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Spinacia Latin spina, spine, in reference to spiny fruit, or Persian ispanakh, spinach<br />

spinalbus <strong>with</strong> white spines<br />

spinarum spiny<br />

spinatus thorny, from spina, a sharp-pointed woody or hard body.<br />

spinaureus having golden yellow spines or thorns.<br />

spinellosus armed <strong>with</strong> small spines.<br />

spinescens spines'cens (spy-NES-ens) becoming spiny, ending in a spine or a sharp point.<br />

spinetum, spineti n. Latin thorn-hedge, thorn-brake.<br />

spineus -a -um Latin of thorns, thorny, having spines or thorns.<br />

spinibarbis <strong>with</strong> a spiny beard.<br />

spinifer, spiniferus, spinefera bearing spines or bearing thorns, thorny.<br />

spinigerus having spines or thorns.<br />

spinifolius having spiny leaves.<br />

spinosissimus -a -um very spiny, the spiniest<br />

spinosissimus closely beset <strong>with</strong> thorns.<br />

spinosus -a -um spino'sus (spee-NO-sus or sloppily spy-NOH-sus) having spines or thorns, spiny, thorny,<br />

prickly.<br />

spinthar, spinthari, spintharis, -spintharis Greek a spark<br />

spinther, -spinther, spinthero Greek a spark<br />

spinulifer, spinuliferus -a -um bearing or having small spines.<br />

spinulosus -a -um spinulo'sus (spine-yoo-LO-sus) somewhat or weakly armed <strong>with</strong> small spines, from spinula, a<br />

diminutive spine.<br />

spinus, -spinus Latin a linnet-like bird<br />

spinus, spini f., spinus, spinus m. thorn-bush; black-thorn, sloe-tree.<br />

spinus -i m. Latin blackthorn<br />

spio, spio Latin mythology a sea nymph<br />

spir-, spira, -spira, spiro Latin breathe; a spiral, coil, referring to a spiral<br />

spirac-, spiracl-, spiracul-, spiraculum, -spiraculum Latin an air hole<br />

Spiraea (spee-RIE-a) a plant used in garlands, from Latin spīræa, Greek σπειραία, speiraira, apparently<br />

from σπεῖρα (σπείρα), speira, spire, a wreath spiraled or twisted, for the twisted seed pods of some species, or<br />

in reference to the flowers use in garlands. Also spelled Spirea. (Rosaceae)<br />

spiraea, -spiraea Latin the meadowsweet<br />

spiraeifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Meadowsweet, Spiraea.<br />

spiralis -is -e spira'lis (spy-RAY-lis) spiral, coiled, wound round.<br />

Spiranthes New Latin spiral flowers, <strong>with</strong> coiled flowers, from Greek σπεῖρα, speira, spire, coil, and ἄνθος,<br />

anthos, flower, a Midwestern orchid genus <strong>with</strong> spiral inflorescence.<br />

spiratus coiled, snake-like.<br />

-spire Latin breathe<br />

spirellus little spiral<br />

spirem-, spirema, -spirema, spiremat Greek a coil, twisted thread<br />

spiro Latin a spiral, coil; breathe<br />

spirocarpus bearing screw-like, twisted fruit.<br />

spirocentrus <strong>with</strong> twisted, screw-like thorns.<br />

Spirodela New Latin, from spir- and -dela, from Greek dēlos visible, evident; alternately Greek speira,<br />

winding, and delos, distinct; from the fact that the spiral vessels are visible through the transparent tissues<br />

spiss-, spissa-, spissat, spiss- Latin compact, thickened<br />

spissa- thick, crowded, dense.<br />

spissus, spissum sticky, tough-slimy.<br />

spithameus, spithamea a span of the hand, seven inches, from Latin spithama, a span.<br />

Spitzentänzerin German cv. ballerina<br />

spiz, spiza, -spiza Greek a finch<br />

splanch-, splanchi, splancho, splanchum, -splanchum Greek the viscera<br />

Splachnobryum from the genera Splachnum and Bryum, alluding to resemblances<br />

splen-, -splen, spleni-, splenico-, spleno- Greek the spleen; a bandage, patch<br />

splend- splendid<br />

splendens splen'dens (SPLEN-dens) brilliant, splendid, glistening or shining.

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