accrete 



AeienU 



agglutinate, naturally grafted. 

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

 one another ; (2) increase bv addi- 

 tion of particles to the outsiae. 



accumb'ent, accuvib'ens, lying against 

 another body ; '-' Cotyle'dons, those 

 having their edges against the 

 radicle, thus o= . 



accu'ment (Heinig) = accumbent. 



acellera'tus (Lat.)i somewhat acerose. 



Acen'iam = Achene. 



acepli'alous, aceph'alus (a, without ; 

 K^<pa\^, a head), headless ; used for 

 an ovary which is not terminated 

 by the stigma, as in Labiatae. 



a'eer, used by some authors instead 

 of the generally adopted a'eris, 

 (1) sharp, pointed ; (2) acrid, as 

 in Ranunculus acris, Linn. 



acera'ceous, relating to the genus 

 Acer, or its allies ; 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), hea]->ed 

 up ; Acer'valas (Lat., a Utile heap), 

 pi. Acer'vuli, small clusters, as of 

 Fungi appearing on bark or leaves. 



acetab'uliform, acetahuliform'is {Ace- 

 tabulum,, a cup or vinegar-cruet ; 

 forma, shape), saucer-shaped, used 

 of the fructification of some Lichens ; 

 acetab'uloas, acetabu'lcus, acefabu- 

 lo'sus are variations in form of the 

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

 cejitacle of some Fungi. 



aceta'rioQB {acetaria, vegetables with 

 vinegar), relating to salad herbs ; 

 Ac'etary, Grew's term for Salading. 



ace'tio, pertaining to vinegar, ace- 

 turn ; ~' Fermenta'tion, oxidation 

 of alcoholic liquids, caused by 

 the Fungus popularly known as 

 "Mother of Vinegar," Bacterium 

 xylinum, A. J. Brown ; ac'etoee, 

 aceto'sus, sour, acid. 



a'oeas, a Latin suflBx of resemblance, 

 KAfolia'ceus, leaf-like ; in English it 

 becomes -aceous. 



Achae'na, Achae'iiium, = Achene. 



Achae'nocarp (a, not ; x^^""* I gape ; 

 Kapirhs, fruit), or Ache'nooarp, any 

 dry indehiscent fniit. 



Achascophy'tnm (o, privative ; x^t<^> 

 I open ; (pvrhv, a plant), a plant with 

 indehiscent fruit. 



acheil'ary (o, without ; x«*^o*» a 

 lip), wanting a lip, as some 

 Orchids. 



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

 X<^y(a, I gape), a small, hard, dry, 

 indehiscent fruit, strictly of one 

 free carpel as in the buttercup ; 

 occasionally consisting of m-ore than 

 one carpel as in Composites, in the 

 latter case with adnate calyx. Also 

 spelt Akene', Ake^nimn, etc. ; Ache- 

 no'dium, a double achene, as the 

 cremocarp of Urabelliferae. 



achlamyd'eoQS, achlamyd'evs (a, with- 

 out ; x^aiwws, a cloak), destitute of 

 perianth, as in willows. 



achlorophylla'ceons (o = without, + 

 CHLOROi'HYLLACEOUs), destitute of 

 chlorophyll. 



aehromat'ic (a, withont ; xp^f^t 

 colour) ; (1) without colour, ach- 

 roous ; (2) not readily taking colour ; 

 '~ Spindle, the thread-like proto- 

 plasmic figures between the poles 

 in karyokinesis ; Ackro'matin, 

 Flemraing's term for the basic 

 substance of the nucleus, le« sus- 

 ceptible of staining than thie chro- 

 mosomes ; the Nuclein of Stras- 

 burger ; achromat'ophile {4>t\4a>, I 

 love), applied to a structure which 

 does not take staining. 



achro'mns, ach''roos {&xpoos, to be 

 without colour, pale), colourless ; 

 hyaline ; Achro'ocyst U^'trns, a 

 cavity), Arbaumont's term for cells 

 of the terminal meriatem, which 

 have clear contents : cf. Cyanocyst ; 

 Achroodex'trin ( + Dextrin), one of 

 the group of dextrina not coloured 

 by iodine : cf. ERYTHKOMtXTRlN, 

 Amylodextrin. 



Achyrophy'tum {ixvpoy, chaff ; ^vrhv, 

 a plant), a plant with glumaceous 

 flowers, as grasses. 



Aoio'ula, (acus, a needle), the bristle 



