| samaj | A society; a congregation; a worshiping assembly, or church, especially. Of the Brahmo-somaj. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| samandarine | A toxic alkaloid from salamanders; causes haemolysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| samara | <botany> A dry, indehiscent fruit with its wall expanded into a wing. (14 Oct 1997) |
| samarium | <chemistry> A rare metallic element of doubtful identity. Samarium was discovered, by means of spectrum analysis, in certain minerals (samarskite, cerite, etc), in which it is associated with other elements of the earthy group. It has been confounded with the donbtful elements decipium, philippium, etc, and is possibly a complex mixture of elements not as yet clearly identified. Symbol Sm. Provisional atomic weight 150.2. Origin: NL, fr. E. Samarskite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| samaroid | <botany> Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel. Origin: Samara. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| samarskite | <chemical> A rare mineral having a velvet-black colour and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals. Origin: After Samarski, a Russian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |