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Saxicolous
(Of plants or species) growing on rocks.
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Saxatile
(Of plants or species) living on rocks [uncommon term].
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Savanna, savannah
Dry area of grassland with isolated trees. A kind of very open woodland, characteristic of many regions of the dry tropics and subtropics.
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Sarmentose
With long thin runners or rhizomes; (Of lianas) with long whip-like branches.
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Sarcotesta
Fleshy layer developed from the outer seed coat.
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Sarcocarp
Succulent fleshy part of a stone fruit or drupe [old-fashioned, rarely used term].
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Sapwood
New living outer wood, as distinct from the heartwood.
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Saprophytic
Obtaining all nutrition from decaying matter. Of a plant, usually lacking chlorophyll, that lives on dead organic matter. Obtaining food from nonliving plants or animals. Referring to an organism which lives on dead or decaying tissue.
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Saprophyte
Plant that obtains some or all of its nutrition from the substrate through mycorrhizal fungi; more accurately known therefore as an achlorophyllous mycotroph or a heteromycotroph; readily identifiable by lack of leaves and usually by the absence of chlorophyll. A plant living off dead or decaying organic matter and usually lacking chlorophyll. Colloquial term for…
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Sapling
A very young tree.
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