sanhedrist (sanhedrist)

[ sanare, heal: see sanel.] 1. A plant of the genus Sanicula. The common sanicle, called wood - sanicle, is S. Europæa, of Europe and IMG:content-0096.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] 2. A plant of some other genus. See the phrases.- Alpine sanicle, a plant of the genus Cortu sa (which see). - American sanicle. See Heuchera. Bear's-ear sanicle. See Cortusa. Great sanicle, an old name of Alchemilla vulgar is, the lady's-mantle, probably from a resemblance of its leaves to those of the true sanicle.- Indian or white sanicle, the white snakeroot, Eu patorium ager a to ides. - Wood-sanicle. See def. 1. Sanicula (sa-nikū-la), n. [NL. (Rivinus, 1699): see sanicle .] A genus of umbelliferous plants, type of the tribe Saniculeæ. It is charac terized by a two-celled ovary; by fruit forming a small bur usually covered with hooked bristles; and by flowers in small and commonly panicled umbels, with small bracts, most of the flowers unisexual, the staminate all pedicel led. There are about 12 species, chiefly North American, some South American, either in the Andes or beyond the tropics, distributed over the Old World. They are herbs with leaves a few existing elsewhere, particularly S. Europæa , widely palmately divided into three or five toothed or di ected segments, and irregularly compound umbels of small and usually greenish flowers. The name sanicle applies to the species in general; S. Marilandica of the eastern United Saniculeæ (san-i-kūlē-ē), n . pl . [NL. (Koch, is also called black snakeroot. See sanicle. 1824), In