A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Skeleton, a stiff or rigid bony or cartilaginous supportive/protective framework of an organism, as a vertebrate animal; an emaciated person or animal; “any framework which persists after the destruction of the organ by fire or corrosion, as the remainder of the cell-wall in ash, or the starch grain after partial solution by an enzyme” (Jackson): sceletus,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. sceleto [> Gk. skeleton (sc. soma) a dried body, a mummy > skeletos,-E,-on (adj.) dried up, parched, > skellein, to dry, dry up, parch]; see bone;

- aspectu sceleti piscis, with the appearance of the skeleton of a fish.

(after sceletus,-i (s.m.II)): exoskeleton,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. exoskeleto; endoskeleton,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. endoskeleton.

- Andreae Caesalpini Hortus siccus. Constat autem paginis majoribus 266. Quibus agglutinata sunt plantarum sceleta fere 768 (Mich.), The Hortus siccus (i.e. Dried Garden, i.e.Herbarium) of Andrea Caesalpino. It is, however, composed of 266 larger pages. To which are glued together the dried bodies of almost 768 plants.