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saur, saur-, sauro, saurus, -saurus a lizard, referring to a lizard, from Greek σαύρα, σαῦρος, saura, sauros,<br />

lizard.<br />

saurocephalus lizard-headed, <strong>with</strong> a lizard’s head, from Greek σαύρα, σαῦρος, saura, sauros, lizard, and<br />

κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

Saururaceae Saurura'ceae (sore-ur-AY-see-ee) plants of the Lizard’s-tail family, from Greek σαύρα, σαῦρος,<br />

saura, sauros, lizard, from, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

Saururus lizard’s tail, New Latin, from Greek σαύρα, σαῦρος, saura, sauros, lizard, and -ουρα, -oura, tail,<br />

(or -urus).<br />

Saussurea for Nicolas Théodore (1767–1845) and Horace Bénédict (1740–1799) de Saussure, Swiss<br />

naturalists<br />

savanna Spanish a meadow. Alternately spelled savannah; earlier zavana, from Spanish, from Taino<br />

zabana.<br />

sax-, saxi, saxo, saxum, -saxum Latin a rock, referring to a rock, from Latin saxum -i n., a rock, stone<br />

saxatil-, saxatilis, saxatile saxat'ilis (sax-AT-il-is) stony, found or living among rocks, rock-loving, from Latin<br />

saxetum -i, n., a rocky place, and -aticus suffix indicating a place of growth or habitat.<br />

saxicolus -a -um saxicole, growing among rubble or on rocks, as some lichens.<br />

saxenii<br />

saxifraga -ae saxifage [compare to saxifragia's meaning]<br />

Saxifragaceae Saxifraga'ceae (sax-i-fra-GAY-see-ee) plants of the Rock-foil family, from Saxifraga, the genus<br />

name, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

saxifragia saxifagia [compare to saxifraga's meaning] from Pliny.<br />

saxifragoides resembling Saxifraga, Rock-Foil. saxifragus, Saxifraga rock-breaker, stone-breaking, stonesplitting,<br />

from Latin saxum, saxi, stone, and frango, frangere, fregi, fractus, break, shatter, crush.<br />

Saxifraga Saxifra'ga (sax-i-FRAY-ga) Latin saxum, saxi, stone, and frangere, to break, referring to the plant<br />

sometimes growing in rock crevices and appear to be breaking the rocks. (Saxifragaceae)<br />

saximontanus -a -um saximontan'us (sax-i-mon-TAY-nus) literally rock mountain, from the Rocky Mountains,<br />

from Latin saxum -i n., a rock, stone, and montanus -a -um monta'nus (mon-TAY-nus) referring to or of<br />

mountains.<br />

saxonicus -a -um of Saxon origin.<br />

saxorum<br />

saxosus -a -um saxo'sus (sax-OH-sus) full of rocks, rocky, stoney, found or growing among rocks, from Latin<br />

saxosus -a -um, full of rocks, rocky.<br />

saxulum -i n., a little rock<br />

scab- Latin scratch, scrape, from the verb scabo, scabere, scabi, scratch, scrape.<br />

scab-, scaber, -scaber, scabr-, scabrum Latin rough, scabby.<br />

scabell-, scabellum, -scabellum Latin a footstool, from scabellum (scabillum) -i n., footstool; a musical<br />

instrument played <strong>with</strong> the foot.<br />

scabellus scabby, rough.<br />

scaber -bra -brum scab'ra (SKAY-bra) scabrous, scabby, rough or gritty to the touch on account of numerous<br />

minute projections, from Latin scaber, scabby, rough.<br />

scaber, scabra -um, scabrior -or -us, scaberrimus -a -um Latin adjective, rough or scabrous from disease,<br />

scabby especially in reference to sheep; <strong>with</strong> a rough or corroded surface.<br />

scaberrimus -a -um Latin superlative adjective, very rough, most rough, roughest.<br />

scabi-, scabies, -scabies Latin itch, mange, from scabies, scabiei f., Latin noun, itch, mange.<br />

scabios Latin scaly, rough<br />

scaberulus rough or somewhat rough.<br />

Scabiosa from Latin scabies, leprosy, an allusion to the plants supposed ability to cure cutaneous diseases.<br />

(Dipsacaceae)<br />

scabiosaefolius, scabiosifolius scabiosa-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like Scabiosa, Scabious, Pin-Cushion Flower,<br />

from Medieval Latin scabiosa, from Latin, feminine of scabiosus, scabby, mangy, adjective. Date: 14th<br />

century<br />

scabiosoides resembling Scabiosa, Pin-Cushion Flower.<br />

scabiosus -a -um Latin adjective scabby, mangy.<br />

scabr-, scabri Latin rough<br />

scabratus, scabrata Latin scabrata, roughened, for the scabrous perigynia, also scabritia, scabritiae<br />

f., scabrities, scabritiae f., roughness; B:itch; scab.

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