acetabulous 



acondylous 



acetab'ulous, acetabu'leus, acetabu- 

 lo'sus are variations in form of the 

 word ; Acetab'ulum (Lat.) the re- 

 ceptacle of some Fungi. 



aceta'rious (acetaria, vegetables with 

 vinegar), relating to salad herbs ; 

 Ae'etary, Grew's term for salading. 



ace'tic, pertaining to vinegar, ace- 

 tum ; ~ Fermenta'tion, oxidation of 

 alcoholic liquids, caused by the 

 compound Fungus, popularly known 

 as "Mother of Vinegar," Bacte- 

 rium xylinum, A. J. Brown ; ac'e- 

 tose, aceto'sus, sour, acid. 



-a'ceus, a Latin suffix of resemblance, 

 as folia'ceus, leaf-like ; in English 

 it becomes -aceous. 



Achae'na, Achae'nium, = ACHENE. 



Achae'nocarp (axacrjs, not gaping ; 

 Kapvos, fruit), or Ache'nocarp, any 

 dry indehiscent fruit. 



Achascopny'tuin (a, privative, x<*- ffKU > 

 I open, <J>VTOV, a plant), a plant 

 with indehiscent fruit. 



acheil'ary (a, without ; x e ^ os > a 

 lip), wanting a lip, as some Orchids. 



Achene, pr. a-ken', Ache'nium (a, not ; 

 XcuVw, I gape), a small, hard, dry, 

 indehiscent fruit, strictly of one 

 free carpel as in the buttercup ; 

 occasionally consisting of more than 

 one carpel as in Composites, in the 

 latter case with adnate calyx. Also 

 spelt Akene, Ake'nium,etc. ; Acheno'- 

 dium, a double achene, as the cre- 

 mocarp of Umbelliferae. 



achlamyd'eous, achlamyd' 'eus (a, with- 

 out ; x\a/A!>s, a cloak), destitute of 

 perianth, as in willows. 



Achyrophy'tum (a^ypov, chaff; <f>vrov, 

 a plant), a plant with glumaceous 

 flowers, as grasses. 



achromatic (a, without ; xpw^a, 

 colour) ; (1) without colour, ach- 

 roous ; (2) not readily taking colour ; 

 ~ Spindle, the thread-like proto- 

 plasmic figures in , karyokinesis, 

 between the poles ; Achro'matin, 

 Flemming's term for the basic sub- 

 stance of the nucleus, less sus- 

 ceptible of staining than the chro- 

 mosomes, the Nuclein of Stras- 

 burger. 



achro'mus, ach'roos (axpoew, to be 

 without colour, pale), colourless ; 

 hyaline ; Achroodex'trin( + Dextrin) 

 one of the group of dextrins not 

 coloured by iodine ; cf. ERYTHRO- 

 DEXTRIN, AMYLODEXTKIN. 

 Acic'ula (acus, a needle), the bristle- 

 like continuation of the rhachilla 

 of a grass ; Acic'ulae, tooth-like 

 processes of the hymenium of 

 certain Hymenomycetous Fungi ; 

 acic'ular, acicula'ris, slender or 

 needle-shaped ; acic'ulate, acicu- 

 la'tus, aciculi'nus, superficially 

 marked as if scratched with a 

 pin ; acicu'liform (forma, shape), 

 needle-like. 



acido'tus (a5wros, pointed), when 

 branches or organs end in a spine 

 or hard point. 

 A'cies (Lat. edge), the edge or angle 



of certain stems, 

 ac'iform (acus, a needle ; forma, 



shape) = acicular. 

 acina'ceous (acinus, a seeded berry + 



aceous), full of kernels, 

 acinac'ifolius (acinaces, a scimitar ; 

 folium, a leaf), a fleshy leaf, curved 

 like a scimitar ; acinac'iform, acina- 

 ciform'is, scimitar-shaped, 

 acina'rius (acinus, a grape-seed), 

 when a stem is covered with 

 vesicles resembling grape-seeds ; 

 Ac'ine, Ac'inus (Lat.), a single 

 member of such fruits as the 

 raspberry, a drupel ; formerly 

 used for a bunch of fruit, as of 

 grapes ; Acinoden'drus (SevSpov, a 

 tree), a plant whose fruit is in 

 bunches ; ac'inose, acino'sns, like 

 grapes, or of granular bodies re- 

 sembling them. 



aciphyl'lus (d/dj, a point, tpuXXov, 

 a leaf), a linear and pointed 

 leaf. 



Acrythrophy'tum (a, without, K\eWpov, 

 a door, <j>vrbv, a plant), plants whose 

 seeds are supposed to be naked, 

 without a pericarp, 

 acond'ylose, acond'ylous (a, without, 

 KovSvXos, a knuckle or finger-joint), 

 said of plants which have no joints 

 or nodes. 



