium maculatum, the specific epithet…
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Speciation
Evolution into a new species. Process that results in formation of new species. The evolutionary process by which new species of living organisms are formed.
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Spatulate
Shaped like a small spatula: oblong, with an extended basal part. A botanical term meaning “spreading” or “trowel-shaped”. Spoon-shaped, oblong with an extended basal part. In the shape of a knife rounded on the end, and tapering toward the base. Shaped like a traditional spatula, that is, rather narrowly wedge-shaped but rounded at the broad…
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Spathulate
Shaped like a small spatula: oblong, with an extended basal part; spatulate is the preferred spelling.
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Spatheole
(In Gramineae/Poaceae) The bladeless sheath subtending the inflorescence; The modified leaf sheath encasing part of the inflorescence.