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semperaurescens - sem-per-aw-ress-ens:
ever-golden.
semperflorens-sem-per-floh-renz: ever-
blooming.
sempervirens-sem-per-vye-renz: ever-
green.
senilis-sen-il-iss: old, hoary.
sensibilis-sen-sib-il-iss: sensitive.
sensitivus-sen-sit-tye-vus: sensitive.
sepium-seep-ee-um: of hedges.
septangularis - sep-tan-gew-lay-riss:
seven-angled.
septemfidus - sep-tem-fye-dus: seven-
parted.
septemlobus - sep-tem-loh-bus: seven-
lobed.
septempunctatus - sep-tem-punk-tay-tus:
seven-spotted.
septentrionalis - sep-tent-ree-on-way-
liss: of the north.
septiceps-.sep-tiss-seps: seven-headed.
sepultus-sep-pull-tus: buried.
sericeus-ser-riss-ee-us: silky.
sericoferus - ser-ik-koh-fer-us: having
silk, silky.
serotinus - ser-rot-in-us: late-flowering
or -fruiting.
serpens-serp-ens: creeping.
serpentinus - ser-pen-tye-nus: looping,
waving; snake-like.
serratifolius-ser-at-if-foh-lee-us: tooth-
leaved.
serratus - ser-ray-tus: saw-toothed
(serrate).
serrulatus - ser-rew-lay-tus: somewhat
toothed.
sesquipedalis - ses-kwip-ed-day-liss:
one and a half foot lengths (roughly
18 inches)
.
sessiflorus - sess-if-floh-rus: stalkless-
flowered.
sessifolius - sess-if-foh-lee-us: stalk-less-
leaved.
sessilifolius-sess-il-if-foh-lee-us: stalk-
less-leaved.
sessilis-sess-il-iss: stalkless (sessile).
setaceus - set-tay-see-us: bristle-like
(setaceous).
setigerus-set-tij-er-us: bristly.
setosus-set-toh-sus: bristly.
setulosus - set-tew-loh-sus: with many
small bristles (setose).
sexangularis - sex-an-gew-lay-riss: six-
angled.
sibiricus - sye-bihr-ik-us: of Siberia.
siculus - sik-yew-lus: with or like a little
dagger.
signarus-sig-nay-tus: marked, notable.
siliceus - sil-liss-ee-us: growing in
sandy places.
silvaticus-sil-vat-ik-us: of the woods.
silvestris - sil-vest-riss: pertaining to
woods.
simplex-sim-plex: unbranched.
simplicicaulis - sim-pliss-ik-kaw-liss:
with unbranched sterns.
simplicifolius - sim-pliss-if-foh-lee-us:
with simple (single, not compound)
leaves.
simulans-sim-yew-lanz: similar (type).
sinensis-sin-nen-sis: of China.
sinicus-sin-ik-us: Chinese.
sinuatus - sin-yew-ay-tus: wavy-mar-
gined (sinuate).
sinuosus - sin-yew-oh-sus: wavy-edged
(sinuate).
sitchensis - sit-chen-siss: of Sitka
(Alaska).
soboliferus - sob-ol-lif-er-us: bearing
creeping rooting stems or shoots.
socialis - soh-see-ay-liss: companion-
able.
solaninus - sol-an-nye-nus: potato-like.
Solaris-soh-lay-riss: of the sun.
solidus-sol-id-us: solid (not hollow).
somniferus - som-nif-er-us: sleep in-
ducing.
sorbifolius - sorb-if-foh-lee-us: with
ash (sorbus)-like leaves.
sordidus - sord-id-us: foul (appear-
ance, odor)
.
spadiceus - spad-diss-ee-us: with a
spadix.
sparsifolius - spar-sif-foh-lee-us: few-
leaved.
sparsus-spar-sus: scanty, few (parts).
sparteus - spart-ee-us: pertaining to
broom.
spathaceus - spath-ay-see-us: with a
spathe.
spathulatus-spath-yew-lay-tus: spoon-
shaped (spatulate).
speciosissimus - spee-see-oh-siss-im-us:
very showy.
speciosus - spee-see-oh-sus: showy,
handsome.
spectabilis - spek-tab-il-iss: exceptionally
showy.
sphaericus-sfeer-ik-us: spherical.
sphaerocarpus - sfeer-oh- karp-us:
round-fruited.
sphaerocephalus - sfeer-oh-.sef-al-us:
round-headed.
sphaeroideus-sfeer-oyd-ee-us: sphere-like.
spicatus-spye-kay-tus: spiked, or with
flower spikes, raceme-like clusters of
stalkless flowers (spicate); spike-like.
spicigerus - spye-sij-er-us: having
spikes.
spiculifolius - spye-kew-lif-foh-lee-us:
sharp pointed-leaved.
spinosissimus - spye-noh-siss-im-us:
very spiny.
spinifex-spin-ii-ex: spiny, prickly.
spinosus - spye-noh-sus: with many
spines.
spinuliferus - spin-yew-lif-er-us: having
small spines.
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