| saprozoic | Living in decaying organic matter; especially denoting certain protozoa. Origin: sapro-+ G. Zoikos, relating to animals (05 Mar 2000) |
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| saprozoonosis | A zoonosis the agent of which requires both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal (food, soil, plant) reservoir or developmental site for completion of its cycle. Combination terms may be used, such as saprometazoonoses for fluke infections, when metacercariae encyst on plants, or saprocyclozoonoses for tick infestations, whose agents complete part of their life cycles in soil. Origin: sapro-+ G. Zoon, animal, + nosos, disease (05 Mar 2000) |
| sapucaia | <botany> A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot. <botany> Alternative forms: sapucaya] Sapucaia nut, the seed of the sapucaia. Synonym: paradise nut. Origin: Pg. Sapucaya. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sapwood | <botany> The alburnum, or part of the wood on any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; distinguished from Heartwood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |