schenchet

schendt, v. t. See shend. schene (sken), n. [= F. schène, also schænum, schenshipt, schenchipt, n. See shend ship . Schinopsis monocotyledonous plants, of the order Naiada ceæ and tribe Juncagineæ. It is characterized by bisexual and bracted flowers, with six oblong and acute perianth-segments, six stamens with weak filaments and projecting anthers, and a fruit of three diverging roundish and inflated one or two-seeded carpels. The only species, S. palustris, is a native of peat-bogs in northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. It is a very smooth rush-like herb, with flexuous and erect stem proceeding from a creeping rootstock, and bearing long tubular leaves which are open at the top, and a few loosely racemed rigid hand persistent w