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spadi-, spadic, spadix, -spadix Greek a palm branch; brown, from σπάδιξ, spadix, palm-branch, palmcolored.<br />

spadic- New Latin brown, from spadix, spadicis, chestnut-colored.<br />

spadix, (gen.), spadicis Latin adjective, chestnut-colored.<br />

spado, spadonis m. Latin noun, eunuch.<br />

spadiceo-griseus greyish-brown.<br />

spadiceus -a -um <strong>with</strong> a spadix; alternately shiny brown like a date (or reddish-brown, the color varies <strong>with</strong><br />

the author), adjective Modern Latin, spadiceus, from Latin spādīc-, spādīx, from Greek σπάδιξ, spadix, palmbranch,<br />

palm-colored.<br />

spadiciflorus <strong>with</strong> club-like flowers.<br />

spadicigerus bearing club-like organs.<br />

spado-, spadon a castrated individual, from Latin spado, adopted from Gr. σπάδων, eunuch<br />

spala, spalaci, spalaco, spalax Greek a mole<br />

span-, spano lacking, scarce, Modern Latin from Greek σπανο-, combining form of σπανος, (usually σπάνιος)<br />

scarce, scanty, as in spanæmia.<br />

spananthus -a -um having few flowers, from , and ἄνθος, anthos, flower.<br />

spar-, spari-, sparus Latin the gilt-bream<br />

spara-, sparact, sparagm, sparass, sparaxi Greek tear, mangle; torn, mangled<br />

sparg- Greek: swell, teem; Latin: strew, scatter<br />

spargan- Greek a swath, bank; a kind of plant<br />

Sparganiaceae plants of the Bur-Reed family, from the genus name, Sparganium, and -aceae, the standardized<br />

Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

sparganioides resembling Bur-Reed.<br />

Sparganium New Latin, from Latin sparganion bur reed, from Greek, diminutive of sparganon swaddling<br />

band; probably Greek sparganion, a name used by Dioscorides for some plant, perhaps Butomus umbellatus<br />

Linnaeus; derived from sparganon, swaddling band, for strap-shaped leaves (fna)<br />

sparganoides like sparganium, from Sparganium, and Greek –oides, <strong>with</strong> the form of, for the resemblance of<br />

the inflorescense to bur reeds<br />

Sparaxis from Greek sparasso, to tear, referring to the sometimes lacerated bracts<br />

spari Latin the gilt-bream.<br />

spars Latin thin, scattered<br />

sparse sparsely<br />

sparsiflorus -a -um sparsiflor'us (spar-si-FLOR-us) sparsely-flowered, <strong>with</strong> scattered flowers.<br />

sparsifolius -a -um sparsifo'lius (spar-si-FO-lee-us) sparsely-leaved, <strong>with</strong> scattered leaves.<br />

sparsim scattered, here and there<br />

sparsus sparse, few, spread open, scattered.<br />

spart, sparte, sparti, sparto Greek a rope; a kind of plant<br />

spart, sparto Greek scattered<br />

spartanus from Sparta in Greece.<br />

sparteus pertaining to the broom, or Spartium, resembling Esparo-Grass.<br />

sparticus from Sparta in Greece.<br />

Spartina Sparti'na (spar-TIE-na or spar-TEEN-a, spar-TIE-na, spar-TEEN-a, spar-TIE-na, spar-TEEN-a, Let’s<br />

call the whole thing off.) New Latin, from Greek σπαρτίον, spartion, rope, cord, possibly for the resemblance of<br />

the creeping rhizomes to a rope; or Greek spartion esparto grass, akin to Greek speira spiral. Alternately from<br />

Greek spartine, “ a cord made from spartes”, Spartium junceum L., Spanish Broom, referring to the toughness of<br />

the leaves, although the spikes do resemble small ropes to even the unimaginative. (Gramineae)<br />

spartioides spartio'ides (spar-tee-OH-i-dees) resembling Brush-Broom, Spartium, from the genus name<br />

Spartium and Latin oīdēs, and ancient Greek -οειδής, -oeides, adjectival suffix indicating having the form or<br />

likeness of, like unto, like something else, resemble, having the nature of.<br />

Spar'tium Spar'tium (SPAR-tee-um) Greek word spartion, broom, referring to the brooms that were made from<br />

esparto grass.<br />

sparteus, spartea, sparteum Latin adjective, of broom; made of broom.<br />

spartum, sparti n. Latin noun, Spanish broom.<br />

sparus, -sparus Latin the gilt-bream<br />

sparveri-, spaverius, sparvius Latin a sparrow

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