| salve | 1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. 2. A soothing remedy or antidote. "Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. <zoology>" (Milton) Salve bug, a large, stout isopod crustacean (aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length. Origin: AS. Sealf ointment; akin to LG. Salwe, D. Zalve, zalf, OHG. Salba, Dan. Salve, Sw. Salva, Goth. Salbn to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) oil, butter, Skr. Sapris clarified butter, 291. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| salver-shaped | <botany> Tubular, with a speading border. See Hypocraterimorphous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| salverform | <botany> Said of a corolla in which the tube is essentially cylindrical, the lobes abruptly spreading, a gamopetalous corolla. (14 Oct 1997) |