A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Scobis,-is (s.f.III), abl. sg. scobe, nom. & acc. pl. scobes, gen.pl. scobium; also scobs, gen.sg. scobis, abl. sg. scobe: sawdust, “powder or dust produced by sawing, rasping, etc.; sawdust, scrapings, filings” (Lewis & Short); a powderlike dust; “similar fine particles from other substances; peelings (of skin); (applied to impurities in a mineral” (Glare); cf. L. scobina,-ae (s.f.I), a rasp, a tool for scraping; see particle;

- scobis citreus, abl. sg. scobe citrea: grated lemon-peel.

NOTE: finer particles than ramenta; see ramentum,-I (s.n.II).

Ramentum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., abl.sg. ramento, nom. pl. ramenta: what is shaved, grated or rubbed off; scrapings, shavings, chips, etc.

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