GLOSSARY 



Abaxial £|A(Kl The side or face away from the axis. 

 Abortive BfcW#J Imperfectly developed. 

 Acaulescent, acaulose MMM Seeming to be stemless. 

 Accrescent ¥M>$] Becoming larger and more fleshy with age. 



Achene jfg^ A small hard dry one-seeded fruit in which the ovary wall closely sur- 

 rounds the seed but is clearly separate from it. 

 Acicular $\\k$fy Awl-shaped or needle-like. 

 Acorn W(W< The nut of an oak. 

 Acuminate '$f\'M$i Tapering to a slender point. 



Acute <H^fi*J Sharply pointed, but not drawn out to a slender point. 

 Adaxial 3lr$ftKj The side or face next to the axis. 

 Adnate E^fr^J Growing fast to a different kind of organ or part. 

 Adpressed HI£fi*l Appressed. 



Adventitious ^te.^ Produced abnormally, or in an unusual location. 

 Aggregate $5W$} Gathered together, as several carpels produced by one flower. 

 Alternate JL^ti In more than one rank but not opposite or in pairs. 

 Alveolate itllH^ Marked as a honey comb. 

 Ament ^iMAtff- A catkin; a spike of unisexual apetalous flowers, usually with bracts 



and often deciduous. 

 Amplexicaul ^slfi^l Clasping the stem. 

 Anadromous _hfr6*l In venation of fern leaves, with the first set of each segment 



on the upper side of the midrib; the opposite of catadromous. 

 Anastomosing H^Eft Connecting to form a network. 

 Andro- tf,i:,6^ The male sex. 

 Androgynophore itttfeiSM A stalk supporting both stamens and carpels within the 



flower. 

 Annual — i^-^fy Referring to plants which complete their cycle of growth in one 



season. 

 Annulate Ht^fr-I Having or arranged in rings. 

 Annulus gt'ff The ring of elastic cells extending from the stalk and enclosing the 



sporangium of ferns, and which bursts the sporangium at maturity. 

 Anterior ffjp|$fi*J Turned away from the axis; the opposite of posterior. 

 Anther 7t$j The part of a stamen which contains the pollen sacs. 

 Anther cell |^j^£ A cavity in the anther where pollen grains are borne. 

 Anthesis {£M The time when a flower expands and when fertilization takes place. 

 Apetalous fe$£ Without petals. 

 Apical JH^fg&iJ At the point or tip of an organ. 



Apiculate ¥kW\')<$l With a short sharp but not stiff point at the tip. 

 Apocarpous M.>\L>&M With separate carpels. 

 Appressed HPJjfi^ Lying flat. 

 Aquatic yj^fi^J Growing in the water. 

 Araneous pftHKj Arachnoid, like a cobweb; covered with an entanglement of whitish 



hairs. 

 Arborescent ^~Jf.\k^ Like a tree. 

 Arcuate iMfft Curved. 



Areole (pi. areolae) $H|5jg A small open space or cavity. 

 Aril film /£ A fleshy outgrowth from the base of a seed, often brightly colored and 



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