Sap`u*ca"ia (?; Pg. &?;), n. [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot.) A Brazilian tree.
See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot. [Written also sapucaya.]
Sapucaia nut (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called also paradise
nut.
Sap"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) The alburnum, or part of the wood of any
exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through
which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.
Sar"a*ba*ite (?), n. [LL. Sarabaïtae, pl.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of certain
vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.
Sar"a*band (?), n. [F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, fr. Per. serbend a
song.] A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple
time; also, the air itself.
She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab.
Sir W. Scott.
Sar"a*cen (?), n. [L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. sharqin,
Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: cf. F.
sarrasin. Cf. Sarcenet, Sarrasin, Sirocco.] Anciently, an Arab; later,
a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in
Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
Saracens' consound (Bot.), a kind of ragwort (Senecio Saracenicus),
anciently used to heal wounds.
{ Sar`a*cen"ic (?), Sar`a*cen"ic*al (?) }, a. Of or pertaining to the
Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture. "Saracenic music." Sir W. Scott.
Sar"a*sin (?), n. (Arch.) See Sarrasin.
||Sa`ras*wa"ti (?), n. [Skr. Sarasvat.] (Hind. Myth.) The sakti or wife
||of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.
Sar"casm (?), n. [F. sarcasme, L. sarcasmus, Gr. sarkasmo`s, from
sarka`zein to tear flesh like dogs, to bite the lips in rage, to speak
bitterly, to sneer, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] A keen, reproachful
expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or
contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of
inspiration.
Sir J. Reynolds.
Syn. -- Satire; irony; ridicule; taunt; gibe.
Sar*cas"mous (?), a. Sarcastic. [Obs.] "Sarcasmous scandal." Hubidras.
{ Sar*cas"tic (?), Sar*cas"tic*al (?) }, a. Expressing, or expressed
by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to
the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.
What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this have drawn from
the friendship of the world!
South.
Sar*cas"tic*al*ly, adv. In a sarcastic manner.
Sar"cel (?), n. [OF. cercel, F. cerceau, L. circellus, dim. of
circulus. See Circle.] One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing
of a bird, esp. of a hawk.
Sar"celed (?), a. (her.) Cut through the middle.
||Sar`celle" (?), n. [F., fr. L. querquedula.] (Zoöl.) The old squaw,
||or long- tailed duck.
Sarce"net (?), n. [OF. sarcenet; cf. LL. saracenicum cloth made by
Saracens. See Saracen.] A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for
linings, etc. [Written also sarsenet.]
Thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye.
Shak.
Sar"cin (?), n. Same as Hypoxanthin.
||Sar*ci"na (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; of flesh, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos,
||flesh.] (Biol.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids,
||especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain
||diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two
||perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two
||directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used
||adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.
Sarcina form (Biol.), the tetrad form seen in the division of a
dumb-bell group of micrococci into four; -- applied particularly to
bacteria. See micrococcus.
Sar"cle (?), v. t. [F. sarcler to weed, fr. L. sarculare to hoe, fr.
sarculum hoe.] To weed, or clear of weeds, with a hoe. [Obs.]
Ainsworth.
Sar"co- (?). A combining form from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh; as,
sarcophagous, flesh-eating; sarcology.
||Sar*cob"a*sis (?), n.; pl. Sarcobases (#). [NL., fr. Gr. sa`rx,
||sa`rkos, flesh + &?; base.] (Bot.) A fruit consisting of many dry
||indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a
||common style, as in the mallows.
Sar"co*blast (?), n. [Sarco- + -blast.] (Zoöl.) A minute yellowish body
present in the interior of certain rhizopods.
Sar"co*carp (?), n. [Sarco- + Gr. &?; fruit: cf. F. sarcocarpe.] (Bot.)
The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or
epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of
Endocarp.
The term has also been used to denote any fruit which is fleshy
throughout. M. T. Masters.
Sar"co*cele (?), n. [Gr. &?;; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &?; tumor: cf. F.
sarcocèle.] (Med.) Any solid tumor of the testicle.
{ Sar"co*col (?), Sar`co*col"la (?) }, n. [L. sarcocolla, from Gr. &?;;
sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &?; glue: cf. F. sarcocolle.] A gum resin
obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penæa), -- formerly thought to
cause healing of wounds and ulcers.
Sar"code (?), n. [Gr. &?; fleshy; sa`rx, flesh + e'i^dos form. Cf.
Sarcoid.] (Biol.) A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous
material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
{ Sar"co*derm (?), ||sar`co*der"ma (?) }, n. [NL. sarcoderma. See
Sarco-, and Derm.] (Bot.) (a) A fleshy covering of a seed, lying
between the external and internal integuments. (b) A sarcocarp.
Sar*cod"ic (? or ?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to sarcode.
Sar"coid (?), a. [Gr. &?;. See Sarcode.] (Biol.) Resembling flesh, or
muscle; composed of sarcode.
Sar`co*lac"tic (?), a. [Sarco- + lactic.] (Physiol. Chem.) Relating to
muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.
Sar`co*lem"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &?; rind,
skin.] (Anat.) The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous
sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.
Sar"co*line (?), a. [Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Min.) Flesh-colored.
{ Sar`co*log"ic (?), Sar`co*log"ic*al (?) }, a. Of or pertaining to
sarcology.
Sar*col"o*gy (?), n. [Sarco- + -logy: cf. F. sarcologie.] That part of
anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology,
neurology, and splanchnology.
||Sar*co"ma (?), n.; pl. L. Sarcomata (# or #), E. sarcomas (#). [NL.,
||from Gr. &?;, from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Med.) A tumor of fleshy
||consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now
||restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells
||resembling those of fetal development without any proper
||intercellular substance.
Sar*com"a*tous (? or ?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to sarcoma;
resembling sarcoma.
||Sar*coph"a*ga (?), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. See Sarcophagus.] (Zoöl.) A
||suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the
||dasyures and the opossums.
||Sar*coph"a*ga, n. [NL., fem. sing. See Sarcophagus.] (Zoöl.) A genus
||of Diptera, including the flesh flies.
Sar*coph"a*gan (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) Any animal which eats flesh,
especially any carnivorous marsupial.