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septuagesi Latin the seventieth<br />

septuagint Latin seventy<br />

septulifer forming partitions.<br />

septum, -septum Latin a fence<br />

sepulchralis, sepulcralis grave ornamenting, pertaining to graves.<br />

septuplinervis seven-nerved, seven-veined, applied to a leaf.<br />

sepulus sepulchered, interred, from Latin sepulcrum, a place of burial, grave, tomb<br />

sepultus buried<br />

seq. abbreviation for sequens and sequentes, the following, used in notes in books<br />

sequa, sequac, sequax, -sequax Latin following<br />

sequest, sequester, -sequester, sequestr Latin an agent, go-between<br />

Sequoia for Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, inventor and publisher of the Cherokee alphabet<br />

Sequoiadendron Sequoiaden'dron (se-kwoy-a-DEN-dron) from Sequoia, the genus name of coast redwood, and<br />

Greek dendros, tree<br />

ser- Latin late<br />

ser, seri, sero, serum, -serum Latin whey, serum<br />

seran, serang, seranx, -seranx Greek a cave<br />

serapi, serapiado, serapias, -serapias Greek an orchid<br />

serbicus of or from Serbia, of Servian origin.<br />

seren- Latin clear, calm, bright, from serenus -a -um, clear, bright, fair.<br />

Serenoa, serenoi ser'enoi (SER-en-oy) for Sereno Watson (1826-1892), botanist<br />

Seres -um m. Latin, the Chinese.<br />

sergiloides sergilo'ides (sir-gi-LO-i-dees)<br />

seri- Latin a series, row; late; Chinese; silk; serum<br />

seri-, serici-, sericans, sericeus -a -um silky, silky hairy, sometimes implying Chinese, from Latin seres;<br />

Seres -um, m. the Chinese, famous for their silk.<br />

seri, serido, seris, -seris Greek chicory, succory a pot-herb<br />

serialis -is -e arranged in transverse or longitudinal rows, from Latin series, seriem.<br />

seriatus -a -um arranged in transverse or longitudinal rows, from Latin series, seriem.<br />

seric, seric-, serica, sericar, serice, serico Greek silk, silken, referring to silk<br />

sericanthus -a -um silky-flowered, bearing silk-like flowers, <strong>with</strong> silky flowers, from σηρικος-ανθος,<br />

serikos-anthos, from , and ἄνθος, anthos, flower.<br />

sericanus silk-like.<br />

sericatus -a -um silken, silk-like, from Greek σηρικος, Latin serica, sericorum.<br />

sericellus -a -um minutely silke, diminutive of serica, sericorum.<br />

sericeus -a -um silky, like silk, <strong>with</strong> silky hair, covered <strong>with</strong> silky pubescense, from Greek σηρικος.<br />

sericeovillosus -a -um <strong>with</strong> long silky hair, from serica and villosus.<br />

sericicalyx <strong>with</strong> a silk-like calyx.<br />

sericifer -era, -erum, sericofera silk-bearing, from serico-fero.<br />

sericifolius -a -um silky-leaved, from serica-folium.<br />

Sericocarpus silky-fruit, from Greek σηρικός, sericos, silky, and καπροs, karpόs, fruit, alluding to the<br />

densely pubescent cypselae. (Copmositae)<br />

sericofer -era -erum silk-bearing, from serico-fero.<br />

sericophyllus -a -um having silky leaf-surfaces, or having silk-like leaves, from σηρικος-φυλλος.<br />

Sericotheca<br />

Sericus -a -um, sericus -a -um seric'ea (classically ser-IK-ee-a or ser-IS-ee-a) silken, silky; from China, from<br />

Latin Seres -um; also defined as of the Seres, or silk, the two becoming synonymous. The Seres (Serai) were a<br />

people of the far east, the far east ‘known’ world of ancient Mediteranean geographers. The reference is probably<br />

to a Tocharian speaking, tartan-wearing, flaxen-haired, blue-eyed, caucasian people of the Tarim Basin in western<br />

China. Tocharian is an Indo-European language branch and has some similarities to Celtic languages. Begorah!<br />

(Mallory & Mair 2000)<br />

series Latin row, from serere, to put in a row and -ies, indicating a thing formed.<br />

serissimus -a -um New Latin superlative adjective, the latest, from the adverb serius, later, too late, and<br />

issimus -a -um, superlative suffix.<br />

sermo-, -sermo, sermon Latin a speech, from sermo -onis m., talk, conversation; discussion; common talk,<br />

report.

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