404 - A COMPENDIUM OF 
Androgynous—an-droj’-i-nus (Gr. aver, aman, 
and gune a woman). Of both sexes; herma- 
phrodite; having male and female organs on 
the same footstalk. 
Anemone or Anemony—a-nem’-o-ne (Gr. an- 
emos, wind). Anemone patens, wind flower. 
Angiosperms—an’-ji-o-spermz (Gr. anggeion, 
a vessel, sperma, a seed), Plants that have 
their seeds enclosed or encased in a seed ves- 
sel. 
Anisostemonous — an’-i-sos-tem’-o-nus (Gr. 
anisos, unequal; Lat. stamen, a thread, a fibre). 
Stamens not as numerous as the floral envel- 
(pes, 
Annelida—an-nel'-i-da or an-nelids (Lat. an- 
nellus, a little! ring Gr. eidos, resemblance). 
The lower order of animals whose bodies are 
largely made up of rings. Examples: leech 
and earth-worm, 
Annular—an-nu’-lar (Lat. annulus, a ring). In 
botany, made up of rings. Example: ring 
or annular tissue. 
Anodyne—an’-o-din (Gr. an, without, odune, 
pain). Any medicine that relieves pain; 
soothing. Examples: opium, hyoscyamus, 
hops, ete. 
Anomopteris—an’-o-mop’ter-is Gr. anomos, 
without rule, and fferzs, fern). Fossil ferns, 
differing from all recent ones. 
Anophyte—an’-o-phite, plural anophites (Gr. 
ano, upward, from ana, up, and phuton, a 
plant, from phuein, to grow), a moss. 
Anthelmintic — an’-thel-min-tik (Gr. anti, 
against, and elmius, a tape-worm). Any 
