Sordid, dull or dirty in hue.
Sorediate, bearing patches on the surface.
Sorosis, name of a multiple fruit, like a pine-apple.
Sorus, a fruit-dot of Ferns, [159].
Spadiceous, chestnut-colored. Also spadix-bearing.
Spadix, a fleshy spike of flowers, [75].
Span, the distance between the tip of the thumb and of little finger outstretched, six or seven inches.
Spathaceous, resembling or furnished with a
Spathe, a bract which inwraps an inflorescence, [75].
Spatulate, or Spathulate, shaped like a spatula, [52].