[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

saracen \sar"acen\, n. l. saracenus perhaps fr. ar. sharqi,
   pl. sharqiimacn, oriental, eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise,
   said of the sun: cf. f. sarrasin. cf. sarcenet, sarrasin,
   sirocco.
   anciently, an arab; later, a mussulman; in the middle ages,
   the common term among christians in europe for a mohammedan
   hostile to the crusaders.
   1913 webster

   saracens' consound bot., a kind of ragwort senecio
      saracenicus, anciently used to heal wounds.
      1913 webster saracenic
see also:
sarcenet sarrasin sirocco saracens' consound senecio saracenicus 

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