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sclareus dry, stiff.<br />

scler, scler-, sclero- hard, modern Latin from Greek σκληρός, hard.<br />

Scleranthus hard flowers, New Latin, from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and ἄνθος, anthos, flower, a<br />

reference to the indurated hypanthium, when the fruit in the floral envelope appears hard and dry.<br />

(Caryophyllaceae)<br />

scleratus -a -um<br />

Scleria New Latin, from Greek sklēria hardness, σκληρός, skleros, hard, referring to the indurated shell of the<br />

fruit. It is not from New Latin, from Greek sklēros, the white outer coat of the eye, although the seeds of S.<br />

triglomerata does evoke that image. Date: 1888.<br />

Sclerocactus Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, cruel, in reference to the hooked spines, and Cactus, an old genus<br />

name.<br />

sclerocarpus -a -um hard fruit, bearing hard, bristle-like fruit, from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and<br />

karpos, fruit, alluding to hardened paleae enfolding disc cypselae.<br />

sclerochloa from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and .<br />

scleroidus having a hard texture, from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and .<br />

Sclerolepis from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale, alluding to<br />

pappus. (Compositae)<br />

sclerophyllus hard-leaved, <strong>with</strong> hard and stiff leaves, from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and .<br />

scleropoidus when stalks become hard and horny, from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and .<br />

scleropterus <strong>with</strong> hard wings, from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and .<br />

sclerosed hardened, lignified, from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and .<br />

sclerotrichus <strong>with</strong> hard, dry hairs, from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and .<br />

scleroxylus, scleroxylon having hard wood from Greek σκληρός, skleros, hard, and .<br />

scobi-, scobis, -scobis Latin sawdust, filings, from scobis -is f., filings, chips, shavings, sawdust.<br />

scobiculatus -a -m in fine grains, like filings or sawdust.<br />

scobiformis -is -e resembling filings.<br />

scobin-, scobina, -scobina Latin a rasp<br />

scobinatus -a -um when the surface feels as though filed.<br />

sco-l, scolo, scolus, -scolus Greek a thorn<br />

scole, scolec, scolex, -scolex Greek a worm<br />

scoli-, scolio- Greek curved, crooked, from σκολιός, skolios, bent, crooked, curved.<br />

Scoliopus Greek σκολιός, skolios, crooked, and -pous, footed, referring to the tortuous, recurved pedicels<br />

scolop-, scolopo, scolops, -scolops Greek anything pointed; a stake<br />

scolopa, scolopac, scolopax, -scolopax Greek a snipe<br />

scolopendr, scolopendra, -scolopendra Greek a centipede<br />

scolopendrinus, scolopendrioides resembling Hart’s Tongue Fern, Scolopendrium.<br />

scolopendrius millipede<br />

scolus, -scolus Greek a thorn<br />

scolymoides resembling Globe-Artichoke, Cynara Scolymus.<br />

Scolymus Greek skolymus, a kind of thistle or artichoke; allusion unclear, perhaps for perceived similarity to<br />

Cynara, globe artichoke, from Latin scolymos, scolymi m., edible thistle from Pliny.<br />

scolyt-, scolyti Greek clip, shorten, from? σκολιός, bent, curved, a family of wood-boring beetles.<br />

scomb-, scomber, -scomber, scombr- Latin a mackerel, from scomber -bri m., a mackerel, from Greek<br />

σκόµβρος, tunny or mackerel.<br />

scop-, scopa, -scopa a broom; twigs, from Latin scopae -arum f. plural, a besom, broom. A besom is a<br />

bundle of rods or twigs used as an instrument of punishment.<br />

scop-, scope, -scope, scopo Greek see, watch, look, from scopo, scopere, -, -, Latin verb, probe; look into;<br />

search; scope out; sweep (Douay) (prob. confused <strong>with</strong> V 1 1);<br />

scopa a mass of stiff hairs, broom-like, from scopa, scopae f., Latin noun, butcher's broom (a shrub);<br />

branches or sprigs tied together (in the plural); broom for sweeping.<br />

scopae, scopaeo, scopaeus, -scopaeus Greek a dwarf<br />

scoparioides<br />

scoparius -a -um scopar'ius (sko-PARE-ee-us) broom or sweeper, broom-like, brush-like, from Latin scoparius,<br />

sweeper, broom, a sweeper, from Latin scopae -arum f. plural, a besom, broom, for the many stramineous culms<br />

resembling broom straws, or for the resemblance of tufts of stems to a crude broom.<br />

scopel-, scopelo, scopelus, -scopelus Greek a cliff, high rock

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