410 A COMPENDIUM OF 
Auriform—aw-ri’-fawm (Lat. aris, an ear, 
and forma, shape). Leaves and petals re- 
sembling the human ear. 
Avenaceous—av-e-na’-shus (Lat. avena, oats). 
Like oats, 
Avoirdupois—av-er’-du-poyz (French, avoir, 
to have, and du, of the; poids, weight). Six- 
teen ounces to the pound, sold by weight, 
etc. 
Awn—awn (Icelandic, ogn; Gr. achne, chaff, 
beard). As in beard of grass and oats, chaff 
of rye. 
Axil—ak’-sil (Lat. avxi//a, the arm-pit). The 
upper angle formed by the attachment of a 
leaf or flower to the stalk or stem. 
Axillary—Arising from the axil in plants. F 
Axunge—ak’-sunj, also Axungea, ak-sun-ji-a 
(Lat. axis, an axle-tree: and unguo, I smear). 
The firmest part of animal fat; lard. : 
Baccate—bak’-kat (Lat. dacca, a berry; bacci- 
ferous, from dacca, a berry, and fero, to pro- 
duce). Producing berries, 
Badius—bad’-i-us (Lat). A brown color; 
_ chestnut-like in color, : 
Bast—(Dutch Jdast, bark or peel; Swedish, 
basta, to bind). The inner bark. 
Begonia—be-vo’-ni-a. An interesting genus 
of plants named after a French botanist, — 
Mons. Begon. 
Belladonna—bel-la-don’-na (Italian, Je/ la, 
beautiful, and donna, a lady). The active 
principle atropia is from the Gr. a¢ropos, the 
name of one of the fates mentioned in my- 
oreey whose duty was to cut the thread of 
ife, 
