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In a sacerdotal manner.

Belonging or relating to the willow.

Of a blood-red color; sanguine.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceæ), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.

Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceæ), including the (Typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.

Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceæ) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.

the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders. Saracen's consound (Bot.), a kind of ragewort (Senecio Saracenicus), anciently used to heal wounds.

Of or pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture. "Saracenic music." Sir W. Scott.

Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry.

A genus of American perrenial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceæ) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.

A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless. Beaconsfield.

Of a slate color.

Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.

Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.

Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceæ, or Scrophularineæ), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.…

The European sea perch.

A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.

rtaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals. Sebaceous cyst (Med.), a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. -- Sebaceous glands (Anat.), small subcutaneo…