SARCOBASIS, sär-kob'a-sis, _n._ a fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent
cells. [Gr. _sarx_, flesh, _basis_, a base.]
SARCOBATUS, sär-kob'a-tus, _n._ an anomalous genus of North American shrubs
of the goose-foot family--the only species the _greasewood_ of the western
United States. [Gr. _sarx_, flesh, _batis_, samphire.]
SARCOBLAST, sär'k[=o]-blast, _n._ the germ of sarcode.--_adj._
SARCOBLAS'TIC. [Gr. _sarx_, flesh, _blastos_, a germ.]
SARCOCARP, sär'k[=o]-karp, _n._ (_bot._) the fleshy part of a drupaceous
pericarp or a stone-fruit. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _karpos_, fruit.]
SARCOCELE, sär'k[=o]-s[=e]l, _n._ a fleshy tumour of the testicle. [Gr.
_sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _k[=e]l[=e]_, tumour.]
SARCOCEPHALUS, sär-k[=o]-sef'-a-lus, _n._ a genus of gamopetalous plants of
the natural order _Rubiaceæ_, native to the tropics of Asia and
Africa--including the _country-fig_, _Guinea peach_, _African cinchona_,
&c. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _kephal[=e]_, the head.]
SARCOCOL, sär'k[=o]-kol, _n._ a semi-transparent resin or gum imported from
Arabia.--_n._ SARC[=O]COL'LA, a genus of apetalous shrubs of the order
_Penæaceæ_, native to South Africa. [Gr., a Persian gum.]
SARCOCYSTIS, sär-k[=o]-sis'tis, _n._ a genus of parasitic sporozoa or
_Gregarinida_, common but apparently harmless in butcher-meat.--_n._
SARCOCYSTID'IA, the division of sporozoa including the foregoing.--_adj._
SARCOCYSTID'IAN. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _kystis_, the bladder.]
SARCODE, sär'k[=o]d, _n._ another term for _protoplasm_.--_n._
SARC[=O]'DES, _n._ a genus of gamopetalous plants of the order
_Monotropeæ_; including the Californian _snow-plant_.--_adjs._ SARCOD'IC,
SAR'CODOUS; SAR'COID, resembling flesh. [Gr. _sarkod[=e]s_, from _sarx_,
flesh, _eidos_, resemblance.]
SARCOLEMMA, sär-k[=o]-lem'a, _n._ a membrane which invests striped muscular
tissue.--_adj._ SARCOLEMM'IC. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _lemma_, a
skin.]
SARCOLEMUR, sär'k[=o]-l[=e]-mur, _n._ a genus of extinct Eocene mammals
found in North America. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, and _lemur_.]
SARCOLOBE, sär'k[=o]-l[=o]b, _n._ a thick fleshy cotyledon, as of the bean.
[Gr. _sarx_, flesh, _lobos_, a lobe.]
SARCOLOGY, sär-kol'o-ji, _n._ the division of anatomy which treats of the
soft parts of the body.--_adjs._ SARCOLOG'IC, -AL.--_n._ SARCOL'OGIST. [Gr.
_sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _logos_, discourse.]
SARCOMA, sär-k[=o]'ma, _n._ a tumour or group of tumours, often malignant:
any fleshy excrescence: (_bot._) a fleshy disc:--_pl._ SARC[=O]'MATA.--_n._
SARCOMAT[=O]'SIS, sarcomatous degeneration.--_adj._ SARCOM'ATOUS. [Gr.
_sark[=o]ma_--_sarx_, flesh.]
SARCOPHAGA, sär-kof'a-ga, _n._ a genus of dipterous insects, the
flesh-flies: a former division of marsupials.--_adjs._ SARCOPH'AGAL,
flesh-devouring; SARCOPH'AGOUS, feeding on flesh.--_n._ SARCOPH'AGY.
SARCOPHAGUS, sär-kof'a-gus, _n._ a kind of limestone used by the Greeks for
coffins, and so called because it was thought to consume the flesh of
corpses: any stone receptacle for a corpse: an 18th-century form of
wine-cooler:--_pl._ SARCOPH'AG[=I], SARCOPH'AGUSES. [L.,--Gr.
_sarkophagos_--_sarx_, flesh, _phagein_, eat.]
SARCOPHILUS, sär-kof'i-lus, _n._ a genus of carnivorous marsupials
containing the Tasmanian devil.--_n._ SAR'COPHILE, any animal of this
genus.--_adj._ SARCOPH'ILOUS, fond of flesh. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh,
_philein_, to love.]
