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scop-i, scopo Greek a lookout, watch; a watch tower<br />

scopigerus bearing brush-like bunches of hair.<br />

scopo, scopare, scopavi, scopatus Latin verb, brush or sweep away.<br />

scops, scops Greek an owl<br />

scopt Greek mock, jest, jeer<br />

scopul-, scopula, -scopula Latin a small broom<br />

scopul-, scopulus, -scopulus Latin a rock, crag, from scopulus -i m., a rock, crag, cliff; danger, ruin.<br />

scopulinus, scopulina, scopulinum scopuli'nus (skop-yoo-LIE-nus) New Latin, bearing small brushes (typical of<br />

bad etymology, if it were, the term would be scopulinigerus or scopiliniferus), from scopula, a small broom; or a<br />

little rock (incorrectly in one source), growing in rocky places, (also incorrect).<br />

Scopulophila Scopulo'phila (skop-yoo-LO-fi-la) New Latin, from Latin scopulus, rock or crag, and Greek phil-,<br />

philos, fond of, referring to its habitat.<br />

scopulorum scopulor'um (skop-yoo-LORE-um) genitive plural, of the rocks, or of the cliffs or crags, or of<br />

projecting rocks.<br />

scopulosus -a -um rocky, from Latin scopulosus -a -um, rocky, craggy, full of rocks, from scopulus, scopuli<br />

m., noun, rock, boulder.<br />

-scopy Greek observation<br />

scor, -scor, scora, scoria Greek dung<br />

scorbut, scorbutus, -scorbutus Middle Latin scurvy<br />

scord, scordo, scordum, -scordum Greek garlic, onion<br />

scordioides resembling Water Germander, Teucrium Scordium.<br />

scordium modern Latin from Latin scordion, Pliny, from Greek σκόρδιον, a plant that smells like garlic<br />

scorod, scorodum, -scorodum Greek garlic, onion<br />

scorodonius of garlic, garlic-like.<br />

scorpaen, scorpaena, -scorpaena Greek a fish <strong>with</strong> a poisonous sting<br />

scorpi, scorpio, scorpius, -scorpius Greek a scorpion<br />

scorpio, -scorpio, scorpion Latin a scorpion<br />

scorpioidalis scorpion-like, when the inflorescence resembles a scorpion’s tail.<br />

scorpioides, scorpoides scorpion-like, like a scorpion, a coiled structure of the tail, when the inflorescence<br />

resembles a scorpion’s tail.<br />

scorpiurus in sections, like a scorpion’s tail.<br />

scorzo Italian the adder<br />

Scorzonera New Latin, possibly from French scorzonère, "viper’s grass;" allusion unknown, from Spanish<br />

escorzonera black salsify, from Catalan escurçonera, from escurçó viper, a toad or lizard deemed venemous,<br />

from (assumed) Vulgar Latin excurtion-, excurtio, from Latin ex- and Late Latin curtion-, curtio viper, from<br />

Latin curtus short, and -ion-, -io -ion. The root is said to be good against venemous bites.<br />

scorzonerifolius, scorzonerifolia <strong>with</strong> leaves like Scorzonera, Viper’s Grass.<br />

scorzoneriformis resembling Viper’s Grass.<br />

scorzoneroides scorzonera-like<br />

scot-, scotia, scotio, scotius, -scotius Greek darkness, from σκότος, skotos, darkness.<br />

scoticus of Scottish origin, from Scotland.<br />

scotophilus shade-loving.<br />

scotophyllus <strong>with</strong> sombre leaves.<br />

scouleri, Scouleria, scouleriana scoul'eri (SKOOL-er-eye) scouleria'na (skool-er-ee-AY-na) for Dr. John<br />

Scouler (1804-1871), Scottish physician, botanical collector, and naturalist, collected in the American Northwest<br />

and the Galapagos islands <strong>with</strong> David Douglas.<br />

screa, screat Latin to hawk; split, perhaps from screo -are, to clear the throat, hawk, hem.<br />

scri, scrib, script Latin write<br />

scribneri, Scribneria, scribnerianum after Frank Lamson-Scribner (1851-1938), agrostologist, plant<br />

pathologist, economic botanist.<br />

scriptus as though written on.<br />

scrob-, scrobi, scrobis, -scrobis Latin a trench, from scrobis -is, a ditch; a grave.<br />

scrobiculatus <strong>with</strong> trenched or pitted depressions.<br />

scrophul-, scrophular- Latin a tumor, glandular swelling<br />

Scrophularia Scrophular'ia (skrof-yoo-LARE-ee-a) New Latin, from Medieval Latin scrōfula, scrōfulae,<br />

scrophula (also schrof-, scrufula) scrofula and New Latin -aria; from the supposed efficacy of such plants in the

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