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spicant is derived from Latin spica (ear of corn, spike) meaning 'spiked or tufted'. [See Blechnum spicant.]
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spicigera is derived from Latin spica (ear of corn, spike) and -ger (bearing, carrying) components meaning 'spike-bearing'. [See Satureja spicigera.]
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Spigelia [genus name] commemorates a Flemish physician and anatomist, Adriaan van den Spiegel (1578-1625), who was a professor of anatomy and surgery at Padua. He was made a knight of St. Marcus. His published works include Isogoge in rem herbariam libri duo (claimed by some authorities to be the first botanical textbook), and De humani corporis Fabrica libri X tabulis aere icisis exornati. [See Spigelia.]
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Spinacia [genus name] is derived for some authorities from Latin spina (thorn) with reference to the prickly seeds, and is a medieval Latin name, and for others it is a corruption of an Italian name spinace or Spanish espinaca. [See Spinacia.]
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spinosissima is derived from Latin spina (thorn, spine) meaning 'most or very spiny'. [See Rosa spinosissima.]
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spinosus is Latin (thorn, spine) meaning 'spiny'. [See Acanthus spinosus, Rhaphithamnus spinosus.]
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spiralis means 'spiral or spiralled'. [See Spiranthes spiralis.]
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splendens is derived from Latin splendeo (to glitter, shine, be bright) meaning 'splendid'. [See Salvia splendens.]
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Spondias [genus name] is a Greek name for this tropical fruit. [See Spondias.]
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Sprekelia [genus name] commemorates a Hamburg lawyer, Johann Heinrich von Sprekelsen (1691-1764), whose garden and botanical library were visited by the Swedish naturalist and physician Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) in 1735. [See Sprekelia.]
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