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Specularia Venus's Looking Glass New Latin, from Medieval Latin speculum Veneris, literally, mirror of<br />

Venus, and New Latin -aria<br />

speculatus shining, as if <strong>with</strong> mirrors<br />

speculum Latin a mirror<br />

speir-, speiro Greek coil; scatter<br />

speiranthus <strong>with</strong> a twisted flower, from , and ἄνθος, anthos, flower.<br />

speis Greek food<br />

spel, spelae, spelea, speleo, spelo Greek a cave<br />

speltoides resembling Dinkel or Speltweed, Triticum Speltra.<br />

spelugensis from Splügn, a village in Switzerland.<br />

spelunca, speluncae a cave; growing in caves<br />

speo Greek a cave<br />

sperg New Latin scatter<br />

Spergula Sper'gula (SPER-gyoo-la) New Latin, from Medieval Latin, spurry, probably from spergere to scatter,<br />

strew, alteration of Latin spargere, spargo, to scatter or sow and Latin -ula, diminutive suffix, a reference to the<br />

plant discharging its seed.<br />

Spergularia Spergular'ia (sper-gew-LARE-ee-a) New Latin, from Medieval Latin, spurry, probably from<br />

spergere to scatter, strew, alteration of Latin spargere, spargo, to scatter or sow and Latin -ula, diminutive suffix<br />

and -aria, pertaining to.<br />

-sperm(...) referring to a seed, -seeded<br />

sperm-, sperma, -sperma, spermat-, spermato-, spermi-, spermo- Greek seed, semen, male reproductive cells,<br />

from σπέρµα, sperma, the stem of σπείρειν, speirein, to sow.<br />

Spermacoce from Greek σπέρµα, sperma, and ἀκωκή, akoke, a point, in reference to the pointed seeds.<br />

(Rubiaceae)<br />

Spermolepis literally seed scale, from Greek σπέρµα, sperma, the stem of σπείρειν, speirein, to sow, and<br />

λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale.<br />

Spero nos familiares mansuros. I hope we'll still be friends.<br />

sphacel-, sphacelo-, sphacelus, -sphacelus Greek gangrene<br />

sphacelatus dead in appearance, <strong>with</strong>ered, diseased, <strong>with</strong> marks like gangrene.<br />

sphacioticus from the district of Sphakia in Crete.<br />

sphadasm, sphadasmo, sphadasmus, -sphadasmus Greek a convulsion<br />

sphaer, sphaera, -sphaera, sphaeri, sphaero Greek a ball, sphere<br />

Sphaeralcea Sphaeral'cea (sfeer-ALL-see-a) New Latin, Greek σφαιρο-, sphairo- combining form of σφαῖρα,<br />

sphaira, ball, and Latin alcea, a mallow, from Greek alkaia vervain mallow. (Malvaceae)<br />

sphaeranthus <strong>with</strong> spherical, ball-like flowers, from , and ἄνθος, anthos, flower.<br />

sphaericus spherical, globe-like.<br />

sphaerocarpus -a -um sphaerocar'pus (sfeer-o-KAR-pus) spherical-fruited, <strong>with</strong> globose fruits, bearing<br />

sphaerical, ball-like fruits.<br />

sphaerocephalus -a -um, sphaerocephalon sphaeroceph'alus (sfeer-o-SEF-a-lus) spherical or round-headed, <strong>with</strong><br />

globose heads, from and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

sphaeroides sphere-like<br />

Sphaeromeria Greek sphaira, sphere, and meros, a part, alluding to the capitate arrays of heads in S. capitata<br />

sphaerophorus bearing spheres, by inference bearing sphere-like organs.<br />

sphaerospermus <strong>with</strong> ball-like seeds.<br />

sphaerostachyus, sphaerostachys spherical-spiked, bearing round spikes.<br />

sphaerotrix, sphaerotrichus <strong>with</strong> round ball-like crest (?).<br />

sphag-, sphage-, -sphage, sphag- Greek the throat, from σφαγή, sphage, throat; slaughter, sacrifice, from<br />

σφάγιος, sphagios, slaying, slaughtering, a reference to the killing or sacrifice of animals, from σφαγῑτιδ-,<br />

σφαγῖτις (φλέψ), sphagitid-, sphagitis, (phleps), juglar vein, from σφαγή, sphage, throat.<br />

sphagn-, sphagnum, -sphagnum Greek σφάγνος, sphagnos, a kind of moss<br />

Sphagnaceae plants of the Bog-Moss family, from the genus name, Sphagnum, and -aceae, the standardized<br />

Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

Sphagneticola evidently from Latin sphagnum, a moss, and cola, dwelling in, possibly for the usually wet<br />

habitats (fna?)<br />

sphangifolia <strong>with</strong> leaves like Sphagnum.<br />

Sphagnum Sphagnum, from Greek sphagnos, an unknown plant

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