Category: S
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Scalariform
With ladder-like markings.
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Scabrous
Rough to the touch, with small pointed protrusions. Rough to the touch because of coarse stiff ascending hairs.
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Scabridulous
(Of indument) minutely scabrid.
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Scabrid
(Of indument) rough to the touch, usually from the presence of minute stiff hairs.
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Scabrate
Rough to the touch, with small pointed protrusions.
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Scaberulous
Slightly rough.
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Saxicolous
(Of plants or species) growing on rocks.
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Saxatile
(Of plants or species) living on rocks [uncommon term].
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Savanna, savannah
Dry area of grassland with isolated trees. A kind of very open woodland, characteristic of many regions of the dry tropics and subtropics.
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Sarmentose
With long thin runners or rhizomes; (Of lianas) with long whip-like branches.