SARCOPHYTE, sär-kof'i-t[=e], _n._ a monotypic genus of parasitic and
apetalous plants native to South Africa. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh,
_phyton_, a plant.]
SARCOPSYLLA, sär-kop-sil'a, _n._ a genus of American insects, including the
jigger or chigoe. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _psylla_, a flea.]
SARCOPTES, sär-kop't[=e]z, _n._ the itch-mites.--_adj._ SARCOP'TIC. [Gr.
_sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _koptein_, to cut.]
SARCOSEPTUM, sär-k[=o]-sep'tum, _n._ a soft septum. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_,
flesh, and _septum_.]
SARCOSIS, sär-k[=o]'sis, _n._ flesh formation: a fleshy tumour. [Gr.
_sark[=o]sis_.]
SARCOSTEMMA, sär-k[=o]-stem'a, _n._ a genus of gamopetalous plants of the
order _Asclepiadeæ_, native to Africa, Asia, and Australia--including the
_flesh crown-flower_. [Gr. _sarx_, flesh, _stemma_, wreath.]
SARCOSTIGMA, sär-k[=o]-stig'ma, _n._ a genus of polypetalous plants of the
order _Olacineæ_--including the _odal-oil plant_. [Gr. _sarx_, flesh,
_stigma_, a point.]
SARCOSTYLE, sär'k[=o]-st[=i]l, _n._ the mass of sarcode in the sarcotheca
of a coelenterate. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _stylos_, a pillar.]
SARCOTHECA, sär-k[=o]-th[=e]'ka, _n._ the cup of a thread-cell: a cnida or
nematophore. [Gr. _sarx_, _sarkos_, flesh, _th[=e]k[=e]_, a sheath.]
SARCOTIC, sär-kot'ik, _adj._ causing flesh to grow.--_adj._ SAR'COUS,
fleshy. [Gr. _sark[=o]tikos_--_sarkousthai_, to produce flesh--_sarx_,
flesh.]
SARD, särd, _n._ a variety of quartz, differing from cornelian only in its
very deep-red colour, blood-red by transmitted light.--_n._ SAR'DACH[=A]TE,
a kind of agate containing layers of sard. [Gr. _sardios_ (_lithos_), the
Sardian (stone)--_Sardeis_, Sardis, in Lydia.]
SARDA, sär'da, _n._ a genus of scombroid fishes, the bonitos. [Gr.
_sard[=e]_, a fish.]
SARDEL, SARDELLE, sär'del, _n._ a slender herring-like fish. [O. Fr.
_sardelle_--L. _sarda_.]
SARDINE, sär-d[=e]n', _n._ a small fish of the herring family, abundant
about the island of _Sardinia_, potted with olive-oil for export, the
pilchard: a petty character. [Fr., (It. _sardina_)--L. _sarda_,
_sardina_--Gr. _sard[=e]n[=e]_.]
SARDINE, sär'din, _n._ the same as SARD.--Also SAR'DIUS. [O. Fr.
_sardine_.]
SARDONIC, sär-don'ik, _adj._ forced, heartless, or bitter, said of a forced
unmirthful laugh--(_obs._) SARD[=O]'NIAN.--_adv._ SARDON'ICALLY. [Fr.
_sardonique_--L. _sardonius_, _sardonicus_--Gr. _sardanios_, referred to
_sardonion_, a plant of Sardinia (Gr. _Sard[=o]_), which was said to screw
up the face of the eater, but more prob. from Gr. _sairein_, to grin.]
SARDONYX, sär'd[=o]-niks, _n._ a variety of onyx consisting of layers of
light-coloured chalcedony alternating with reddish layers of cornelian or
sard: (_her._) a tincture of sanguine colour when the blazoning is done by
precious stones. [Gr. _sardonyx_--_Sardios_, Sardian, _onyx_, a nail.]
SARGASSO, sär-gas'o, _n._ a genus of seaweeds, of which two species are
found floating in immense quantities in some parts of the Atlantic,
Pacific, and Indian Oceans--gulf-weed.--_n._ SARGASS'UM. [Sp.]
SARGUS, sär'gus, _n._ a genus of sparoid fishes of the sub-family SARGI'NA.
[Gr. _sargos_, a mullet.]
SARI, sär'i, _n._ a Hindu woman's chief garment, consisting of a long piece
of silk or cotton cloth wrapped round the middle: any long scarf. [Hind.]