Absinthic 



acetabuliform 



Absinth'ic, referring to Artemisia 

 Absinthium, Linn. ; Absintli'in, a 

 bitter principle obtained from the 

 same. 



ab'solute(a&.soZft'MS,perfect,complete), 

 actual, the opposite of relative. 

 The absolute direction of an embryo 

 may be inverted, but erect rela- 

 tively to the carpel. 



Absorp'tion (alxorp'tio, a beverage), 

 the act of imbibing liquids or gases. 



Abstric'tion (ab, from, strictus, drawn 

 together), a term which covers both 

 Abjunction and Abscission. 



acalyca'lis (a, not ; K<i\v, a cup) ; (1) 

 having no calyx ; (2) having no ad- 

 hesion to the calyx ; acal'ycine, 

 acalyc'inous, acalyci'nus, acal'ycis, 

 destitute of calyx. 



acana'ceous (O.KO.VOS, a thistle-head ; + 

 aceous), prickly plants, such as 

 thistles. 



Acanth'a, Acan'thon (aKavda, a thorn), 

 a spine or prickle ; acantha'ceous 

 (+ aceous), (1) armed with prickles ; 

 (2) belonging to the natural order 

 Acantha'ceae, the typical genus 

 being Acanth'us, Tourn; acanth'ine, 

 pertaining to that genus ; acan- 

 thocarp'ous (KO.PTTOS, fruit), having 

 spiny fruit ; acanthocla'dous (/cXciSos, 

 a branch), acanthoda'dus, with 

 spiny branches ; acanthopn'orous, 

 (<e'pw, I bear), acanthoph'orus, 

 spine-bearing; acanthop'odous (TTOUS, 

 TroSos, a foot), having petiole or 

 peduncle furnished with spines or 

 prickles ; Acanth'ospheres (<r0cu/m, 

 a sphere), ciliated bodies in the 

 cells of Nitella, termed " Stachel- 

 kiigeln " by the Germans. 



Acaro-doma'tia (Acarus, the typical 

 genus of mites ; dufj-dnov, a little 

 house), formations on plants adapted 

 to shelter Acari when of service to 

 the host. 



acarp'ous (a, not, /capTros, fruit), des- 

 titute of fruit. 



acaulesc'ent, acaulesc'ens, becoming 

 stemless ; acaul'ine, acaul'ose, 

 acaul'ous, acaul'is, stemless or 

 seemingly so. Acaulo'sia, abnor- 

 mal deficiency of stem. 



access'ory (accessio, something added), 

 an addition or appendage ; - Buds, 

 those additional to the axillary and 

 normal buds, and frequently as- 

 suming their function ; ~ Branches, 

 those which spring from the fore- 

 going ; ~ Cell, the sister-cell of a 

 guard-cell of a stoma ; ~ Fruits, 

 parts which are conspicuous but 

 form no part of the pistil, as the 

 enlarged torus of the strawberry, 

 a pseudo-carp ; ~ Gonid'ia, forma- 

 tions occurring in Mucorini besides 

 the typical gonidia. 



accident'al = adventitious. 



acci'sus (Lat.) denotes an end having 

 an acute sinus between two rounded 

 angles. 



Accommoda'tion (accommodatio, an 

 adjustment) Adaptation. 



accresc'ent, accresc'ens, increasing in 

 size with age, as the calyx of some 

 plants after flowering. 



accrete' (accre'tus, grown together), 

 agglutinate, naturally grafted. 

 Accre'tion, Accre'tio, (1) growing to 

 one another ; (2) increase by addi- 

 tion of particles to the outside. 



accumb'ent, acciimb'ens, lying against 

 another body ; ~ Cotyle'dons, those 

 having their edges against the 

 radicle, thus o = . 



acellera'tus (Lat.), somewhat acerose. 



Acen'ium = ACHENE. 



acepn'alous, aceph'alm (a, without ; 

 Kf(f>a\Ti, a head), headless ; used for 

 an ovary which is not terminated 

 by the stigma, as in Labiatae. 



acer'ic, pr. a-ser'-ik, pertaining to the 

 genus Acer, the Maple or Sycamore. 



a'cerose, a'cerous, acero'sus (acer, 

 sharp), needle-shaped, like the 

 leaves of Pinus ; Acero'sae, a term 

 proposed by A. Braun for the 

 Coniferae. 



acer'vate (acervus, a heap), heaped 

 up ; Acer'vulus (Lat., a little heap), 

 pi. Acer'vuli, small clusters, as of 

 Fungi appearing on bark or leaves. 



acetab'uliform, acetabuliform' is (Ace- 

 tabulum, a cup or vinegar cruet ; 

 forma, shape), saucer-shaped, used 

 of the fructification of some lichens ; 



